Microeconomics
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ISBN: 9781259655500
Author: David C Colander
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10, Problem 5QAP
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Explain the reason for the industrialised countries to not follow those policies as they were developing.
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To determine
Explain the insight into economic history suggests about the doctrine of free trade and whose interest it serves.
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