Three Arguments for Protection: Economic, Non-Economic and Non-Argument Examples
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Authors
Malone, Frank Morris
Issue Date
1969
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Thesis
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en_US
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The title of the paper notwithstanding, the philosophy
contained herein is essentially that of a free trader. When
writing a paper such as this, however, it seems hard to make a
dogmatic statement on the merits of free trade. The assumptions
of various articles differ and combining them causes one to lack
a theoretically firm argument. The answer seems to be to try to
put protectionist arguments in their proper place without detracting
from the free trade argument. To do this the paper is divided into
four main parts. The first is an initiation into free trade
terminology and methodology, which hopefully will serve as an
adequate background for the next three sections. The second section
is an interpretation of the Stolper-Samuelson argument in a present
day context, postulating that it may be a non-economic argument for
protection. The third section consists of comments on E. £. Hagen's
"An Economic Argument for Protection," which at closer examination
loses much of its vigor. The last section is on the gains from
trade, and there, almost inevitably, the terms of trade argument
for a tariff is discussed.
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