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Podcast: PRay TeLL, Dr. Hash
Episode: 1466 Free Trade Debunked
Description: Russia’s strong economy and modernity despite strict sanctions is evidence that free trade is not a requirement for first world status; in fact, there’s a case that it primarily makes the rich richer at the expense of society. The extremes of trade are completely open, where a country does nothing but import; and completely closed, where the country makes everything itself. In the first scenario where a country is self-sufficient then all governmental decisions are made with the goal of perpetuating that society without regards to other societies. But a free trade society is dependent on the actions and...