Weekly Thought Evaluations (WTEs). Each week, the instructor will ask for a 3-5 page paper on the current week’s topic. The content of the paper will respond to the topic by including a summary of the relevant chapter and/or readings and an application of that chapter material to the topic.
WTE 8
Please prepare a 3-5 page paper in response to this narrative and upload as indicated.
David Ricardo was concerned that the corn laws (high tariffs on imported grain) would severely hamper the development of manufacturing because it would reduce profits earned by the industrialists. Explain carefully the steps in his analysis. Then discuss how his reasoning might or might not apply to today’s debates over globalization, barriers to free trade, profitability, and productivity gains.
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