At 09:43 PM 7/27/01 -0700 Marc Erickson wrote:
>: Foremost among those truths are that:
>: 1) Free-trade benefits *everyone.*
>
>All I have to do to disprove this is to find one person that didn't benefit.
>I think I can do that. :-D
By this logic, you would say that a candle-maker benefits from trade
restrictions against lightbulbs. In a very narrow, short-term sense, yes
a candle-maker is harmed by trade in light bulbs, because said candle-maker
loses his job. Nevertheless, even he benefits from having cheaper
lighting for himself, and also because the rest of his society is able to
reap the benefits of cheaper lighting.
>: 2) Large-scale socialism doesn't work.
>
>Guess what, John - most European countries (and Canada) practise socalism to
>the extent that 'large scale' might be a very good description of what they
>do. Are you telling me that these countries don't work?
Well, if it worked so well, why have all of these countries swung away from
socialism over the past couple decades?
JDG
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