
Intro Econ 5: Trade & Santa
Planet Money Summer School
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How Ruby's Costume Company vs. The United States Gets a Santa Suit
The suit is Ruby's costume company versus the United States. It's basically Mark saying to the government, come on, a Santa suit is a festive article. The second piece of legislation passed by Congress in 1789 was tariff legislation. Second law Congress ever passed. On what? Um, on everything.
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