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→Free trade as a Cold War weapon
The post-[[World War II]] free trade movement really dates from the mid 1950s and creation of the [[European Common Market]], which evolved into the [[European Union]] with its own [[parliament]] by the 1980s. To compete with the burgeoning economic power of the European Union, reducing [[North America]]n trade barriers was finalized in the [[NAFTA]] agreement by 1996. [[Cold War]] politics cannot be overlooked in understanding how the modern free trade movement was built on a house of cards.
The post-[[World War II]] free trade movement really dates from the mid 1950s and creation of the [[European Common Market]], which evolved into the [[European Union]] with its own [[parliament]] by the 1980s. To compete with the burgeoning economic power of the European Union, reducing [[North America]]n trade barriers was finalized in the [[NAFTA]] agreement by 1996. [[Cold War]] politics cannot be overlooked in understanding how the modern free trade movement was built on a house of cards.
The artificial European Union superstate was built without a defense budget - the U.S. [[taxpayer]] picking up the tab. Meantime, Marxists dreamed of violent worldwide revolution by exporting Soviet weapons from Russia to [[Cuba]], [[Nicaragua]], [[El Salvador]], all [[Central America]], [[Mexico]] and eventually the United States liberate the oppressed masses, establish [[Socialism]] and overthrow the [[capitalist]] international order. Raising living standards in Mexico via free trade and NAFTA was seen as a way to counter Marxist revolutionary ideology, Soviet [[foreign policy]], and compete with the Euro zone.
The artificial European Union superstate was built without a defense budget - the U.S. [[taxpayer]] picking up the tab. Meantime, Marxists dreamed of violent worldwide revolution by exporting Soviet weapons from Russia to [[Cuba]], [[Nicaragua]], [[El Salvador]], all [[Central America]], [[Mexico]] and eventually the United States to liberate the oppressed masses, establish [[Socialism]] and overthrow the [[capitalist]] international order. Raising living standards in Mexico via free trade and NAFTA was seen as a way to counter Marxist revolutionary ideology, Soviet [[foreign policy]], and compete with the Euro zone.
===The Wall Street / Main Street disconnect===
===The Wall Street / Main Street disconnect===