Thanks for the fun linkz.

Popular economics? Maybe people would be better off studying REAL economics and not what is popular, which would be free stuff paid for by somebody else.
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Did you ever go to the link?

Most distinctly UN-popular would be the economics 'taught' through there.

It's just the name of a website.

Your problem is that you cannot fathom that there are folks around who have studied REAL economics, probably a lot more and more deeply than you have, and disagree with you.
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different strokes
for different people

http://www.kexp.org/
Preachin' the Blues
9am-12pm Sundays
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I can fathom that people can study a lot and still be wrong. Provably wrong in the real world.
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http://www.behindthelabel.org/

http://www.beyondpesticides.org/

http://www.americanprogress.org/

http://www.corporatepolicy.org/

http://www.cdt.org/

http://www.cepr.net/

http://www.cesr.org/

http://www.prwatch.org/

http://www.populareconomics.org/

http://www.progressleaders.org/

http://www.publicintegrity.org/

http://www.opensecrets.org/
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So, the problem is not that people don't study or study the 'wrong' economics, then, right?
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If you say you're an economist, set up an economic system that people follow, and it fails miserably I'd say you're espoused the "wrong" economics.

I likes the blues..........
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The Roadhouse: Roots rock, blues, soul and R&B.
Wednesday's 6-9:00 pm

http://www.kexp.org/

Bipartisan Music???
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The Blues iz bi-partsan and non-discriminatory. I hired a Blues band for my wedding. Shoulda got Johnny Nitro and the doorslammers. I didn't know I could afford them tho.

I likes it

them, er.



Thanks.
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Who or what are Johnny Nitro and The Doorslammers?

Or were you being clever, and alluding to hiring a band befitting the explosive situations and room exiting habits that followed your nuptuals?
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Irony my shirt.
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more like.
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Good day.

I haven’t posted on this forum yet, but did when we were all cspan. 

I’ve been busy trying to understand what the heck is going on, for real, all politics aside.  I don’t know if I’m there yet, but I have come across some food for thought, stuff that you all ought to look into.

I know from the cspan forum that you all are fine Americans.  May our Creator bless you all for that.  Our differences may be on a political bend, but just for a time put all that aside and focus on America and our great country, the Constitution and Bill of Rights that makes it the greatest human experiment of all time.

Currently we have NAFTA, which has truly done nothing of what it was touted to be when signed into law by then President Clinton.  It has allowed over 900,000 jobs to be outsourced and our economy has suffered.

More currently the newer CAFTA passed narrowly under President Bush.  It too holds no promise better than NAFTA did. It truly is a stepping stone toward even more destruction to our Constitution under FTAA.

You know of the EU in Europe and it being comprised of many European countries.  Do we want our great country to become part of an AmerU consisting of the Americas in total where we have less American rights, and become part of a single Continental government?

Okay, I am only starting to scratch the surface here of something that has me concerned.  It stretches over party lines as you can deduce from the two opposite Presidents listed above.

Please review the three issues of NAFTA, CAFTA and FTAA and come to your own conclusions.  I truly trust all who post here to be good American citizens who, differences aside, all want what is best for our country and its citizens.

FTAA is coming; NAFTA and CAFTA are already here.  There is more there than just trade issues, but even basing your conclusions of trade, who is benefiting by these actions?  Americans have suffered under NAFTA, wait to see what CAFTA will do but FTAA is even more dangerous to our great country and the Constitution.

If you are already up on the FTAA stuff, please help me to understand it better.  It is so difficult to comprehend all that these laws involve, until we see them in action, such as NAFTA.

I am so glad you all are still discussing actively all that is at issue for America.  You all give me hope that we can find a way to make a difference.

Kathe

Just a couple of links to start with.
www.ftaaresistance.org
www.stopftaa.org
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If you are already up on the FTAA stuff, please help me to understand it better.  It is so difficult to comprehend all that these laws involve, until we see them in action, such as NAFTA.

Good Morning Kathe,

You are not the only one that needs help in this area.
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Over time, I too have lost the meaning and purpose of these various trade agreements.

I need someone to draw me a picture.

What industries do these help and how?

When will we see some tangible results?

How do we judge the advantages and performance of these agreements relative to American economics?

What is the political intention in making these agreements? 

Who do these agreements favor?

I honestly do not understand.

Most Respectfully,
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Caterpillar offers its products worldwide. The company was formed as Caterpillar Tractor Co. in 1925, pursuant to the merger of The Holt Manufacturing Company and the C. L. Best Tractor Co. Caterpillar Tractor Co. changed its name to Caterpillar, Inc. in 1986. The company is headquartered in Peoria, Illinois.

Caterpillar is situated to compete successfully in the international economy of the 21st century. It has recently signed agreements totalling $200 million with the Commonwealth of Independent States (the former Soviet Union) to supply tractors, pipelayers and off-highway trucks. Shortly after the U.S. Congress passed the North American Free Trade Agreement, which Caterpillar supported, the company received orders totalling $47.5 million from Mexico for Illinois-manufactured machines. Its outlook is rosy. There does not appear to be anything that could hold it back, including the UAW.

Kathe! You made it! AFT, lady! Now you've gotta sign up and get a coool avatar.

NAFTA and CAFTA are inneresting. I kind of think of them as "good intentions" but frankly, until we (the U.S.) start enforcing the labor and environmental protections that are part of it, it's just a free-for-all for bidness.

That's why it's so confusing, I thnk. The agreements are not being implemented the way they were written. That might change with a different administration, but I don't know.

Perhaps they never meant to enforce those things. Hope for the best, but expect the worst.
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Any labor/environmental riders in either NAFTA or CAFTA are a slap in the face to both.

A slap in the face.

et al,

My impression is that CAFTA and NAFTA are similar and that both were designed to allow US industry to outsource production at a lower price.
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I have yet to see a serious dicussion on any one positive aspect on either agreement.  I want to see a comparative analysis of Pre-Agreement Promises compared to Post-Agreement Reality.

Most Respectfully,
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Irony my shirt.
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Explain!
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It's a yolk, son.
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It's a yolk, son.
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"Irony my shirt beyotch" would have been more recognizable?
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