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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 22:35:20 -0500
From: Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: C4LDEMOC-L: **Star: Asian crisis reveals flaw in Canada's economicÿ
policyBy Thomas Walkom
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Dear All,
Futurework List was my first when I came onto the Net and I was probably
the most frequent writer in its early year or two. It was quite an
education for me and I gradually changed my views radically as time went
on. For a considerable time I have been silent, firstly because I
I mentioned earlier that the U.S. Court of Appeals in
Washington--the one that will probably get the last word on whether
Microsoft has violated the consent decree --is controlled by Reagan/Bush
judges who've never met a monopoly they didn't like.
How about the judge who is now
In response,
I find much of what Thomas Walkom writes very good. And of course, many in
Canada resent the change in direction which the Free Trade brought and will
continue to bring, both good and evil - such as our commitment to continue
to supply the US energy should they need it at the
Effectively, the U.S. has only 1--don't fix prices.
Charles Mueller, Editor
ANTITRUST LAW ECONOMICS REVIEW
http://webpages.metrolink.net/~cmueller
At 11:25 AM 11/26/97 -0500, you wrote:
I am working on a sign-on letter regarding conduct rules that antitrust
Thomas Walkom's editorial confirms the point I made a few days ago:
governments that pursue trade for trade's sake can, and often do, promote
exports at the cost of economic efficiency.
Walkom writes about the Canadian government's three-legged policy of
eliminating deficits, defending the
And I get amused by the professional long-windedness and the
lack of valid substance.
However I get upset by the attitude below: "the poor will be always
with us". Yes, because you do not look further than the present
system, that you admit has no solutions.
However, you happen to be
Is there such a thing as a 'model' antitrust law, one that would
promote economic justice and prosperity in all of the world's 200 countries,
the poor as well as the rich, the authoritarian along with the democratic?
I suspect that there is. But what would it prohibit and what would it
