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Originally Posted by Chris
My reference to the corn laws was deliberate. The protectionism they entailed placed an unnecessary drag on the economy, and their eventual removal made food cheaper, thereby improving living standards and allowing more disposable income to be spent elsewhere. The whole British economy benefited. Protectionism is always shortsighted in the end.
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And yet the whole world indulges in protectionism, I'd go as far as saying we are already the least protectionist country in the world, going even further by removing the means to feed ourselves doesn't seem shortsighted to me, it seems reckless