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...sitting around a conference table, trying to make one another laugh. Today's subjects are office humor and holidays in February. A "Valentine's Day, My Ass" card for lonely hearts? Possibly. A motivational groundhog speaker? Probably. A support group for obscure Presidents? "'I passed the Smoot-Hawley tariff, but do I even get a tire ad?'" Absolutely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cruising Inside Amazon | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...workers) who are able to save a few bucks on a new sweater are not likely to realize they are enjoying a bargain as a result of global trade or to take to the streets to defend their right to a cheap sweater. Or suppose the U.S. slaps a tariff on foreign sweaters and the foreign country retaliates by raising a tariff on something we're selling them--the people who would lose their jobs aren't even identifiable for sure, though for sure they exist. Likewise the people who lose jobs because shoppers who have to pay more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mystical Power of Free Trade | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...same: the destruction of traditional farming, different cultures and ways of life." He blames the European Union as well as the U.S. for "the imperialism with which they aid agricultural exports." Arguing for the right of every country to "choose what it wants to eat," Bove supports tariff barriers to protect national agricultures and calls for the creation of an independent world court to validate its decisions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Super Fries Saboteur | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...along with screenplays. John Hughes hired him when he was 40 to play a teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, asking him to speak extemporaneously on economics to a class. When Stein received applause from the crew members, he figured it was for successfully explaining the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, but they were just impressed that he could act so boring. Thus a career was made, leading to parts on The Wonder Years, Murphy Brown and Seinfeld...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ben Stein Also Sings | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...organization's four aims are: To ensure that all members enjoy the same trading rights as other members To support free trade and the reduction and elimination of tariff barriers To establish binding rules to ensure fairness and consistency in trade To eliminate subsidies in order to make trade more competitive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A WTO Primer | 12/1/1999 | See Source »

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