Closing Bell
Fascinating final lecture in Global Econ last night. The topic seemed simple, but proved to be extremely complex: “Is Free Trade Good?”
Problems we wrestled with — what is good? Is it ethical? Moral good? And what is free trade, exactly? Is it a lack of barriers to products? Or is it internationalized production? Can free trade be one or the other?
One thing I’m still chewing on — attacking tariffs as a form of regressive taxation on the poor. If only I had more time to study these topics…