Kristof gets it right, again

06/02/2004 Mises Wire Jude Blanchette

Nicholas Kristof, in todays NY Times(registration required): “...Communism is fading, in part because of Western engagement with China — trade, investment, Avon ladies, M.B.A.’s, Michael Jordan and Vogue magazines have triumphed over Marx. That’s one reason we should bolster free trade and exchanges with China, rather than retreating to the protectionist barricades, as some are urging.”

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