Prosperity, after all, is what makes progress possible on issues like health, education, the environment, jobs, wages, and growth. The poorest nations have the worst economic and environmental records. We learned that with the bankrupt Soviet Union and its East-bloc satellites. A young person concerned about the need to promote ecology and improve economic conditions around the world should be in favor of free trade. That's why all of this talk about the perils of globalization is misleading.
Globalization expands the information superhighway across the world.
Once they get on that highway, their economies will prosper, their wages will rise, and their environments will improve. But it's not only the protestors. If Gore or Bradley follows the Clinton-Sweeney line, they are sure losers next November. The Investor Class favors free-trade globalization. John McCain is quoted in today's Investor's Business Daily saying that if he's elected President, he will shut down the government, if necessary, to cut pork-barrel spending.