Free Trade vs. Protectionism

Tags: Austrian Economics Overview, Interventionism

07/27/2022 Shawn Ritenour

Free trade allows for maximizing total number of mutually beneficial exchangers and promotes economic progress.

Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU22_PPT_22.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 27 July 2022.

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