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Quotation of the Day…

is from page 48 of the great Columbia University trade economist Jagdish Bhagwati’s 2002 book, Free Trade Today:

The proponents of free trade therefore started from, or at least could always claim, the higher moral ground. But today’s challengers of free trade often fight our general interest with theirs; and the most vociferous among them even claim the higher moral ground. And since our case is more taxing on the mind and theirs is plainer to the view, the public-policy debate has put the proponents of free trade into a battle that is harder than ever to wage.

DBx: And because of the recent rise of economic nationalism, this battle is today more important than ever to wage.

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