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freshwest

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5. The WTO set the stage. And with a bit of music, here is the problem laid bare after the 6:40 mark:

Reply to WhaTHellsgoingonhere (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 12, 2013, 08:52 PM

Dec 2013

Our leaders see this reality face to face, and work with it. They didn't choose this, the problem extends over generations.

As long as we look at this world and other people as numbers on a business ledger, the name of the agreements don't matter. IMO, the problem is deeper than a treaty.

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Krugman: TPP [View all] ProSense Dec 2013 OP

If you see a bloodied dying man bleeding out, kicking him isn't going to probably do much more harm NoOneMan Dec 2013 #1

Thank god, you mean it's not really that sinister? Hoyt Dec 2013 #2

What about when “free” trade trumps U.S. law WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2013 #3

The WTO set the stage. And with a bit of music, here is the problem laid bare after the 6:40 mark: freshwest Dec 2013 #5

Third Way Krugman strikes again. great white snark Dec 2013 #4

PBO has worked hard to open Asia to our goods and move manufacturning back to the USA. freshwest Dec 2013 #6

Actually although said in sarcasm, Krugman this title...... socialist_n_TN Dec 2013 #8

Krugman "Third way"??? edhopper Dec 2013 #13

Capitalist economists are trained to look at workers as simply another cost DefenseLawyer Dec 2013 #7

Normally, I agree with Paul Krugman's analyses... ljm2002 Dec 2013 #9

A few weeks ago I had done a search for Krugman and TPP... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2013 #10

I'll disagree with Krugman this time. mmonk Dec 2013 #11

Nowhere in there does he discuss the intellectual property or arbiter sections of the TPP. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #12