Corporate conduct Sunday, September 25, 2016 Social peace is hardly going to be gained by running down the quality of lifeBy Enrique MartínezFor the HeraldWe are under a government which feels that it is doing what is needed to bring in foreign investment. Nevertheless, one elementary question remains unanswered: What is really needed to count on foreign investment? Social peace in the 1990s was a desperate yearning because the ground had disappeared below our feet. In these historic times, on the other hand, social peace is hardly going to be gained by running down the quality of life, demanded by corporations always on the lookout for big and fast profits who take on governments with the vocation of colonial administrators. The role of foreign investment is to facilitate development when it complements national investment without generating collateral problems, whether currency issues or low wages or environmental pollution.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald September 24, 2016 22:52 UTC