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"lower trade barriers"? When market isolation is one of the key ways the U.S. has become so highly productive?
by rw 18y ago
"lower trade barriers"? When market isolation is one of the key ways the U.S. has become so highly productive?
- byrneseyeview 18y agoSource? I have heard of only informal studies on the percentage of economic growth over the last 200 years that was caused by charitable or governmental redistribution versus skills, technology, and reinvestment. And the number is usually less than 1%. But apparently someone has studied this more rigorously, and gotten a more confident estimate. Let's hear it!
- rw 18y agoBriefly -- I'm talking about protective tariffs and IP laws.