[Peace-discuss] Remember being anti-(corporate)globalization? Obama isn't [CORRECTION]

[C. G. Estabrook]

Sorry.  I have Melanie Klein on my mind (so to speak), because I'm writing a 
paper about her.  I meant to write *Naomi* Klein.  And I probably should have 
specified that she describes some of Obama's tergiversations in *economic 
policy*.  There are a lot to choose from, as readers of *The Mendacity of Hope* 
know. --CGE

C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> [And remember who Obama's "economic policy director" is: "37-year-old 
> Jason Furman ... is one of Wal-Mart's most prominent defenders, 
> anointing the company a 'progressive success story.' On the campaign 
> trail, Obama blasted Clinton for sitting on the Wal-Mart board and 
> pledged, 'I won't shop there.' For Furman, however, it's Wal-Mart's 
> critics who are the real threat: the 'efforts to get Wal-Mart to raise 
> its wages and benefits' are creating 'collateral damage' that is 'way 
> too enormous and damaging to working people and the economy more broadly 
> for me to sit by idly and sing "Kum-Ba-Ya" in the interests of 
> progressive harmony.'" Melanie Klein tells the sad story of Obama's 
> tergiversations: <http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080630/klein>.  --CGE]
> 
> 
>     Obama vows to help restore US faith in globalisation
>     By Edward Luce in Chicago
>     Published: June 27 2008 03:00
> 
> A Barack Obama administration would mark a "break" from the US trade 
> policies of the last few years and push for deals that would help 
> overcome America's growing scepticism towards globalisation, according 
> to the presidential candidate's economic policy director.
> 	...