Re: RE: Krugman Watch: Workers vs. Workers

[Jim Devine]

mbs writes:
>The problem w/direct aid for trade adjustment is the problem of narrow 
>entitlements -- they fail to excite mass support and without elite 
>backing, tend to wither on the vine.

that's right. But economists who are pushing free trade as the solution to 
the world's ills should be aware of the costs of their program and try to 
compensate those who suffer from those costs.

Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] &  http://liberalarts.lmu.edu/~jdevine