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=='''Post Your Thoughts'''==

=='''Post Your Thoughts'''==

==='''yes...'''===

===yes...===

Free trade stimulates the economy. A better economy increases demand for a wider variety of goods. In order to meet demand, people will labor to produce more goods. The result of this labor is an increase of wealth; Labor + raw materials = more valuble product.  

Free trade stimulates the economy. A better economy increases demand for a wider variety of goods. In order to meet demand, people will labor to produce more goods. The result of this labor is an increase of wealth; Labor + raw materials = more valuble product.  

--[[User:JesusSaves|JesusSaves]] 19:56, 13 March 2007 (EDT)

--[[User:JesusSaves|JesusSaves]] 19:56, 13 March 2007 (EDT)

==='''no...'''===

===no...===

Free trade is mostly the redistribution of forms of wealth from buyer to seller.  The sellers, for example, receive the primary benefit of compensation for their capital and labor.  The buyer must perceive a benefit also to induce him to enter into the transaction.  But that relative benefit can be, and often is, very small.  A one-cent reduction in price brought by increased "free trade" can be the total amount of the benefit to the buyer.

Free trade is mostly the redistribution of forms of wealth from buyer to seller.  The sellers, for example, receive the primary benefit of compensation for their capital and labor.  The buyer must perceive a benefit also to induce him to enter into the transaction.  But that relative benefit can be, and often is, very small.  A one-cent reduction in price brought by increased "free trade" can be the total amount of the benefit to the buyer.