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The media has been awash with commentators and politicians telling us how we can not allow this recession to be used as an excuse to give up on globalisation - or as they prefer to call it "free trade". Latest in the line to have their say is London mayor, Boris Johnson. It is a natural assumption that in times of economic distress we should put our own nation first, and if you want evidence of th...
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