Henry George, an ardent American proponent of free trade 100 years age, made these comments which still hold meaning today:
It might be in the interest of lighting companies to restrict the number and size of windows but hardly to the interests of the community. Broken limbs bring fees to surgeons, but would it profit a municipality to prohibit the removal of ice from sidewalks in order to encourage surgery? Economically, what difference is there between restricting the importation of iron to benefit iron producers and restricting sanitary improvements to benefit undertakers?
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