April 25, 2024
Opinion

The carrot does not work on North Korea

No 'free' trade can happen as long as Kim Jong Un's coterie insist on exploiting the proceedings

Frederic Bastiat is widely credited for having said, “If goods don’t cross borders, soldiers will.”

Although there is no evidence that Bastiat had actually said this, there is no doubt that Bastiat would have firmly agreed with the sentiment.

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