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Trade Deficit Grows with Oil Imports

Posted By Sheldon Richman

“The gap between what the United States imports and what it exports is widening again. In July, rising oil imports pushed the trade deficit to its highest point since January, the government reported on Thursday.” (New York Times ^[1], Friday)

So?

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“A Deficit of Understanding II” ^[2] by Donald J. Boudreaux

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[1] New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/business/economy/11econ.html?ref=todayspaper

[2] “A Deficit of Understanding II”: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/thoughts-on-freedom-a-deficit-of-understanding-ii/

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