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__The very wording of ‘free trade’ obscures the fact that no two nations start on the same footing.__ Probably the best real-world example is the US in the 19th century. Steel and oil tycoons like Rockefeller and Carnegie benefited from favourable protective tariffs, and they knew it – their support for the Republican Party over the Democrats was rooted in the GOP’s protectionist policy stance in the 1870s to early 1900s. This is why it’s untrue to claim that Trump’s trade protections belong in the 1680s, because it wrongly suggests trade protections are new and not widely used throughout US history.
The Unknowers
Linsey McGoey
The best results in the world are a function of time.
The Four Types of Relationships and the Reputational Cue Ball
fs.blog
“The ability to destroy your ideas rapidly instead of slowly when
the occasion is right is one of the most valuable things.
You have to work hard on it.
Ask yourself what are the arguments on the other side.
It’s bad to have an opinion you’re proud of if you can’t state the
arguments for the other side better than your opponents.
This is a great mental discipline.”
The Work Required to Have an Opinion
fs.blog
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