Sound roughly like the manifesto that brought about the seattle demonstrations. Lots of work’s been tried here by the NGO communities but to little avail. The vested interests are large, I wouldn’t underestimate getting some of the fine tuning of the policy right or the amount of effort it would take to get these things through + keep them there.
I was 12 when those demonstrations happened, and I’m a little fuzzy on the agenda of the protesters. I’m currently finishing up Stigliz’s Gobalization and its Discontents, which while critical of the IMF, also complaints about anti-globalization activists lobbying for more protectionist measures on the part of developed countries, against goods produced in developing countries. Do you have any idea if that applies to the Seattle protests?
I say little avail—but I had CAP / agricultural policies in mind. Debt cancellations have happened a lot, and have been partly the result of campaigning. Also, aid has increased, and although the lines are harder to draw / for me to see, this might also have been helped by NGO type lobbying.
Sound roughly like the manifesto that brought about the seattle demonstrations. Lots of work’s been tried here by the NGO communities but to little avail. The vested interests are large, I wouldn’t underestimate getting some of the fine tuning of the policy right or the amount of effort it would take to get these things through + keep them there.
I was 12 when those demonstrations happened, and I’m a little fuzzy on the agenda of the protesters. I’m currently finishing up Stigliz’s Gobalization and its Discontents, which while critical of the IMF, also complaints about anti-globalization activists lobbying for more protectionist measures on the part of developed countries, against goods produced in developing countries. Do you have any idea if that applies to the Seattle protests?
Yes. It applies. But they were also asking for what you were asking for.
I say little avail—but I had CAP / agricultural policies in mind. Debt cancellations have happened a lot, and have been partly the result of campaigning. Also, aid has increased, and although the lines are harder to draw / for me to see, this might also have been helped by NGO type lobbying.