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Elwood P Dowd

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18. Nice points about our free trade agreements being a failure.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 03:09 PM

Dec 2014

He even hints that they are not even free trade, which is correct. All our free trade agreements since the 1990s are nothing more than outsourcing and investment agreements for the mega-rich, giant corporations, and Wall Street that are masquerading as "free trade".

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Richard Wolff To Peter Schiff - Your System Deprives Masses Of Decent Living Standard [View all] marmar Dec 2014 OP

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So much common sense in under 8 minutes! RiverLover Dec 2014 #2

why isn't Mr.Wolff a household name ? olddots Dec 2014 #3

because he's a liberal Doctor_J Dec 2014 #5

Never call a Marxist a Liberal. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #14

because he dares speak the truth. and, just imagine, he talks about marxian economics! niyad Dec 2014 #8

His ideas are verboten. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #9

He's on every week on Pacifica stations deutsey Dec 2014 #10

Because he is a Marxist. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #15

He does a 1 hr Monthly Update on Global Capitalism on his YT channel Agony Dec 2014 #20

K&R abelenkpe Dec 2014 #4

And guarantees a more horrible world for tomorrow. raouldukelives Dec 2014 #6

K&R! blackspade Dec 2014 #7

k&r excellent summation from Wolf (of course I love listening to him) but but but but but 2banon Dec 2014 #11

Thanks for an informative post. Thespian2 Dec 2014 #12

Austrian-Schoolers like Schiff don't give a shit about us poors. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #13

Where's Peter Schiff? ErikJ Dec 2014 #16

Wolff can say more in two minutes than most economists can in hifiguy Dec 2014 #17

Nice points about our free trade agreements being a failure. Elwood P Dowd Dec 2014 #18

Is "failure" the right word? From the profits the wealthy are getting, I'd say they are rhett o rick Dec 2014 #19