At 10:43 PM 8/1/01 -0700 Doug Pensinger wrote:
>Free trade can be beneficial to most in the long run but there are plenty of
>people getting hurt in the meanwhile.
But, isn't it the job of governments to think in terms of the long run?
Isn't it their job to amortize short-term discomforts and shocks in favor
of increasing the net good to all citizens?
I mean, I find it shocking that after so much pounding by so many Liberals
on this List about the *imperative* of thinking in the long-term, I now
have those self-same Liberals pounding about the importance of considering
the short-term.
What gives?
Why is it o.k. to oppose Economics on the basis of long-term gain for the
Environment, and then o.k. to oppose Economics on the basis of short-term
gain for individuals?
JDG
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