Friday, September 12, 2008

A cautionary tale about protectionism

How did America become so addicted to SUVs? Here's a wrinkle that was new to me: a tariff on imported light trucks that was passed in the early 1960s (!) gave Detroit a protected niche, and they eventually filled it with all those gas guzzlers (that no one can afford to drive anymore).

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