I skimmed parts of this earlier discussion but didn't realize most considered that the issue had already been beaten to death or that wounds were still too tender to touch. I can go along with that, but I don't think the issue will go away. Bill Burgess On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, Sid Shniad wrote: > 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 > > > > > >