{"article":{"id":247944,"heading":"The Flaw and Words Can't Magic Away the Trade Deficit","author":"Plutocracy Files and Ian Fletcher","created":"2011-09-23 11:46:28","modified":"2011-09-23 11:46:28","last_modified":"Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:46:28","article":"

to read \"The Flaw\" published on The Daily Kos, click on

http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2011\/09\/01\/1012254\/-The-Flaw<\/a>

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<\/a><\/p>\n","contact":"mbatko@yahoo.com","link":"http:\/\/www.buzzflash.com","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"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 $500 billion a year, somehow "doesn't matter." \r\nSystemic and structural contradictions are often repressed; economic problems are trivialized.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2011\/09\/247944.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}