Comments on: Brexit and the global south: Why it’s time to end free trade imperialism https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/brexit-global-south-time-end-free-trade-imperialism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brexit-global-south-time-end-free-trade-imperialism Tue, 11 Sep 2018 13:23:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.4 By: Jeremy Fox https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/brexit-global-south-time-end-free-trade-imperialism/#comment-487 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 14:49:00 +0000 https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/?p=1305#comment-487 Spot on. But I wish soothsayers would stop describing EU trade and industrial policy as neoliberal. It is the opposite: protectionist and neo-imperialistic i.e. akin to 18th century mercantilism. “Neo-mercantilism” would be a more apposite term, I think.

]]> By: Cyril Morong https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/brexit-global-south-time-end-free-trade-imperialism/#comment-485 Thu, 27 Jul 2017 13:35:00 +0000 https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/?p=1305#comment-485 Yes, this is the link I wanted to post at

]]> By: Cyril Morong https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/brexit-global-south-time-end-free-trade-imperialism/#comment-484 Thu, 27 Jul 2017 13:34:00 +0000 https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/?p=1305#comment-484 Sorry, I meant to post this somewhere else

]]> By: Cyril Morong https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/brexit-global-south-time-end-free-trade-imperialism/#comment-483 Thu, 27 Jul 2017 13:32:00 +0000 https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/?p=1305#comment-483 These two links dispute the idea that protectionism led to growth, at least in the USA

http://www.nber.org/papers/w7639.pdf

http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2016/11/much-tariffs-drive-19th-century-u-s-economic-growth.html

]]> By: Stephen_Pennells https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/brexit-global-south-time-end-free-trade-imperialism/#comment-482 Wed, 26 Jul 2017 14:55:00 +0000 https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/?p=1305#comment-482 An inspiring call to Economic Justice. TradeJustice isn’t the whole story- let’s not forget tax and debt- but the issues are interrelated and a matrix that needs to be exposed for what it is.

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