Friday, February 6, 2009
Mmmm.... Swedish Fish
I read the article by Johan Norberg "We Need Sincere Free Trade." I looked up more about the author and found out that he is actually from Sweden, which makes his statement about sugar mills a lot more understandable. He knows that land well and it is very dear to him. Also he lives in the EU and therefore feels the effects of the CAP better than an American writer ever could. He wrote a book called "In Defense of Global Capitalism" where he argues that globalization has actually helped all those countries that have accepted it to begin to escape poverty. He is a liberal and very much pro globalization. In fact he has dedicated his whole life to it. Knowing this helps us to understand his arguments that America and the EU should open their economies more for free trade, because it would provide many work opportunities for third world countries.
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Sweden's a pretty developed country - did you find anything that would give him more credibility when it comes to the effects of globalization on less-developed countries?
Norberg's background and dedication to globalization makes him more credible. Knowing this changed my perspective of his article and made me read it with more trust in him.
I think the EU's CAP system is wonderful and that the US and under developed countries should be incorporated in their economic plans.
Wow, it would have been nice for him to establish more ethos in the paper. I did not really care for this topic, but now that I know this stuff it makes it a little more interesting to me.
I think knowing that the author is actually from sweden helps convince readers of his credibility. If he is from there he obviously knows more about it than the average person. However I think he should have mentioned that he was from sweden in his paper because it would have helped his argument in his paper.
I think that that is really important to know where the author is coming from. The credibility has a lot to do with the authors perspective and expertise they have in that particular area.
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