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Matthew Lau: Protectionists live in economic wonderland

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“To enter the mind of a sincere protectionist,” according to economist Don Boudreaux, “is to step, like Alice, through the looking-glass. Up becomes down. Light becomes dark. Yes becomes no. More becomes less. Less becomes more. Everything is backwards, twisted, bizarro, and ultimately incomprehensible.”

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