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refulgentistoday at 12:00 AM1 replyview on HN

I'm confused, you open by noting the clear case for protection, and close by asking if protection describes the pricing. Maybe you perceive price controls and protection as separate? Price controls are a way to implement protection.


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ggmtoday at 12:27 AM

I'm asking how much. We have a ring-fenced dairy sector and ring fenced apple sector in Australia, biosecurity typically defines the protectionism. We don't pay this level of excess for milk, cheese and apples.

You could give direct income support to rice farmers and not recover it by insane pricing for Japanese rice.

If memory serves, the whale meat was virtually given away but by no means cost nothing to hunt, flense and store.

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