In response to "Econ 101," Mr. Bushee may want to do more research on the actual effects of a global market economy before making such blind and arrogant remarks. His neo-liberal viewpoint narrows the impact of multinational corporations on economic markets to nothing more than an elitist rant. The burgeoning oligopoly, solidified by organizations such as the WTO, has reinforced this ridiculous economic mentality into the minds of impressionable persons such as Mr. Bushee.
His claim that only capitalist nations are wealthy while non-capitalist nations are not is simply asinine. Various countries in South America and Africa, as well as former Soviet-bloc states, can be used as specific examples to show economic inconsistency and the failure of certain capitalist nations under the mounting push for globalization. Again, Mr. Bushee's assertions are made without a clear grasp of the variables involved in the evolution of an economic system. Issues such as post-imperialism, modernization and culture must be examined in order to reach an educated conclusion. His bold ethnocentric declarations are only regurgitated postmodern economic theory � which is really corporate rhetoric.
His solution to poverty ("to have economic growth") is shortsighted, misguided, and ill-informed. With such riches in the United States, why do we tolerate poverty within our own borders? So, using the SCSU hockey team as a model, we have a good team but why are there so few players on the bench?
The values of a free-market economy are not a cure-all remedy. Issues of commercialization and globalization are not a farce as Bushee would have readers believe. The "Wal-Mart Effect" is thoroughly documented as a predatory market strategy threatening to dissolve small business ventures crushing the true spirit behind free-market capitalism. Buying into commercialization is truly elitism and ignorance personified.
Kristian Brown
SCSU Alumni 1998
