[Dead Corpse]

Are you sure you read what you thought you read? Friedman is a free trade advocate.

And I quote, "Today, as always, there is much support for tariffs--euphemistically labeled 'protection,' a good label for a bad cause. "

Get your story straight.

[central_va]

Here is the story. The unions are dead. There is no reason to have unrestricted trade if the reason is to break the unions. Union membership is at 6%. During the 1930's ALL trade was less than 5% of the ENTIRE GDP. So either way smoot-hawley had no impact on the duration or depth of the depression. It is a red herring argument and totally irrelevant. There are 22 right to work states were non union workers can produce product at a profit.