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Protectionism Notion that governments should protect domestic industry from import competition by means of tariffs, quotas, and other trade barriers.
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With all this economic anxiety, it seems likely that the 2008 election will feature more economic protectionism, more attacks on immigration, and probably more proposals for aggressive social programs that will have negative effects on economic growth. The convention combines economic protectionism with cultural philistinism--a neat trick. Though he does offer arguments about how and why copyright extension is a form of economic protectionism, they are scattered through the book, buried beneath a broad philosophic argument about the joys of a free and open culture, and sometimes obscured by Lessig's rather detailed exploration of the interrelationship of technology, law, and culture. |
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