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To: Bill Ulrich who wrote (212010)	7/13/2007 6:50:22 PM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 793990

That is, if one agrees that a marketplace with one/few manager(s) is more efficient than being overseen by 180 different, independent managers Exactly! Ron has no problem with single bilateral treaties, but absurdly has a problem with multilateral treaties that are, essentially, a bunch of bilateral treaties in one instrument.

To: Bill Ulrich who wrote (212010)	7/17/2007 2:38:55 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793990

The gist I get from his ronpaullibrary.com and ronpaul2008.com sites is that he envisions the world marketplace as a sort of ... "farmers' market" where you simply walk down the street and pay Joey Bushelobeets two bucks for his basket o' goods. That worked reasonably well in the past -- like the Molasses/Rum/Slaves triangle a few years ago. Myopic in this millenium, IMO. The best "free trade" marketplace is ... a managed one. If its myopic in this millenium its mainly as a matter of politics. Your unlikely to get political support for truely unfettered trade, but personally I agree with him to the extent that I'd prefer free trade without the "management". I don't think the best free trade is "managed trade", and most its the best free trade system that is politically achievable at the moment.