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Free Trade under Fire: Fifth Edition Kindle Edition
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An updated look at global trade and why it remains as controversial as ever
Free trade is always under attack, more than ever in recent years. The imposition of numerous U.S. tariffs in 2018, and the retaliation those tariffs have drawn, has thrust trade issues to the top of the policy agenda. Critics contend that free trade brings economic pain, including plant closings and worker layoffs, and that trade agreements serve corporate interests, undercut domestic environmental regulations, and erode national sovereignty. Why are global trade and agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership so controversial? Does free trade deserve its bad reputation? In Free Trade under Fire, Douglas Irwin sweeps aside the misconceptions that run rampant in the debate over trade and gives readers a clear understanding of the issues involved. In its fifth edition, the book has been updated to address the sweeping new policy developments under the Trump administration and the latest research on the impact of trade.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPrinceton University Press
- Publication dateApril 14, 2020
- File size6798 KB
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"[Irwin] sets out most of the antitrade claims one by one . . . and then marshals the evidence to show why it just ain't so. . . . Compelling [and] cogent."―Brink Lindsey, Wall Street Journal
"[Irwin] successfully parries nearly all arguments leveled against free trade by its critics, and does so in an engaging style."―Gene Epstein, Barron's
"Vigorous and persuasive. . . . [Irwin] largely demonstrates that most of the charges against free trade do not stand up under serious empirical scrutiny."―Richard Cooper, Foreign Affairs --This text refers to the paperback edition.
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- ASIN : B084DGCWDG
- Publisher : Princeton University Press; 5th edition (April 14, 2020)
- Publication date : April 14, 2020
- Language : English
- File size : 6798 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
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- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 358 pages
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1. There is no such thing as “free trade” - This arrangement benefits mainly the Powerful Transnational Corporations and Wall Street.
2. The Author has connections to the Neoliberal University of Chicago school of business & was an ex Federal Reserve economist, so he presents a very narrow one-sided view of the “free trade” subject.

