Findel Airport in tiny Luxembourg, next to Belgium, is working to attract valuablegoods by creating a high-security zone far away from most airport activities.
The weak-dollar advocates seem to be in the thrall of 16th-century mercantilist ignorance, believing that prosperity comes from moving as many economically valuablegoods as possible to foreign lands.
While Americans are struggling to make ends meet during these tough economic times, a return to reasonably priced gasoline would certainly help Americans reduce their monthly expenses without sacrificing valuablegoods and services.
The production of valuablegoods and services is maximized with strong property rights when little is wasted in efforts to seize the surplus of others or to prevent others from seizing our surplus.
As technological progress allows the exchange of goods and ideas over longer distances and among larger groups of trading partners, other people become more valuable alive than dead.