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title: 'England’s Aim — To Be the Workshop of the World: An Old Fallacy Revamped and Again Rejected'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Robert Ellis Thompson'
date: 1920-05-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Economics, Employment, and Work'
- 'Politics'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 25'
- 'Proverbs 31'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/thompson-1920-englands-aim-to-be-the-workshop-of-the-world-an-old-fallacy-revamped-and-again-rejected
---

# England’s Aim — To Be the Workshop of the World: An Old Fallacy Revamped and Again Rejected

1920 Protectionist piece arguing tariffs protect home industries and labor, favoring strong domestic markets over free trade; critiques English policy and socialism.

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