Free Trade Under Fire

Douglas A. Irwin - Collection Economics / Current Affairs

290 pages, parution le 30/05/2005 (2^eme édition)

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Résumé

Growing world trade has helped lift living standards around the world, and yet free trade is always under attack by opponents. Critics complain that trade forces painful economic adjustments, such as plant closings and layoffs of workers, and charge that the World Trade Organization serves the interests of corporations, undercuts domestic environmental regulations, and erodes America's sovereignty. Why has global trade become so controversial? Does free trade deserve its bad reputation? In Free Trade under Fire, Douglas Irwin sweeps aside the misconceptions that litter the debate over trade and gives the reader a clear understanding of the issues involved. This second edition includes a new chapter on trade and developing countries and updates the entire text to deal with new issues such as outsourcing and steel tariffs.

L'auteur - Douglas A. Irwin

Douglas A. Irwin is Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College and the author of Against the Tide: An Intellectual History of Free Trade (Princeton).

Sommaire

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Introduction
The United States in a New Global Economy?
The Case for Free Trade: Old Theories, New Evidence
Protectionism: Economic Costs, Political Benefits?
Trade, Jobs, and Displaced Workers
Relief from Foreign Competition: Antidumping and the Escape Clause
Developing Countries and Open Markets
The World Trading System: The WTO and New Battlegrounds
Conclusion
References
Index

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Princeton University Press
Auteur(s)	Douglas A. Irwin
Collection	Economics / Current Affairs
Parution	30/05/2005
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	290
Format	15 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	425g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780691122472
ISBN13	978-0-691-12247-2