When these mature industries are foreign, supporters of the infant industry argument call for tariffs, a tax on foreign goods, to force the foreign price above the already higher price of the infant domestic goods.
These forces are undercutting the coal industry argument that mountaintop mining is an unalloyed good because of the jobs it creates, and bring more companies to the table to talk about reining in their excavators.
The infant industry argument will complain that, in such cases, if the businesses involved were just given extra profits through tariffing their foreign competition, they could pay for the labor necessary to create the infrastructure that would allow them to compete naturally without the tariff.
Moreover, many Americans seem to accept the gun industry's argument that it cannot be held liable for the misuse of guns any more than car makers can be sued for deaths caused by drunk drivers.
Costco has long advocated employee pay and benefits that exceed industry standards on the argument that better compensation lowers turnover and increases productivity.
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I'm sure there are some folks in the financial service industry who make that argument, although I'm not sure that they make it with a straight face.
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The wireless industry is currently in an argument with itself about the definition of 4G.
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The campaign group Transport and Environment says this is an old argument from an industry which has been forced by previous standards to improve efficiency and reduce fuel bills.
The classic justification for market-making and other types of trading is that they endow the market with liquidity, and throughout the financial industry I heard the same argument over and over.
That was the same argument the financial industry used to kill off the defined-benefit pension plans our grandparents relied on in order to sell a new generation of savers on the idea that 401-Ks had the potential for higher returns.
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Even though these are captains of the industry, theirs is a flawed argument.
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Indeed, as has long been my argument when criticizing various industry practices, I believe that pro-consumer policies are good for the long term viability of video game companies.
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The survey's findings oppose the music industry's long-standing argument that internet downloading is responsible for a slump in CD sales, with album sales falling 5% in the last year.
The combination of mobile broadband and cheap netbooks will resolve a long-running argument within the technology industry about the relative merits of computers and mobile phones as tools to promote development.
Given that European governments still stump up around 30% of the cost of launching new Airbus aircraft, and that it is entirely their own fault that their defence industry has not consolidated, this argument looks a bit rich.
While I would prefer that a moral argument might persuade the gun industry to change its ways, especially after the murder of innocent children, unfortunately it comes down to profits and money.
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The inevitable consequence of selling off the industry and letting competition rip, went the argument, is underinvestment.
The publishing industry has suffered in recent years, the argument goes, because reading on screens is more convenient.
The REIT industry excuses its somewhat murky disclosures with the argument that buildings are very different from stocks and bonds.
Trade groups later commissioned a "Task Force for the Future, " which in 2005 said the shift from the middle class toward wealthier customers was eroding the industry's political clout and undermining the argument for continuing the tax advantages of permanent life insurance.
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The most persuasive argument is that it is a fragmented industry which requires help in marketing, research and strategy.
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We encourage the Indian film industry to reject as we have, the false argument that you cannot be pro-technology and pro-copyright at the same time.
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Written by lobbyists for the commercial space industry, this piece is nothing more than an argument over who should get the money that our nation spends on space exploration, with the authors quite naturally arguing that their own clients should receive those funds.
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This is a hypocritical argument, coming as it does from an industry that has perpetrated a giant fraud on the public in lecturing us that college grads have higher incomes than nongrads.
Yes, there is the argument that they gather best practice from across an industry and can thus pollinate, cross-fertilise.
Furthermore, one could easily make the argument that this business deserves a significant premium to the industry that is more in line with T.
Just how much wine was lost, and how much time and money it will take the industry to get back to normal, have become matters of fierce argument.
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It may seem odd that the Stansted argument is taking place at all, given that the airline industry would prefer to see Heathrow expanded first.
That's an argument that's still made, privately, in the industry: Women want to hear their pre-bedtime monologue jokes from a man, while Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres and Katie Couric are welcome in daytime.
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