Protectionism vs. Free Trade
Part I - The World's Economic Debate Today people throughout the world are aware that they depend for their daily bread on something called "the economy," and they are aware that they are vulnerable because "the economy" is vulnerable. People are aware that their local economies are somehow inserted in international trading patterns, and that what happens to them personally in their daily lives is affected by distant commerce. However, the importance of the global market for contemporary society is often underestimated and the distant trade is actually not so distant. The idea that international trade can facilitate economic growth by expanding the size of the market is as old as the economics profession itself, tracing back to Adam Smith's 1776 discourse on the gains from specialization of trade. Nevertheless, along with the idea of international trade, another concept of commerce runs called protectionism. A century and a half ago French economist and statesman Frederic Bastiat presented the practical case for free trade: ``It is always beneficial,'' he said, ``for a nation to specialize in what it can produce best and then trade with others to acquire goods at costs lower than it would t
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Approximate Word count = 1816
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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