Free Trade and Protectionism

Participants discuss on 'Free Trade and Protectionism'

Gaia Coffee Shop and Restaurant was host to a discussion session on 30th May, 2014; an event that saw 10 people discuss on ‘Free Trade and Protectionism’ and was moderated by Akash Shrestha.

Partcipants were asked to read Alan S. Blinder’s essay on Free Trade and discuss at length the pros and cons of the concept. The session resulted in an interactive and informative debate on whether free trade was a necessity to any economy and what ideals should it follow to be effectively implemented.

Blinder’s essay on Free Trade can be found here:

http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/FreeTrade.html