WHAT HAS A QUARTER CENTURY OF FREE TRADE GIVEN US...:

Dems want trade talks to include protections (David J. Lynch, 1/30/07, USA TODAY)

President Bush and congressional Democrats fired the opening salvos Tuesday in what could become a major debate about whether the U.S. pursues additional trade agreements. [...]

The looming battle about an extension comes amid what Democrats say is rising economic insecurity despite an unemployment rate of 4.5%.

...besides unprecedented global growth and democratization, deflation, full employment, and $53 trillion in household net worth?

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 31, 2007 8:31 AM