Frances Coppola — The zero-sum trade in people

This is an important issue in that under neoliberalism free markets, free trade and free flow of capital are promoted but not free flow of labor. This is viewed as disadvantageous to labor. However, within the US, there are free markets, free trade, free capital flow and free flow of labor among the sovereign states of the federation. This experiment has functioned reasonably well. Now a similar experiment is underway in the EZ, with the flow of labor being prompted by economic necessity due to the crisis. Will the outcome be comparable to the US experience, since even though the case is similar, it is very different, too. The answer has consequences for globalization under a neoliberal model. Coppola Comment The zero-sum trade in people