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Re:Apple Not Able to Open Stores in India Without Selling 30... by nicoburns on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @07:54PM (#11774127)
> I was under the impression that anti-protectionism was one of the least controversial positions among economics.

It is, but I think this says more about the sorry state of economics than it does about whether protectionism is ever a good idea.

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Re:Apple Not Able to Open Stores in India Without Selling 30... by baddox on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @08:17PM (#11774221)
Why do you say that? Again, I'm not an economist, but opposing protectionism makes sense to me intuitively.
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