QUESTIONS FOR ANTI-GLOBALIZATION PROTESTERS: A while back, the Libertarian Samizdata types compiled a list of questions about corporate hegemony and whatnot. I only copied out the ones I liked, so this isn’t the full list. But as the helicopters continue to patrol the DC skies, I figure I’ll post the ones I’ve got. You all can send me more suggestions at [email protected], of course.

1) If some people in El Salvador want to sell their fruit in a market in your town, should we make it more expensive with tariffs so fewer people buy it?

2) If some people in El Salvador want to buy a tractor from an American company, should their government make it more expensive by adding tariffs?

3) What is a corporation?

4) If you’re opposed to the oil companies, does that mean you oppose the use of plastic?

5) If economic sanctions mean that citizens in Iraq, for example, are impoverished and starving, doesn’t that mean you support free trade with poor nations?