We are already well down the road toward a managed-trade regime. It would be far better to acknowledge that reality, and seek a set of reasonable rules, than to pretend that Ricardian trade is the norm and allow mercantilist states to overwhelm U.S. industry and ratchet down wages, in the name of free trade.


Chapter 3, Trade, p. 124 - The Economic Illusion (1984)

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We are already well down the road toward a managed-trade regime. It would be far better to acknowledge that reality, and seek a set of reasonable...

We are already well down the road toward a managed-trade regime. It would be far better to acknowledge that reality, and seek a set of reasonable...

We are already well down the road toward a managed-trade regime. It would be far better to acknowledge that reality, and seek a set of reasonable...

We are already well down the road toward a managed-trade regime. It would be far better to acknowledge that reality, and seek a set of reasonable...