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Strategies & Market Trends : Commodities - The Coming Bull Market

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To: craig crawford who wrote (1091)	3/15/2002 8:48:36 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (2) of 1643

tariffs and protectionism Interesting. I have a little researching to do before I can answer all your points, but we can start here (from your links)... great britain ushered in free trade with the repeal of the corn laws in 1846. by 1870 britain wasn't even capable of feeding itself. Of course every school kid in the UK studies 18th and 19th century British politics and history. This includes the Corn Laws. Regarding Britain "feeding herself" In 1841 Population of UK 15,914,148* In 1871 Population of UK 22,712,266* *19th century Britain. Anthony Wood. ISBN 0 582 3149 4 Longman, 1980 Fourteenth impression. i.e. The population had grown by 50% and had become an industrial nation rather then a mainly agrarian nation. Amazing statistic considering all the problems the population was saddled with. It also became a super power too, not bad for such a small nation.

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