Harry,
As you are open to the idea that trade is a natural activity of man you
might be interested in a book which is coming our next year, "Lost Treasure
of Atlantis" by Gavin Menzies. This takes us behind the legend of Atlantis
as related by Plato to the destruction of the immensely weathy Minoan
civilization of Crete by the Santorini volcano in 1450BC. There is now
evidence that, before then, the Minoans had a vast trading network between
the Great Lakes (US) -- mainly for copper -- and Kerala in India, trading
goods from six civilizations altogether. Even trans-oceanic Chinese traders
from about 1500BC to 1450AD, occasionally visiting the West coast of the
Americas didn't equal the enterprise of the Minoans!
Another book associated with the above which you might not want to read (90
pages of text, 500 pages of references!) is "World Trade and Biological
Exchanges Before 1492" by (Profs) Sorenson and Johannessen, which details
goods, plants and even diseases that were exchanged and transplanted
between the Americas and Asia a thousand or two years before Columbus.
There is also accumulating evidence which is highly suggestive that
long-distance land trade was going on 50,000 or even 75,000 years ago --
sea-shells for ornaments, ochres for personal decoration, flint and
sting-ray barbs for hunting tools -- and not necessarily confined to Homo
sapiens either! I see trade as being an inter-group extension of the normal
favours and transactions that go on within groups.
Keith
At 18:22 16/04/2010 -0700, you wrote:
Chris,
You are not against free trade, you seem to be against all trade. Yet, trade
multiplies production and enables and enables billions of people to enjoy a
better life.
Of course accidents happen whenever anybody does anything. I have already
suggested to you that that to avoid any accidents you should never leave
your home. On the other hand, I think most accidents happen in the home --
but they are probably minor accidents.
Perhaps you had better just stay in bed.
Harry
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christoph Reuss
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 3:14 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Futurework] "Free" Trade at work!
The Australian Great Barrier Reef is now being polluted with fuel because a
cheapo Chinese coal tanker was literally cutting corners while shipping
coal from Australia to China -- although China is a net EXporter of coal!
This shows the idiocy of "Free" Trade. (Is the coal from Australia, incl.
shipping fees, even cheaper than what the Chinese can charge abroad for
their coal??)
Harry must feel great knowing that his cheapo keyboard helps to pollute the
Great Barrier Reef (and of course China).
Chris
http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/4/5/15244/97225/travel/Tanker+Collides+Int
o+Great+Barrier+Reef,+Risks+Environmental+Catastrophe
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