Concerning the recent topic of war and the economy:
In a NYT article of 28-Mar-1999, Thomas Friedman (Madeleine Albright's
adviser) bluntly admits that "The hidden hand of the market will never work
without a hidden fist. McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas,
the designer of the F-15. And the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for
Silicon Valley's technologies is called the US Army, Air Force, Navy and
Marine Corps." ( http://www.transnational.org/features/democracy.html )
This is quite in contrast to the neoliberal party-line that the infamous
"Invisible Hand" of the "Free Market" works _on its own_ because people
like free trade so much...
BTW, if anyone has the full NYT article handy, I'd be interested in it.
Greetings,
Chris
