One recurring delusion in the controversy over America's free-trade-induced trade mess is the idea that our gigantic trade deficit, which fluctuates around 0 billion a year, somehow "doesn't matter." Systemic and structural contradictions are often repressed; economic problems are trivialized.
to read "The Flaw" published on The Daily Kos, click on
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/01/1012254/-The-Flaw
to read "Words Can't Magic Away the Trade Deficit" by Ian Fletcher, click on
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-fletcher/words-cant-magic-away-the_b_905302.html
Original: The Flaw and Words Can't Magic Away the Trade Deficit