I don't disagree with the thrust of your post. I'd like to clarify my own position though, as your post makes me feel I was not entirely clear. I claim that th

I don't disagree with the thrust of your post. I'd like to clarify my own position though, as your post makes me feel I was not entirely clear. I claim that the picture the protesters paint of neoclassical economics is a straw man. Perfect markets and enlightened consumers are not an assumption in neoclassical economics, nor are they required to support free trade (to use your own example of an issue with wide agreement).