There is only one way to deal with protectionist nostrums and that is to expose them to economic reasoning. This is precisely what the following articles set out to do. As always, those who are criticised have full right of reply. Unlike most of our protectionists, The New Australian is not afraid of an honest and open ended debate, believing that this is the only way to eventually persuade the public of the benefits of free trade. No apologies are offered for the polemical content of these articles, believing as I do that polemical debate has a long and honourable tradition.
Protectionists go back on the offensive.
The free market cause and the Australian people deserve better than this. Australian protectionist spikes his own guns. Once again free trade comes under attack while Australia's so-called rightwing sleeps. This time the critic is a socialist lecturer called Evan Jones. Federation and protectionist fallacies.