If Obama keeps centering by the far left...

ARTICLE: Free Trade Has Enriched the World with More than Diverse Goods, By Daniel Griswold, YaleGlobal , 2 October 2009

Really great piece that makes the argument for freer trade and avoiding the siren song of the populists.

It makes me think that if Obama keeps splitting the differences on this issue and so many others, he'll be a one-term president.

Why? Splitting the difference in this hothead political environment will see him pulling too far leftward at a point in history when the world needs more from us than just self-centered adjustment.

(Thanks: HistoryGuy99)

Comments

[Louis Heberlein]

There is a relatively small number of very rich globalization capitalists who do wonderful things for current and future generations of needy, or sick folks at home and elsewhere. Maybe our society and schools should create a secular modern Puritanism where a larger group of goodly capitalists felt the need and opportunity to show that their wealth and success were signs of their ethical virtues.

Maybe it could be started with a Christmas movie.