[MonroeDNA]

This out to irritate the unionists.

[harpseal]

He claims that two centuries of economic thought in support of free trade, dating back to Adam Smith and David Ricardo, have been overturned by new developments and his own unique insights. But reality is more straightforward, and far less ominous, than he depicts.

Now Paul Craig Roberts actually read Adam Smith because smit saw four justificatyion for tariffs Defense, promotion of industry, retailiation(or revenge), and cracking open markets. David Riccardo actualy stated that absolute advantage which is inordinately low wages should have tariifs imnposed on investments there because teh "absolute advantage" was no a natural advantage. A couple of facts to start. I shall post more presently.