Livre comércio versus protecionismo: uma antiga controvérsia e suas novas feições
Economists in the mainstream of Economic Thought have maintained a position in favour of free trade since Adam Smith. Other economists, mainly those specialized in Economic Development, presented arguments in favour of protectionist measures as part of an industrial policy for developing countries...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1998 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) |
| Repositorio: | Estudos Econômicos (São Paulo) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.usp.br:article/116888 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/ee/article/view/116888 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | trade theory and policy free trade protectionism Teoria e política comercial protecionismo livre comércio |
| Resumo: | Economists in the mainstream of Economic Thought have maintained a position in favour of free trade since Adam Smith. Other economists, mainly those specialized in Economic Development, presented arguments in favour of protectionist measures as part of an industrial policy for developing countries. A historical analysis of industrializing national processes seems to favour the second’s group position. This could be explained by arguments not captured by the conventional theory’s method of abstraction and its static nature. On other hand, protectionist measures are often adopted in developed or developing countries to garantee privileges of specific sectors, as it is taught by conventional theory. Even in nowdays, the strong predominance of liberal thinking over economic policies is not exempted from many contradictions. These are the topic discussed in this paper. |
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