Well not quite. But I am sure he thought he came up with something they hadn’t already thought of. Gee, thanks Bill for pointing out that there isn’t enough resources to sustain China if … it were to grow and manage resources and its environment like say … the United States.
“You will have to come [...]
Continue Reading September 10th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Hardly a coincidental development. And this is also why the US remains the most dangerous entity on the planet. They have the motive and the resources. Article is originally from IBON Foundation, based in the Philippines. A nation that has first hand experience from continuous US intervention.
Since the 1990s, some 130 countries around the world [...]
Continue Reading August 27th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Trade wars can lead to shooting wars.
The rapid rise of China as a major economic force has provoked US policymakers to wonder whether free trade is still in the US national interest; after all, “free” trade always favors the strong. Now that the US has gotten its way and China has unpegged the yuan, its [...]
Continue Reading August 19th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Via Agonist. The Coming Trade War - Intellectual property rights.
Property rights are a social institution, not a natural phenomenon. Intellectual property is an invention of the knowledge-based economy.
When a law is unjust, it invites widespread violation. How about an international affirmative-action program for IP, or IP amnesty for the underdeveloped Third World for 50 [...]
Continue Reading August 4th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Additional information on CAFTA that ought to raise a few eyebrows.
Analysis: The Hidden Pages of CAFTA
Common Dreams - At 2,400 pages, the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) isn’t really about trade. Frankly, you don’t need 2,400 pages to eliminate tariffs and regulations on exports and imports. But, you might need 2,400 pages to smuggle [...]
Continue Reading July 30th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Henry Liu publishes his fourth installment in The coming trade war. Scarcity economics and overcapacity
Neo-classical economics developed at a time when wealth was limited to what a relatively primitive industrial society could produce, and demand for goods was always greater than their supply. It is the economics of scarcity rooted in the medieval rule [...]
Continue Reading July 27th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
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