Free economic activity zones, or free market zones as they are often called, have generated many economic and social benefits and have proven politically acceptable in an increasing number of industrialized and developing countries.
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (Episcopal Commission for Social Affairs) is to be congratulated for its recent report, Ethical Reflections on the Economic Crisis.
Why is it that the economic mind behind the Prime Minister has few, if any, followers in the economics profession? Why is it that Galbraith's theories have become widely accepted when there is a total lack of support for them?
