Harley Shaiken
Harley Shaiken
core debate debated elsewhere environment game labor looking rules seattle treated whether
What we're looking at in Seattle is a debate over the rules of the game and how the environment and labor will be treated -- whether they will be debated elsewhere or whether they will become part of the core discussions about trade.
combined create downward economy global pressure third
What's new about the global economy is First World productivity combined with Third World wages. That can create some real downward pressure on high-wage countries.
rhetoric time
The rhetoric is much different this time - this time they're really out to get each other.
labor tough
Labor is in some pretty tough rapids right now.
case pushed suspect
I suspect they don't want to strike, but they could be pushed into a corner, and if that's the case they have considerable leverage,
exit looking middle roads
I think what we are looking at here are exit roads from the middle class.
bankruptcy barriers fewer moral
There are so many fewer moral barriers to a bankruptcy of this scale.
choices easy hard
There are some very hard choices and no easy answers. This is a long way from over.