We also had internal free trade, as explained in this excellent short video on the benefits of free trade, narrated by Don Boudreaux of George Mason University and produced by the Institute for Humane Studies.

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President GEORGE W. BUSH: I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees.

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But I don't think George Osborne or the Bank of England would be very worried if that happened.

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