Archive for the ‘Free Trade’ Category

Filed Under (Development, Free Trade, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, economics, globalisation) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, I helped arrange a lecture by Christopher Lingle on Globalization and Culture. It’s now up on youtube. Among other things, Cris predicts an impending crash in China. He correctly called the last Asian Crisis, I think most of his work…



Filed Under (Development, Free Trade, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, economics, globalisation) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, I helped arrange a lecture by Christopher Lingle on Globalization and Culture. It’s now up on youtube. Among other things, Cris predicts an impending crash in China. He correctly called the last Asian Crisis, I think most of his work…



Filed Under (Development, Free Trade, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, economics, globalisation) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, I helped arrange a lecture by Christopher Lingle on Globalization and Culture. It’s now up on youtube. Among other things, Cris predicts an impending crash in China. He correctly called the last Asian Crisis, I think most of his work…



Filed Under (Development, Free Trade, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, economics, globalisation) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, I helped arrange a lecture by Christopher Lingle on Globalization and Culture. It’s now up on youtube. Among other things, Cris predicts an impending crash in China. He correctly called the last Asian Crisis, I think most of his work…



Filed Under (Development, Free Trade, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, economics, globalisation) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, I helped arrange a lecture by Christopher Lingle on Globalization and Culture. It’s now up on youtube. Among other things, Cris predicts an impending crash in China. He correctly called the last Asian Crisis, I think most of his work…



Filed Under (Development, Free Trade, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, economics, globalisation) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, I helped arrange a lecture by Christopher Lingle on Globalization and Culture. It’s now up on youtube. Among other things, Cris predicts an impending crash in China. He correctly called the last Asian crisis before it happened, so I’…



Filed Under (Development, Free Trade, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, economics, globalisation) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, I helped arrange a lecture by Christopher Lingle on Globalization and Culture. It’s now up on youtube. Among other things, Cris predicts an impending crash in China. He correctly called the last Asian crisis before it happened, so I’…



Filed Under (Development, Free Trade, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, economics, globalisation) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, I helped arrange a lecture by Christopher Lingle on Globalization and Culture. It’s now up on youtube. Among other things, Cris predicts an impending crash in China. He correctly called the last Asian crisis before it happened, so I’…



Filed Under (Development, Free Trade, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, economics, globalisation) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, I helped arrange a lecture by Christopher Lingle on Globalization and Culture. It’s now up on youtube. Among other things, Cris predicts an impending crash in China. He correctly called the last Asian crisis before it happened, so I’…



Filed Under (Development, Free Trade, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, economics, globalisation) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, I helped arrange a lecture by Christopher Lingle on Globalization and Culture. It’s now up on youtube. Among other things, Cris predicts an impending crash in China. He correctly called the last Asian crisis before it happened, so I’…



Filed Under (Development, Free Trade, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, economics, globalisation) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, I helped arrange a lecture by Christopher Lingle on Globalization and Culture. It’s now up on youtube. Among other things, Cris predicts an impending crash in China. He correctly called the last Asian crisis before it happened, so I’…



Filed Under (Development, Free Trade, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, economics, globalisation) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, I helped arrange a lecture by Christopher Lingle on Globalization and Culture. It’s now up on youtube. Among other things, Cris predicts an impending crash in China. He correctly called the last Asian crisis before it happened, so I’…



Filed Under (Culture, Free Trade, Globalization, Media, Opinions, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, Youth-Culture-Society) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, Prof. Cris Lingle spoke at on the topic at a lecture we organized. Finally, we have managed to put some excerpts up on You Tube.
Part 1, focusing on Globalization:

Part 2, focusing on culture and globalization:

The lecture stirred up a lot of discussion. More on the lecture here and here and here.
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Filed Under (Culture, Free Trade, Globalization, Media, Opinions, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, Youth-Culture-Society) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, Prof. Cris Lingle spoke at on the topic at a lecture we organized. Finally, we have managed to put some excerpts up on You Tube.
Part 1, focusing on Globalization:

Part 2, focusing on culture and globalization:

The lecture stirred up a lot of discussion. More on the lecture here and here and here.
       […]



Filed Under (Culture, Free Trade, Globalization, Media, Opinions, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, Youth-Culture-Society) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, Prof. Cris Lingle spoke at on the topic at a lecture we organized. Finally, we have managed to put some excerpts up on You Tube.
Part 1, focusing on Globalization:

Part 2, focusing on culture and globalization:

The lecture stirred up a lot of discussion. More on the lecture here and here and here.
       […]



Filed Under (Culture, Free Trade, Globalization, Media, Opinions, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, Youth-Culture-Society) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, Prof. Cris Lingle spoke at on the topic at a lecture we organized. Finally, we have managed to put some excerpts up on You Tube.
Part 1, focusing on Globalization:

Part 2, focusing on culture and globalization:

The lecture stirred up a lot of discussion. More on the lecture here and here and here.
       […]



