protectionism

From: Damien Broderick (damienb@unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sat Aug 09 2003 - 21:33:13 MDT

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    At 04:32 PM 8/9/03 -0400, Ron h. wrote:

    > I can't for the life of me understand why having one side of a
    >transaction practice freemarket economics while the other party to the
    transaction
    >practices protectionism to beggar the first party can be described as a
    >freemarket economy or beneficial to all concerned.

    Oddly enough, this is pretty much the way many Aussie exporters (especially
    of meat and grain) feel about the US, I understand; many goods are either
    locked out or subject to absurd tariffs. Meanwhile, we hear preachments
    about the global economy from these alleged freemarketers.

    Damien Broderick



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