Archive for 'Trade Policy'
Poll Leaders (and Ron Paul) on Free Trade
Today Yahoo! News had an article about the decreasing trade deficit. While you might think that this is a good thing, many people are still critical about Bush’s policies. Naturally we decided to do some research about the 2008 candidates positions and ideas on free trade. As usual we’ll take a look at the poll […]
Posted: September 11th, 2007 under Clinton, Obama, Giuliani, Thompson, Edwards, Trade Policy, Ron Paul.
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2008 Election Populism
We have just read through the New York Times article that I posted in my Link Sandwich earlier entitled “New Populism Is Spurring Democrats on the Economy.
According to Wikipedia, Populism is “a political doctrine or philosophy that purports to defend the interests of the common people against an entrenched, self-serving or corrupt elite.”
Therefore, in an […]
Posted: July 16th, 2007 under Clinton, Obama, Kucinich, Edwards, Trade Policy.
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Gephardt Endorses Clinton
Former House Democratic leader Dick Gephardt has endorsed Hillary Clinton. Since all candidates are seeking endorsements, this may seem like one of many.
It is not.
Gephardt, more than any other Democrat in recent years, is identified with protectionist trade policies. The endorsement, combined with Hillary Clinton’s recent rejection of the Korean trade pact, will […]
Posted: July 6th, 2007 under Clinton, Trade Policy.
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