Lost in today’s noisy trade debates is a simple but powerful truth: There are only four ways to get what you want.

You can receive a gift, steal it, make it, or trade for it. That’s it. Manna from heaven worked for the ancient Israelites, but in our vale of tears, scarcity implies we must be content with one of these four, more mundane means of satisfying our ends.

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