Trade is like Sex

Trade is like Sex. It takes two partners; it is usually good for both partners but sometimes, when it turns bad, the partner with the least power takes the blame because the partner with the power has set the rules.

The confession of Jean Claude Juncker, the EU economy minister, in a recent interview in New York, that the European leaders, including the German and French, were aware and concerned for decades about the problems inherent in Greece’s trading policies with its European partners, helps to understand the tragic crisis of our nation, in terms of the historical alliance and misalliance between men and women in traditional human societies regarding sex, intercourse and marriage.

Sex between men and women is usually a positive and essential experience for both men and women, and a reality that is socially beneficial and one of the cornerstones of human society. When sex between men and women turns bad, as in adultery or in prostitution, patriarchal society has a