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Open : the Progressive case for free trade, immigration, and global capital / Kimberly Clausing.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clausing, Kimberly A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Free trade--United States.
- Free trade.
- Employees.
- United States.
- Globalization--Economic aspects--United States.
- Globalization.
- Globalization--Economic aspects.
- Employees--United States.
- United States--Commerce.
- Commerce.
- Local Subjects:
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 343 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- With the winds of trade war blowing as they have not done in decades, and left and right agreeing only on protectionism, a leading economist forcefully shows how a free and open economy is still the best way to advance the interests of working Americans.-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part I. Introduction: Making the global economy work for everyone
- Middle-class stagnation and income inequality
- Part II. International trade: The case for international trade
- Winners and losers from international trade
- Trade politics and trade policy
- Part III. International capital and international labor: Who's afraid of the trade deficit?
- Multinational corporations
- Immigrants, we get the job done!
- Part IV. Securing the future of the middle class: Equipping workers for a modern global economy
- A grand bargain on tax reform
- A better partnership with the business community
- A more equitable globalization.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674919334
- 0674919335
- OCLC:
- 1047533108
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