High Cotton: Why the USA Should Not Provide Subsidies to Cotton Farmers
2 Pages Posted: 6 Jun 2008
Abstract
Trade theorists agree that barriers to trade are declining. Still more progress could be made if trade barriers and government interventions were eliminated. One area in which government interference can and should be vastly reduced is that of agricultural production in general and US cotton production in particular.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Helling, Madeline and Beaulier, Scott Alex and Hall, Joshua C., High Cotton: Why the USA Should Not Provide Subsidies to Cotton Farmers. Economic Affairs, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 65-66, June 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1141479 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0270.2008.00828.x
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