The Rise of Free Trade
Title | The Rise of Free Trade PDF eBook |
Author | Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 530 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780415156318 |
Why was Britain the first country to opt for unilateral free trade 150 years ago? On 16 May 1846, the House of Commons voted to abolish tariff protection for agriculture - the famous 'repeal of the Corn Laws'. Britain then adhered to her free trade policy despite both her relative economic decline and the protectionist policies of her leading trade rivals, the USA and Germany.This four volume set examines and explains the contentious issues surrounding the policy shift to free trade and the subsequent persistence of that policy. This set provides a comprehensive collection of articles including previously unpublished material on nineteenth century British trade policy and a new and comprehensive introduction by the editor putting the material into context.
Free Trade Today
Title | Free Trade Today PDF eBook |
Author | Jagdish N. Bhagwati |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 146 |
Release | 2003-10-12 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780691117300 |
Shows how the pursuit of social and environmental agendas can be creatively reconciled with the pursuit of free trade. Argues that free trade, by raising living standards, can serve these agendas far better than can a descent into trade sanctions and restrictions.
Free Trade Reimagined
Title | Free Trade Reimagined PDF eBook |
Author | Roberto Mangabeira Unger |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2010-01-04 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 140082785X |
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.
The Case Against Free Trade
Title | The Case Against Free Trade PDF eBook |
Author | William Cunningham |
Publisher | |
Pages | 166 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | Free trade |
ISBN |
How Nations Grow Rich
Title | How Nations Grow Rich PDF eBook |
Author | Melvyn B. Krauss |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 704 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780195112375 |
Thus what the "fair-trade" protectionist argument really comes down to is the nonsensical proposition that because foreign countries damage their consumers by foolish protectionist measures, equity demands the United States follow suit.
North American Free Trade
Title | North American Free Trade PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Clyde Hufbauer |
Publisher | Peterson Institute |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
Examines negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Analyses issues involved and provides policy recommendations through study of the potential impact and critical factors concerning trade, investment, labour, the environment, and intellectual property. Also covers the impact upon and adjustments required in major industrial sectors - energy, steel, automobiles, textiles and apparel, agriculture, and the financial system.
Free Trade with Mexico and the Hemisphere
Title | Free Trade with Mexico and the Hemisphere PDF eBook |
Author | Siegfried Marks |
Publisher | [Coral Gables, Flor.] : North-South Center, University of Miami |
Pages | 60 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Free trade |
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