Tag: free trade
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Fair Trade or Free Trade (Online Debate)
Council on Foreign Relations: Fair Trade or Free Trade U.S. voters worry over whether globalization and free trade are a good deal. Most U.S. presidential candidates say they support free trade, though some candidates argue for caveats such as labor and environmental standards when making new trade deals. And a few candidates have called for…
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Does free trade lower prices?
Greg Mankiw's Blog: Does free trade lower prices? Lots of econospeak in this short post, but I thought this conclusion was helpful. So maybe when we hear people say that trade lowers prices, we should interpret the statement as meaning that trade lowers the price of a basket of consumer goods for a given price…
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What is Fair Trade
Last Thursday night, I visited Village Presbyterian Church to hear my former grad school professor, Tony Campolo, speak about “What is social justice?” He was in great form, as usual. During the conversation, he briefly touched on the issue of fair trade. I didn’t take detailed notes, but his observations went something like this: “People…
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Americans Souring on Free Trade Amid Optimism About Economy
Bloomberg: Americans Souring on Free Trade Amid Optimism About Economy More Americans are expressing doubts about the economic payoff from free trade even as optimism about the economy hits a five-year high. By a margin of 68 percent to 31 percent, respondents in a new Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll said the economy is doing well…
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What Your Cell Phone’s Made Of
Wired: What Your Cell Phone's Made Of (Be sure to visit the site check out the graphic.) Top Suppliers: Where to Find the Raw Materials China: gallium, indium, silicon, tin, yttrium, silver, aluminum, garnet, lithiumAustralia: aluminum, garnet, gold, lithium, nickelUnited States: copper, silica sand, gold, oilRussia: nickel, silicon, oilCanada: nickel, indiumChile: lithium, copperGermany: silica sand,…
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Politically Driven Injustice: Fixing global poverty requires more than Rick Warren’s PEACE plan
Politically Driven Injustice: Fixing global poverty requires more than Rick Warren's PEACE plan is a great article in Christianity Today! While this [exporting fruit] would no doubt provide needed income for a poor country, I wonder if Warren has been able to sit with the leaders of the European Union and the United States to…
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For Global Progress, Focus on Fair Trade
For Global Progress, Focus on Fair Trade, Christian Science Monitor I thought this was an interesting article on "Fair Trade" by a Chile presidential candidate. I admit I am often suspicious of the "Fair Trade" moniker as a smoke screen for other agendas, but if I read Bachelet correctly, I support the article's conclusions. Specifically,…