Free Trade under Fire
Fourth Edition
4th Edition
Published on 30. June 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-691-16625-4 (ISBN)
Description
Growing international trade has helped lift living standards around the world, and yet free trade is always under attack. 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--and trade agreements such as NAFTA--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 fourth edition has been thoroughly updated to include the most recent policy developments and the latest research findings on the impact of trade.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for Princeton's previous editions: "A wealth of reporting, both of trade-theory debates and of recent political battles in America over trade, is elegantly squeezed into the book... If [Free Trade Under Fire does] not change trade sceptics' minds, it is hard to think what else would."--Economist Praise for Princeton's previous editions: "[Irwin] sets out most of the anti-trade claims one by one ... and then marshals the evidence to show why it just ain't so... Compelling [and] cogent."--Wall Street Journal Praise for Princeton's previous editions: "[Irwin] successfully parries nearly all arguments leveled against free trade by its critics, and does so in an engaging style, which in itself makes for lively reading."--Gene Epstein, Barron's Praise for Princeton's previous editions: "Vigorous and persuasive... [Irwin] offers an especially informative chapter on antidumping duties, which have historically been supported in the name of ensuring 'fair trade.'"--Richard Cooper, Foreign AffairsMore details
Edition
Fourth Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
30 line illus. 12 tables.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
539 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-16625-4 (9780691166254)
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Person
Douglas A. Irwin is professor of economics at Dartmouth College and the author of Against the Tide: An Intellectual History of Free Trade, Peddling Protectionism: Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression (both Princeton), and Trade Policy Disaster: Lessons from the 1930s.
Content
List of Figures ix List of Tables xi Preface xiii Introduction 1 1 The United States in a New Global Economy? 9 2 The Case for Free Trade: Old Theories, New Evidence 31 3 Protectionism: Economic Costs, Political Benefits? 77 4 Trade, Jobs, and Income Distribution 114 5 Relief from Foreign Competition: Antidumping and the Escape Clause 164 6 Developing Countries and Open Markets 195 7 The World Trading System: The WTO, Trade Disputes, and Regional Agreements 239 Conclusion 295 References 305 Index 337