Do you like free market principles and global economy?

[Anthony]

Or should countries be self efficient and keep production within the homeland? Meaning should huge multinational corporations exist? Are they beneficial at all to governments or societies?
Okay, a few things to add. first i think multinational corporations are more trouble than they are worth. one of the things i hate about the free market system is that huge multinational corporations can manipulate weak governments in developing countries and get away with paying its workers slave wages. workers in these countries with weak government are vulnerable to being overworked and underpaid. look at mexico and the cases of poor working environments and coniditions in huge corporate factories. the problem with mega sized corporate monsters is that they have too much power and are essentially owned and operated my an elite few with little concern for the working class. when a corporation gets too big it knows beforehand that it can manipulate government, corrupt its leaders, receive unfair benefits, monopolize at will and avoid all penalites and sanctions if they happen to make a "mistake." so, while in theory global trade is highly productive and creates diverse economy it alwa