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Protectionism: A Threat to Individual Freedom
Stephen Lai is a senior at Wichita Collegiate School, Wichita, Kansas. The rising protectionist sentiment threatens the consumer’s right to choose among competing goods and services. This basic right, along with such civil rights as freedom of speech and religion, must be defended or else the government becomes a threat to all individual liberties. Protectionism [...]
1Oct1986 | Stephen Lai | 0 comments | Continued-
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