Excellent historical prologue to (surprisingly) sanguine recommendation. Suggest instead: “Above all, do no harm!”::https://t.co/gQG5Vb1bg0
We can imagine what people did for consolation before recorded music (played their own, read poetry). Still, it must have been harder.
#WTO (#GATT + DSU more precisely) is a valuable historic asset. But increasingly hard to see it as more than a placeholder for the future.
“WTO has been able to deliver an agreement to remove red tape at borders†(http://t.co/eaMYyF7NDw). NO! After ~2yrs 17/161 have ratified!
“The phenomenon whereby ads are tied to the complete invasion of privacy is a recent one.”(http://t.co/dh689keR3c). Contentious solutions.
@sdonnan aviation hub. On 4-city visit to USA in Jan passed thru Atlanta 3 times (should have been 5 cities). Also peanuts, cotton (sugar?).
Stuart Harbinson’s analysis sharp, wise as usual. Still, it’s symptomology not aetiology::http://t.co/kwiNe4PW30
McCloskey’s essay summarizes her cheerful theory of the robust (bourgeois) sources & successes of capitalist growth. http://t.co/jmHBjsOiXI
RT @CoppetainPU: #WTO delegations were asked to hit the ground running post summer-break. More like tip-toe. https://t.co/0G8dkWNnFL http:/…
@snlester @tylercowen @rodrikdani Good Q! When it worked? Germany in the late 19th C? Japan in the 1960s? Did “optimum tariffs†ever work?
“Give healthy competition a chance†Yes. Still, a big danger the “below cost†test wd. be BS, like anti-dumping::http://t.co/CT0xrkrM9k
RT @CoherentCrap: A tribute to Peter from Cambridge Scholars Press - http://t.co/t76W66COQz
tylercowen @Jeffely @ericdr “Real people” are never that happy about anything, paradise would not poll above sixty percent…
Nothing for those Greek grifters! But there’s ever a generous handout for EU dairy farmers. $AU800m yesterday…::http://t.co/lDAwaUrMtQ
RT @AndrewDMitch: Delighted to announce forthcoming book “Non-Discrimination & the Role of Regulatory Purpose” http://t.co/BV3JAO4xGV @elga…
Good luck to them. Still, it has usually taken longer and has been very demanding (Iraq should join too, @ but…)::https://t.co/ExApMhDXt4
Oops… an apostrophe awry. “… its empire” https://t.co/5uf5O858NO

Curious. Google’s logo is un-changed in one corner of it’s empire. Conservatism of the acadepic.twitter.com/Fueq57eJqUeJqU
Clearly Krugman has no idea about contents of CHN-AU FTA or +ve micro impact in AU (agree on likely GDP impact). http://t.co/SC3jP3g9A4
Still such “trouble” had its dramatic value. Byron’s lively heroines drive almost all the action in Don Juan::https://t.co/v77nP0Qtbc
Is Dalà holding a selfie-stick? https://t.co/ETurNbRlLS
“Almost all Chinese goods will be duty-free from day one of the deal”. An FTA w/ EU would effectively zero AU tariff::http://t.co/fkjk9WjAr8
“Goose” was “Gus” was Augusta (Leigh)::https://t.co/jO4fh30Hn4
Sensible suggestions from@snlester. Still, too often, “closed” = “selectively porous” to rent-seekers (IP, autos…)::http://t.co/oP82aAk69V
“One wonders why any sensible American would regard Saudi Arabia as a friend of the United States.”::http://t.co/FY3cUgCpj5
@tylercowen’s reading list for his international trade course. Naturally, it’s “interesting throughout”::http://t.co/1dkLanzLbw
To judge from his letters to Lady Melbourne, he and his half sister had become lovers at some two years earlier::https://t.co/M3TLpvpaHI