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To: nihil who wrote (1643)	4/5/1999 9:17:00 AM
From: Snowman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Must read. drudgereport.com eom

To: nihil who wrote (1643)	4/5/1999 9:29:00 AM
From: BillCh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Looks optimistic that there'll be more diversity of institutions , not just governments, responsible for different community problems. Market-based solutions are emerging for all sorts of problems like electric power allocation, environmental cost sharing. Groups like the World Trade Organisation draw more bargaining power than the UN General Assembly. In fact the landscape is changing so rapidly its like the Wild West. Take care.

To: nihil who wrote (1643)	4/6/1999 11:05:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 17770

The problem with the EU is that some nations define it as the Common Market Plus, and some define it as the first step in the creation of a United States of Europe, and the only way that things have moved forward is to leave the ultimate disposition to the future. Customs unions are not the same thing as governments. Not even alliances are the same thing as governments, although the kind of integration and coordination required by NATO is a bigger step towards such a thing even then the Euro. That said, you are right that a loose, distant central government, combined with a greater degree of ethnic autonomy, may work, but the central government has to be less intrusive than the U.S. Federal government, which is not terribly likely....