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Chickens Destroyed Detroit

By The Daily Dish
May 7 2009, 10:59 AM ET

Matt Steinglass points to Robert Lawrence's post on how a 25% tariff for truck-type vehicles – introduced at the behest of chicken producers in the 1960s – helped bankrupt the automakers. Ryan Avent adds his own thoughts.



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