Ep. 133 Protectionism Doesn’t Cause Depressions, But Here’s What It Does Do
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Opponents of protectionism sometimes misrepresent what the real danger of it is. It isn’t going to cause a depression or mass unemployment. But it does do something — beyond just raising domestic prices — that undermines everyone’s standard of living.
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