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TRADE, MERCANTILISM AND NATION‐BUILDING
Author(s) -
Davies Stephen
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2011.02119.x
Subject(s) - protectionism , mercantilism , normative , politics , economics , element (criminal law) , international trade , political economy , neoclassical economics , political science , international economics , law and economics , market economy , law
Most treatments of protectionism by economists try to account for the departure on a case‐by‐case basis. However, protectionism is often an element in a systematic political economy. This was developed by authors such as List, and persists today. Debating it requires normative as well as analytical arguments in a political economy approach.