Dear Bill, In order to save Penners the agony of going through the entire debate one again, may I suggest that you do a search of the Pen archives and read the debate between the Progressive Nationalists and the Progressive Internationalists (the terms were Tom Weiskopf's) that took place in the context of the onset of NAFTA? Cheers, Sid Shniad > > Any (further) entrenchment of 'free' market conditions that facilitate > exploitation should be opposed. > > But the objections to the OECD proposals on FDI I've heard > so far (like the campaign against NAFTA and the FTA) seem to be > mainly national-protectionist. They leave the impression the problem is > not capitalism but foreign capitalism, i.e., not capitalism at all but > foreigners! > > Why should national capitalists have an edge over foreign capitalists (in > OECD countries)? > > Bill Burgess > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > home (604) 255-5957 > fax c/o (604) 822-6150 > >