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The following is a work in progress. This forms the first two pages of my 30-page semester project. It will be added to and expanded as time goes.
INTRODUCTION
As a political movement, libertarianism is of recent origin. It is rooted in the American alternative tradition, and its pioneers were united by their common realization that all [...]

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Tariffs

A tariff is a tax on the importation of a certain good. Tariffs are imposed for various reasons, the most common being protectionism. The reasoning claims that the tariff will create a certain barrier to the importation of the good, giving a competitive edge to faltering domestic industry.
However, this type of policy actually damages the [...]

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