"Or, as the late British economist Joan Robinson wrote, “The popular view that free trade is all very well so long as all nations are free-traders, but that when other nations erect tariffs we must erect tariffs too, is countered by the argument that it would be just as sensible to drop rocks into our harbours because other nations have rocky coasts.”"
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First seen: 2026-08-25 ·
Last seen: 2026-08-25 ·
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