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Economics

It's Not Just About Roquefort

Radley Balko | 3.21.2009 7:46 PM

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Last week, Katherine Mangu-Ward blogged about the Bush administration's 300 percent tax on Roquefort cheese, and cheese shop owner Jill Erber's righteous rant in defense of free trade.

Caleb Brown and Austin Bragg brought their camera to Erber's shop for a short video.

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Radley Balko is a journalist at The Washington Post.

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