Globalization, Not Globalism: Free Trade versus Destructive Statist Ideology

01/16/2023 Connor O'Keeffe

Relatively free trade and capital mobilization have greatly raised living standards in recent years. Yet those that call themselves globalists are less interested in trade than in unipolar political power, pushing violent, disastrous schemes.

Original Article: “Globalization, Not Globalism: Free Trade versus Destructive Statist Ideology”

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