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Originally Posted by aklim
Indeed. However, to be convincing to me, at least, I have to hear them tell me what the bad news is. Otherwise, all you have is a used car salesman that tells you how wonderful your life with be with this car, etc, etc, etc. Better yet, a politician that tells you how you can have it all with a little nudge here and a push there and later on, when you adopt his idea, you find that a whack between the legs is part of the bargain.
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You can look back at history to find the 'bad news' about isolationism.
I think the article greatly overstates potential calamity. In most aspects, globalization reduces risk. The financial situation is an exception, but I suspect the global finance markets will be different after recovery.