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Thom Hartmann: Conversations with Great Minds
Free Trade Doesn't Work: Economist & Author Ian Fletcher
"Right now, the interests of China's ruling elite are far more closely aligned with the interests of the Chinese economy as a whole than in the U.S.
China's elite wants to build up its own country; the American elite is quite happy to let America gradually decline so long as they can make investments
and money overseas."
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December 8, 2010 |
Free Trade Doesn't Work: Interview with Economist Ian Fletcher
"The "American" multinationals, which are no longer American corporations but find this fiction convenient on Capitol Hill, and other free trade advocates have prevailed because a critical mass of American voters has not yet seen through the delusional economics of free trade, and because America can still borrow money abroad and sell off assets to cover its trade deficit. But this music is going to stop fairly soon." -- Ian Fletcher |
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Mr. Fletcher contends that the economic ideology of free trade does not work but has hurt the American economy and
destroyed industry and led to the loss of millions of American jobs. He presents a clear and succinct historical
perspective that is seldom heard to today's "free trade" mantra. He also responds to questions & challenges from members
of the audience at the Seventeenth Annual Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit that brings together popular
conservative speakers, authors and college students which was held in Washington, D.C.
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Alexander Hamilton |
"Not only the wealth, but the independence and security of a country, appear
to be materially connected with the prosperity of manufacturers . Every nation ... ought to endeavor to possess within
itself all the essentials of a national supply. They comprise the means of subsistence, habitation, clothing and
defense ... The expediency of encouraging manufactures in the United States, which was not long since deemed very
questionable, appears at this time to be pretty generally admitted."
-- Alexander Hamilton ... an American Made Hero! |
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Mr. Fletcher challenges America's dominant globalist business and political leaders
who fiercely profess that America needs to continue to blindly follow a "free trade" economic philosophy in
spite of history and the facts surrounding America's current disastrous & weakening economic "free" trading realities.
Mr. Fletcher presents an economists' perspective that uniquely includes a large amount of true common sense challenging the
current mantra that "free trade" is America's only option for the future.
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"Like the ...More Holy Grail, free trade is a concept that works in the classroom and in the minds of academics and others insulated from the harsh realities of global trade in the real world. In the real world, we have managed trade. This ranges from the blind free trade faith of economists, editorial boards, and politicians to the merchantilist, protectionist, predatory trade practiced by some of our major global trading "partners" like China. This book is an excellent introduction to these realities and what can be done about them." —Dan DiMicco, Chairman and CEO, Nucor Steel Corporation "Most Americans live under the myth that 'sound economics' says so-called "free trade" benefits all nations. Fletcher shows, in very readable prose, how the discipline is finally catching up with reality and common sense and is changing its mind on that matter. This book will be an essential guide to the emerging debate over the wisdom of 'free trade' as a sound policy for our nation." —Patrick A. Mulloy, Commissioner, U.S.-China Economic and Secur- ity Review Commission; former Assistant Secretary of Commerce; former General Counsel, Senate Banking Committee. |
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