Protection Racket

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Author(s) Pete du Pont
Source The Wall Street Journal
Date November 22, 2006
URL http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009269
Quote
Quotes-start.png "In short, trade helps people while protectionism hurts them. Imports give people a wider choice of goods, often at lower prices; protectionism helps local industries--steel companies in the Bush protectionism case--maintain higher prices at the expense of broad social and economic prosperity." Quotes-end.png


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