Neoliberals are killing us: The TED talk, techno-utopian, Thomas Friedman-economy is a lie

[HassleCat]

1. Me Neanderthal!

I guess I'm an evolutionary throwback, but I don't like it when we enthusiastically participate in globalization. Our part in the deal seems to be the bottomless market for stuff produced in other countries. We supply the consumers, and they supply the goods. Our corporations move offshore and export jobs. We bust unions and drop trade barriers. In exchange, we get cheap stuff. Even though we unilaterally wipe out our own "protectionist" import policies, we don't insist other countries open up their markets to our products. Sure, we pretend to object when they put a huge tariff on US goods, but we quickly forget about it and get all happy about the "free market" blah, blah, blah.