Free Trade Free World

Author : Thomas W. Zeiler
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 9780807824580
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Free Trade, Free World written by Thomas W. Zeiler and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this era of globalization, it is easy to forget that today's free market values were not always predominant. But as this history of the birth of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) shows, the principles and practices underlying our current international economy once represented contested ground between U.S. policymakers, Congress, and America's closest allies. Here, Thomas Zeiler shows how the diplomatic and political considerations of the Cold War shaped American trade policy during the critical years from 1940 to 1953. Zeiler traces the debate between proponents of free trade and advocates of protectionism, showing how and why a compromise ultimately triumphed. Placing a liberal trade policy in the service of diplomacy as a means of confronting communism, American officials forged a consensus among politicians of all stripes for freer_if not free_trade that persists to this day. Constructed from inherently contradictory impulses, the system of international trade that evolved under GATT was flexible enough to promote American economic and political interests both at home and abroad, says Zeiler, and it is just such flexibility that has allowed GATT to endure.

Author : Oswald Garrison Villard
Publisher : New York : R. Schalkenbach Foundation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Free Trade, Free World written by Oswald Garrison Villard and published by New York : R. Schalkenbach Foundation. This book was released on 1947 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jagdish N. Bhagwati
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400824346
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Free Trade Today written by Jagdish N. Bhagwati and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Free trade, indeed economic globalization generally, is under siege. The conventional arguments for protectionism have been discredited but not banished. And free trade faces strong new challenges from a variety of groups, including environmentalists and human rights activists as well as traditional lobbies who wrap their agendas in the language of justice and rights. These groups, claiming a general interest and denouncing free trade as a special interest of corporations and other capitalist forces, have organized large and vocal protests in Seattle, Prague, and elsewhere. Based on his acclaimed Stockholm lectures and picking up where his widely influential Protectionism left off, Jagdish Bhagwati applies critical insights from revolutionary developments in commercial policy theory--many his own--to show how the pursuit of social and environmental agendas can be creatively reconciled with the pursuit of free trade. Indeed, he argues that free trade, by raising living standards, can serve these agendas far better than can a descent into trade sanctions and restrictions. After settling the score in favor of free trade, Professor Bhagwati considers alternative ways in which it can be pursued. Chiefly, he argues in support of multilateralism and advances a withering critique of recent bilateral and regional free trade agreements (including NAFTA) as preferential arrangements that introduce growing chaos into the world trading system. He also makes a strong case for "going it alone" on the road to trade liberalization and endorses the reemergence of unilateral liberalization at points around the globe. Forcefully, elegantly, and clearly written for the public by one of the foremost economic thinkers of our day, this volume is not merely accessible but essential reading for anyone interested in economic policy or in the world economy.

Author : Kimberly Clausing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0674919335
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Open written by Kimberly Clausing and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the winds of trade war blowing as they have not done in decades, and Left and Right flirting with protectionism, a leading economist forcefully shows how a free and open economy is still the best way to advance the interests of working Americans. Globalization has a bad name. Critics on the Left have long attacked it for exploiting the poor and undermining labor. Today, the Right challenges globalization for tilting the field against advanced economies. Kimberly Clausing faces down the critics from both sides, demonstrating in this vivid and compelling account that open economies are a force for good, not least in helping the most vulnerable. A leading authority on corporate taxation and an advocate of a more equal economy, Clausing agrees that Americans, especially those with middle and lower incomes, face stark economic challenges. But these problems do not require us to retreat from the global economy. On the contrary, she shows, an open economy overwhelmingly helps. International trade makes countries richer, raises living standards, benefits consumers, and brings nations together. Global capital mobility helps both borrowers and lenders. International business improves efficiency and fosters innovation. And immigration remains one of America's greatest strengths, as newcomers play an essential role in economic growth, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Closing the door to the benefits of an open economy would cause untold damage. Instead, Clausing outlines a progressive agenda to manage globalization more effectively, presenting strategies to equip workers for a modern economy, improve tax policy, and establish a better partnership between labor and the business community. Accessible, rigorous, and passionate, Open is the book we need to help us navigate the debates currently convulsing national and international economics and politics.

Author : IBP USA
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1438757611
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World Free Trade Agreements Laws and Regulations Handbook Volume 1 Strategic Information and basic Agreements written by IBP USA and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roberto Mangabeira Unger
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 140082785X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Free Trade Reimagined written by Roberto Mangabeira Unger and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Free Trade Reimagined begins with a sustained criticism of the heart of the emerging world economy, the theory and practice of free trade. Roberto Mangabeira Unger does not, however, defend protectionism against free trade. Instead, he attacks and revises the terms on which the traditional debate between free traders and protectionists has been joined. Unger's intervention in this major contemporary debate serves as a point of departure for a proposal to rethink the basic ideas with which we explain economic activity. He suggests, by example as well as by theory, a way of understanding contemporary economies that is both more realistic and more revealing of hidden possibilities for transformation than are the established forms of economics. One message of the book is that we need not choose between accepting and rejecting globalization; we can have a different globalization. Traditional free trade doctrine rests on shaky empirical and theoretical ground. Unger takes a new approach to show when international trade is likely to be useful or harmful to the socially inclusive economic growth that every nation wants. Another message is that the movement of people and ideas is more important than the movement of things and money, and that freedom to change the institutions defining a market economy is just as important as freedom to exchange goods on the basis of those institutions. Free Trade Reimagined ranges broadly within and outside economics. Presenting technical issues in plain language, it appeals to the general reader. It puts a disciplined imagination in the service of rebellion against the dictatorship of no alternatives that characterizes life and thought today.

Author : United States. Foreign Operations Administration
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Free World Trade Controls for Peace, Strategic Goods, Other Items, Peaceful Trade written by United States. Foreign Operations Administration and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : IBP USA
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1433059355
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World Customs, Trade Profiles and Regulations Handbook Volume 1 Basic Profiles and Regulations by Country written by IBP USA and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : International Trade Law Center
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387226885
Total Pages : 3117 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World Trade Organization written by International Trade Law Center and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-31 with total page 3117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The editors have succeeded in bringing together an excellent mix of leading scholars and practitioners. No book on the WTO has had this wide a scope before or covered the legal framework, economic and political issues, current and would-be countries and a outlook to the future like these three volumes do. 3000 pages, 80 chapters in 3 volumes cover a very interdiscplinary field that touches upon law, economics and politics.

Author : Ralph Nader
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 9781556431692
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Case Against "free Trade" written by Ralph Nader and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the notion of "free trade" and the issues raised by adopting the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Essays by Ralph Nader, Jerry Brown, William Greider, Margaret Atwood, Mark Ritchie, Wendell Berry, Pat Choate, and others.