tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742937789480545855.post2696670786203795653..comments2023-11-03T06:22:12.111-07:00Comments on An American Manifesto: Let's Get a Few Things Straight About "Free Trade"Christopher Chantrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04115398168797134843noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742937789480545855.post-77487981179122137352016-07-26T09:13:41.984-07:002016-07-26T09:13:41.984-07:00Dear Mr. Chantrill,
Well. . . I'm not "w...Dear Mr. Chantrill,<br /><br />Well. . . I'm not "wrong" exactly, though you put the correct argument well that it's refraining from putting hooks and chairs in the way of trade-tested betterment that did the trick. The refraining came from the liberal idea ("liberal" in the deep sense, a la Adam Smith and the eighteenth century). My books, especially the most recent, Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions Enriched the World, give over hundreds of pages to saying what you say here: refraining from the books and chairs, now proposed by Donald and Bernie and even wayward Hillary. Not by Gary Johnson!<br />Regards,<br /><br />Deirdre McCloskeyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05638820963402539684noreply@blogger.com