I was studying in the 4th floor conference room this morning, off in one corner while a review session for the International Economics course was having a review session. It was fun to take a break every once in a while and listen in on what they were discussing. After they disbanded I had an interesting conversation with Steve Caldwell about the virtues of free trade, and about how the platitudes coming from various Presidential candidates regarding trade tend to be off the mark in terms of economic principles. Here is link to Free Exchange's discussion of an OpEd in today's WashPost from Jimmy Carter, one who actually won his (first) election, but who still appears not to fully understand the impacts of trade protections.
I would like to have taken that International Economics class.
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