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The transpacific partnership and “free trade”

2 pointsby olouvalmost 10 years ago

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duncan_baynealmost 10 years ago
Oh dear.<p>Leaving aside the cheap ad-hominems against opponents of taxation, his argument is based upon several incorrect assumptions (especially the one that &#x27;stimulus&#x27; works).<p>Have a read of:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mises.org&#x2F;library&#x2F;human-action-0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mises.org&#x2F;library&#x2F;human-action-0</a><p>... for the dissenting view :<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mises.org&#x2F;library&#x2F;human-action-0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mises.org&#x2F;library&#x2F;human-action-0</a>) It <i>is</i> lacking funny cartoons lampooning capitalists as gun-toting hicks, though, so it might not provoke the same sort of laughs.