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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 13:43:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Margrete Strand-Rangnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [mai] Globaphobia Debate
This debate is organized by the Preamble Center for Public Policy who we
work closely with. They have taken a lead in the fight against increased IMF
Funding and are also close partners in the work against the MAI. If you're
in DC then this is a debate that you shouldn't miss!
The goal of the debate is to expose the debate within the economics
profession over the desirability of globalization as represented by NAFTA,
MAI, GATT/WTO, other trade and investment liberalization initiatices. Litan
and Mann are prominent economists and "globalizers." Weisbrot and Baker
oppose the model of corporate globalization that these trade and investment
agreements represent. It should be a lively, timely and educational event.
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MEDIA ADVISORY CONTACT:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Neil Watkins 202-265-3263
September 14, 1998 Robert Naiman 202-265-0312
Globaphobia: Irrational Fear or Common Sense?
Debate to Address Impact of Trade and Investment Liberalization on
Income Distribution and Economic Growth
As economic troubles spread through the global economy, the debate among
economists over the role of government in regulating markets has widened
Moderator: Bob Davis, Wall Street Journal
Panelists: Robert Litan, Director of Economic Studies, Brookings
Institution
Catherine Mann, Senior Fellow, Institute for International
Economics
Dean Baker, Economist, Economic Policy Institute
Mark Weisbrot, Research Director, Preamble Center
Robert Litan is co-author of Globaphobia: Confronting Fears
about Open Trade (Brookings Press, 1998)
Catherine Mann is author of Trade, Technology, and the
American Worker, forthcoming, International for
International Economics
Dean Baker is co-editor of Globalization and Progressive
Economic Policy: The Constraints and Options (Cambridge
University Press, 1998)
Mark Weisbrot is the author of "Globalization for Whom?,"
forthcoming, Cornell International Law Journal
When: Wednesday, September 16, 1998
9-11 am (Please Note New Time)
Where: The Jefferson Hotel, 1200 16th Street NW
Monticello Room
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Neil Watkins
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Preamble Center
1737 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
Ph: (202) 265-3263
Fax: (202) 265-3647
http://www.preamble.org
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Margrete Strand Rangnes
MAI Project Coordinator
Public Citizen Global Trade Watch
215 Pennsylvania Ave, SE
Washington DC, 20003
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
202-546 4996, ext. 306
202-547 7392 (fax)
http://www.tradewatch.org
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