Buy Local; Stay Poor

By making globalization an all-purpose scapegoat for economic complaints, many "progressives" are actually undermining the most powerful force for eradicating global poverty.
    Robert J. Samuelson

(ed. note: apologies for the earlier, incorrect link)

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[Brattleboro_conservative]

My only criticism about the article is that it focuses on the macro level and not the micro. My wife and I sell internationally over the internet and benefit directly by having access to a global marketplace without any goverment red tape. The internet can be a great leveler for anyone wanting to sell to the rest of the world and individual seller enpowerment should be the goal here. Vermont benefits a lot here, though you would never know this from all the anti-globalization talk coming from the local population. Statewide broadband is a must if VT is to ever break free from it's "local" mindset.