Source: CounterPunch
by Dean Baker
“People in cults often find it nearly impossible to get outside the cult outlook on the world. This is very much true of the leading intellectuals in our policy discussions. They all talk about ‘free trade’ as though it is something that the United States has been moving toward in our trade agreements. This is a dogma held both by the proponents of the trade deals made over the last four decades, who dub them as ‘free trade’ agreements and the opponents who proudly pronounce themselves as critics of free trade.” (05/13/25)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/13/free-trade-dogma-runs-very-deep/