I would first like to say that
Lometa displays what I would consider incredible
nodlyship in this
writeup.
Direct, knowledgeful, helpful, it is a superb followup to
burnboy's post.
But, as long as this node is on a pedagogical kick, I would like to ask Burnboy : what exactly was the assignment? (i.e. length, audience, purpose - purpose being here "opinion", "information", "discussion", etc.) were there any other requirements? I think trying to figure out such teacherly comments needs such background
As for protectionism and free trade in the US, it's true enough that free trade is still the major force of the economy, but in comparison to the free-free trade which occured at the height of America's power -- I would have to argue that America's individual importance is on the downslide if for no other reason than other countries are becoming much more advanced, competetive, and powerful themselves --, the giant is once again sinking (albeit slowly) into the protectionist pit from which it came.
Yo.
umm...just noticed that that ending there seems to take a negative stance on protectionism. that's not really what i was going for, i just liked the metaphor. as for this writeup, i'm stance-neutral.