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From: Axel Kersten[SMTP:kersten@mail.utexas.edu]
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 1996 4:12 AM
To: lasnet@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu
Subject: NAFTA and the Mexican poor
HI, lasnetters,
I am an ILAS Ph.D. student at UT and I need to find out more about the =
actual impact of NAFTA on the indigenous, poor, rural and agricultural =
sectors of Mexico (until now and expected for the future). Can anybody =
give me some valuable hints on that? I am having trouble encountering =
specific (socioeconomic and political) case studies and evaluations.
THANKS
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Axel Kersten
1910 Nueces St. #10
Austin, TX 78705-5564
Phone/Fax: 1 (512) 322-0448
e-mail: kersten@mail.utexas.edu
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I am more of a library person than an economist on this issue, but it =
seems to me that if you define an assumption, whether you agree or =
disagree with it, then test it, you will be better able to find sources. =
There is a wealth of information on different aspects of poverty in =
Mexico. My own bias on this issue (pardon me, "theoretical approach") is =
that free trade does not exist without free flow of labor, and that as =
long as goods BUT NOT SERVICES can cross the border, a one-sided =
economic relationship will continue. The U.S. has 5% of the world's =
population and, as of 15 years ago, consumed about 30% of its resources. =
It doesn't take a genius to see that such a level of prosperity in =
unsustainable if we try to share it. My personal hope is that the U.S.' =
have-nots will find common cause with Mexico's, but this is just one of =
many ways to approach the question. You appear to be making an admirable =
effort to avoid circular reasoning on a highly emotional question, but =
sometimes the best way to do that is to deliberately test a hypothesis =
that you consider simplistic.=20
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