tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post2590735077152044555..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: Should Americans Sacrifice more to Save the World?Bud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-36093999113557731382015-06-17T10:48:38.875-07:002015-06-17T10:48:38.875-07:00Other rebuttals:
NYT Runs "Free Trade" ...Other rebuttals:<br /><br />NYT Runs "Free Trade" Filler for TPP <br /><br />http://www.cepr.net/blogs/beat-the-press/nyt-runs-free-trade-filler-for-tpp<br /><br />How Does the TPP Improve People's Lives by Raising the Cost of Drugs and Making Them Pay More for Old Movies and Music? <br /><br />http://www.cepr.net/blogs/beat-the-press/how-does-the-tpp-improve-people-s-lives-by-raising-the-cost-of-drugs-and-making-them-pay-more-for-old-movies-and-music<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-20354399524086711542015-06-17T10:27:46.377-07:002015-06-17T10:27:46.377-07:00A recent rebuttal by Dean Baker to the post "...A recent rebuttal by Dean Baker to the post "Tea Party Democrats"<br /><br />http://www.cepr.net/blogs/beat-the-press/david-brooks-warns-of-economic-collapse-and-war-without-tppBud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-38801821199459000402015-06-17T10:24:55.818-07:002015-06-17T10:24:55.818-07:00Our multinational corporations want to swap Chines...Our multinational corporations want to swap Chinese workers for new sources of cheap labor (and consumers of our goods and services) in South East Asia, and India. If the Pacific trade deal lifts the living standards of the poorest Asians, especially the 90 million people of Vietnam, it is good PR... <br /><br />http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/supply-drops-china%E2%80%99s-factory-workers-are-more-restive<br />http://qz.com/322341/newly-empowered-chinese-factory-workers-are-striking-and-protesting-in-record-numbers/<br />http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2012-07-26/young-workers-give-southeast-asia-an-edgeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-14051545805812772332015-06-16T11:03:16.411-07:002015-06-16T11:03:16.411-07:00If I owned a company that made $1,000 in profits e...If I owned a company that made $1,000 in profits every year, and spent 1 penny on lobbyists and political campaigns to pass a law that could increase my profits by $25 a year, if the law doesn't pass, I've only lost a penny that I could probably write off on my taxes. But if the law passes, then a $25 profit is a good return on my 1 cent investment — even if it means millions of people would suffer in some way. That's Big Pharma.Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-81751124477474739092015-06-16T10:48:08.391-07:002015-06-16T10:48:08.391-07:00Dean Baker: one of the main purposes of the TPP is...Dean Baker: one of the main purposes of the TPP is to create stronger and longer patent and copyright protection. This will most importantly raise the cost of prescription drugs, but the prices of many other items will also rise due to increased protection.<br /><br />http://www.cepr.net/blogs/beat-the-press/how-does-the-tpp-improve-people-s-lives-by-raising-the-cost-of-drugs-and-making-them-pay-more-for-old-movies-and-music<br /><br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com