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"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself".
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"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself" Free trade (FT), a form of international business not restricted by Government interference or restriction in the form of tariffs and sanction; the idea has been praised for well over three hundred years so why is it not in practice today? The benefits of FT have been indicated as, "limit[ing] the power of the state and enhance[ing] the freedom, autonomy and self-responsibility if the individual" ("Seven moral argument for free trade", Daniel T. Griswold, 2001), maximising global efficiency and reducing war through mutually beneficial trade. However western governments choose to protect their own interest whist pointing to the Word Trade Organisation and the World Bank when funds for developing countries are needed and so seems hypocritical. The impression that one cannot help but be left with is that the western governments would rather protect its...
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