- 14 Feb 2010 14:18
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I swear, I feel like a policeman going around refuting this point in PoFo.
Protectionism has no track record of helping an economy. Economists believe it actually hurts developing nations.
Econ L/R: 2.12 Soc Lib/Aut: -0.56
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself. - Luke 10:27
When African countries tried to create industries to process their own materials they were sabotaged by western banking and lending institutions that ordered them to remove protection of infant industries in exchange for loans. Without protection for these infant industries, African industries could not compete against western industries that have centuries advancement.
I swear, I feel like a policeman going around refuting this point in PoFo.
Protectionism has no track record of helping an economy. Economists believe it actually hurts developing nations.
Econ L/R: 2.12 Soc Lib/Aut: -0.56
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself. - Luke 10:27