Mad about trade : why Main Street America should embrace globalization / Daniel Griswold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griswold, Daniel T., 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free trade--United States.

Free trade.

Balance of trade--United States.

Balance of trade.

Consumers--United States.

Consumers.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mad about Trade is the much-needed antidote to a rising tide of protectionist sentiment in the United States. The book explains the benefits of free trade and globalization for middle-class, Main Street Americans exposed to a barrage of negative claims from politicians and commentators such as Lou Dobbs. It offers a spirited defense of free trade and globalization that engages the populists on their own turf. In eight timely and provocative chapters, the book shows how middle- and low-income families benefit from import competition, and how a more globalized U.S. economy has created better job

Contents:

Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Main Street Meets the Global Economy; 2. America's Consuming Interest in Trade; 3. How American Workers and Families Have Traded Up; 4. U.S. Manufacturing in a Global Exonomy: More Stuff, Better Stuff, Fewer Workers; 5. America's Trade Deficit: Accounting Abstraction or Public Enemy No. 1?; 6. Foreign Investment: Paying Dividends for American Families; 7. America in the Global Economy: Strong, Free, and Open for Business; 8. More Like Us: The Growth of the Global Middle Class

9. The Protectionist Swindle: How Trade Barriers Cheat the Poor and the Middle Class10. A Trade Agenda for a Free People; Notes; Index; About the Author; Cato Institute

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612599996

9781282599994

1282599992

9781935308201

1935308203

OCLC:

615600484