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To: JohnM who wrote (20389)	3/1/2002 8:59:28 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) of 281500

I am having a very hard time understanding how you can be a fan of capitalism but believe free trade to be a construct. How do you think capitalism functions? >>There are more important standards to apply to policy decisions than whether those decisions benefit large multinational corporations. I'm not opposed to their benefitting but, if I got to choose, I would prefer policy decisions in which the issue of the general social benefit was a strong criterion.<< Your focus on large multinational corporations is misplaced. The companies which benefit from free trade may be small, maybe only employ a few people. The costs of dealing with trade restrictions are crippling to them. They are part of the same society you want to experience general social benefit.

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