Filed Under (Culture, Free Trade, Globalization, Media, Opinions, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, Youth-Culture-Society) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, Prof. Cris Lingle spoke at on the topic at a lecture we organized. Finally, we have managed to put some excerpts up on You Tube.
Part 1, focusing on Globalization:

Part 2, focusing on culture and globalization:

The lecture stirred up a lot of discussion. More on the lecture here and here and here.
       […]



Filed Under (Culture, Free Trade, Globalization, Media, Opinions, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, Youth-Culture-Society) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, Prof. Cris Lingle spoke at on the topic at a lecture we organized. Finally, we have managed to put some excerpts up on You Tube.
Part 1, focusing on Globalization:

Part 2, focusing on culture and globalization:

The lecture stirred up a lot of discussion. More on the lecture here and here and here.
       […]



Filed Under (Culture, Free Trade, Globalization, Media, Opinions, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, Youth-Culture-Society) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, Prof. Cris Lingle spoke at on the topic at a lecture we organized. Finally, we have managed to put some excerpts up on You Tube.
Part 1, focusing on Globalization:

Part 2, focusing on culture and globalization:

The lecture stirred up a lot of discussion. More on the lecture here and here and here.
       […]



Filed Under (Culture, Free Trade, Globalization, Media, Opinions, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, Youth-Culture-Society) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, Prof. Cris Lingle spoke at on the topic at a lecture we organized. Finally, we have managed to put some excerpts up on You Tube.
Part 1, focusing on Globalization:

Part 2, focusing on culture and globalization:

The lecture stirred up a lot of discussion. More on the lecture here and here and here.
       […]



Filed Under (Culture, Free Trade, Globalization, Media, Opinions, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, Youth-Culture-Society) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, Prof. Cris Lingle spoke at on the topic at a lecture we organized. Finally, we have managed to put some excerpts up on You Tube.
Part 1, focusing on Globalization:

Part 2, focusing on culture and globalization:

The lecture stirred up a lot of discussion. More on the lecture here and here and here.
       […]



Filed Under (Culture, Free Trade, Globalization, Media, Opinions, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, Youth-Culture-Society) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, Prof. Cris Lingle spoke at on the topic at a lecture we organized. Finally, we have managed to put some excerpts up on You Tube.
Part 1, focusing on Globalization:

Part 2, focusing on culture and globalization:

The lecture stirred up a lot of discussion. More on the lecture here and here and here.
       […]



Filed Under (Culture, Free Trade, Globalization, Media, Opinions, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, Youth-Culture-Society) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, Prof. Cris Lingle spoke at on the topic at a lecture we organized. Finally, we have managed to put some excerpts up on You Tube.
Part 1, focusing on Globalization:

Part 2, focusing on culture and globalization:

The lecture stirred up a lot of discussion. More on the lecture here and here and here.
       […]



Filed Under (Culture, Free Trade, Globalization, Media, Opinions, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, Youth-Culture-Society) by Deane on October-19-2008

About an year ago, Prof. Cris Lingle spoke at on the topic at a lecture we organized. Finally, we have managed to put some excerpts up on You Tube.
Part 1, focusing on Globalization:

Part 2, focusing on culture and globalization:

The lecture stirred up a lot of discussion. More on the lecture here and here and here.
       […]



Filed Under (America, Free Trade, Obama, POLITICS, United States, economics) by Deane on August-24-2008

Scot Adams makes the case. (yes, he’s the guy who created Dilbert, but he majored in economics in college and nowadays runs a stellar blog). Scott writes,If a weather expert tells you what the weather will be on a specific day next year, you can safe…



Drew Carey in another installment of his series at Reason.tv takes a swing at the U.S. protectionists’ (Obama-types) fear mongering over NAFTA.

Something that’s rarely understood by protectionist all over the world is that the biggest source of “job…



Filed Under (Elections, Free Trade, Obama, POLITICS, United States, economics) by Deane on March-17-2008

Mankiw writing for the New York Times,NO issue divides economists and mere Muggles more than the debate over globalization and international trade. Where the high priests of the dismal science see opportunity through the magic of the market’s invisib…



Filed Under (Fair Trade, Free Trade, POLITICS, economics) by Deane on February-25-2008

Adam Smith Institute has it’s latest report Unfair Trade, Out today. From the ASI Blog:Fairtrade is a nice idea, and it is great that so many consumers want to help the poor in the developing world. But it is important that we ask whether Fairtrade rea…



Filed Under (Free Trade, Free-Markets, Hayek, India, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, economics) by Deane on February-22-2008

Recently the Island carried an article with the same title where the writer (a Kath Noble) goes on to explain the implications of the Indo-Lanka Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Now, I have seen worse articles on trade and economics in the Sri Lankan press…



Filed Under (Democrats, Fair Trade, Free Trade, Iraq, Obama, POLITICS, Public, Sri Lanka, Terrorism, economics) by Deane on February-18-2008

Lots of people like Barack Obama. He’s now the frontrunner for the democratic nomination, and if he does get it, He’ll be hard to beat for McCain. He’s articulate, charismatic and black. This appeals to a lot of people, not just in the U.S. but i…