Boudreaux o trgovinskim ratovima

Ima mnogo metaforičkih i čak alegorijskih objašnjenja i ismevanja protekcionističkih sofizama o korisnosti carina, poreza, javnih radova, uragana, štetnosti uvoza itd, od Bastije, preko Hazlita do Boudreauxa, te mnogih drugih.

Ovo je jedno od uspešnijih objašnjenja šta se dešava kad vlade dve zemlje krenu da "kažnjavaju" jedna drugu uvećanjem trgovinskih barijera za proizvode i firme iz druge zemlje:

But do keep in mind an important difference between the more-familiar shoot'-em-up wars and "economic wars": in "economic wars," each belligerent government aims its weapons only at its own citizens, demanding that they avoid taking advantage of good economic deals offered by foreigners. Put differently, in "economic wars," when the government of A attacks citizens of A, the government of B "retaliates" by attacking citizens of B. Then to further punish B, the government of A increases the scale of its attack on citizens of A. And so it perversely goes.

Autor je opet jedan od mojih omiljenih ekonomista današnjice Donald Boudreaux.