Macroeconomics
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780134896441
Author: ABEL, Andrew B., BERNANKE, Ben, CROUSHORE, Dean Darrell
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 5AP
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To comment: on the ideologies of the Classical and Keynesian schools of thought in relation to the government of the United States imposing tariffs on imported steel with the intention to protect local steel producers.
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