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Re:The Great Decoupling by eru on Monday May 25, 2015 @04:27AM (#9599130)
> If globalization (by which we mean "trade policy like the TPP/TTIP/NAFTA/CAFTA"), de-unionization and steady corrupting effect of money on government are actually responsible instead, you have a small group of exposed people to point a pitchfork at. You can say Larry Summers helped cause this. Obama helped cause this. Greg Mankiw helped cause this. Not progress. People.

> Brynjolfsson: No, similar trends are appearing in most developed countries.

Does your conspiracy theory encompass the whole globe?

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Re:The Great Decoupling by jeffdavis on Monday May 25, 2015 @02:57PM (#9601214)
"Does your conspiracy theory encompass the whole globe?"

It doesn't have to, it only has to affect those countries in which the decoupling is taking place. Not sure if that makes it more plausible or not.

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Re:The Great Decoupling by crdoconnor on Monday May 25, 2015 @04:57AM (#9599190)
How does this sound?

* A treaty written in absolute secrecy (until leaked) largely written by lobbyists solely representing their employers - multinational corporations.

* The text of that treaty creates new, special, supranational courts that gives these multinational corporations the power to sue governments for enacting laws to protect their citizens.

Conspiratorial? Or not?

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