The American School of Economics

[Kaine for Senate '18]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_School_%28economics%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_System_%28economic_plan%29

[phk]

No.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

No.  We're not a developing economy as we were in the 19th century.

[Sensei]

What Ernest said. The playing field could not be any more different.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Some aspects of it are good, of course, but many aspects of it are also very archaic.

[k-onmmunist]

Absolutely not.

[Frodo]

No (D) -I support free trade.  There are aspects of the ASE which I like (e.g. investments in infrastructure) but the protectionist aspect was perhaps its defining feature -and the most odious. 

[Bacon King]

The real question is, should developing economies today follow the path the United States did when it was in its stage of economic development? We pretty much force the third world to liberalize but that's not what worked for us at all.

[Ban my account ffs!]

I agree wholeheartedly with tenants #2 and #3, but generally disagree with tenant #1.  I agree that tariffs have a use in certain situations where the fallout of a certain industry would have much bigger negative economic consequences... (such as allowing the entire rust belt to fail into oblivion and rebuild the nation in environmentally unsound areas using very inefficient development patterns and cheap materials bound to fall apart and degrade long term economic viability... but who am I kidding... REAGAN WAS A SAVIOR!)

But generally I believe in FAIR trade... free trade among nations that respect workers' and human rights.

I also see a use for subsidies in infant industries that have trouble getting of the ground but have huge potential (like renewable energy research, agricultural research, etc.).  As I just outlined, the subsidies could be more for R&D rather than direct subsidies.

[Mint]

I agree with most of it, although I also agree with Snowguy's point that 'free trade' is OK if it's between countries that are on a fairly level playing field.

[Beet]

I would probably have been a pretty die hard Americanist in the 19th century.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Hell no to crony capitalism.

[Dr. Cynic]

I would favor it if we were still a developing nation. I'd never favor free trade outside of staunch allies.

I'd love to see a highspeed railway connecting all cities. For people like me who have a hard time flying and don't drive, high speed train travel is a blessing.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Trade baby, trade.