Trade is not a four-letter word : how six everyday products make the case for trade / Fred P. Hochberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hochberg, Fred P. (Fred Philip), 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International trade.

Free trade--United States.

Free trade.

Globalization.

United States.

Globalization--United States.

Protectionism--United States.

Protectionism.

Commercial policy.

United States--Commercial policy.

United States--Commercial treaties.

Genre:

Commercial treaties.

Instructional and educational works.

Creative nonfiction.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.

Other Title:

Trade is not a 4-letter word : how 6 everyday products make the case for trade

Place of Publication:

New York : Avid Reader Press, 2020.

Summary:

"Trade allows us to sell what we produce at home and purchase what we don't. It lowers prices and gives us greater variety and innovation. Yet understanding our place in the global trade network is rarely so simple, and today's workers are wary of being taken advantage of. Trade has become an easy excuse for struggling economies, a scapegoat for our failures to adapt to a changing world, and--for many Americans on both the right and the left--nothing short of a four-letter word. But as Fred P. Hochberg reminds us, trade is easier to understand than we commonly think. In Trade Is Not a Four-Letter Word, you'll learn how NAFTA became a populist punching bag on both sides of the aisle. You'll learn how Americans can avoid the grim specter of the $10 banana. And you'll finally discover the truth about whether or not, as President Trump once famously tweeted, "trade wars are good and easy to win." (Spoiler alert--they aren't.) Hochberg unravels the mysteries of trade by pulling back the curtain on six everyday products, each with a surprising story to tell: the taco salad, the Honda Odyssey, the banana, the iPhone, the college degree, and the smash hit HBO series Game of Thrones. Behind these six examples are stories that help explain not only how trade has shaped our lives so far but also how we can use trade to build a better future for our own families, for America, and for the world. There is no going back. Trade Is Not a Four-Letter Word is the antidote to today's acronym-laden trade jargon pitched to voters with simple promises that rarely play out so one-dimensionally. It's time to read between the lines. Packed with colorful examples and highly digestible explanations, Trade Is Not a Four-Letter Word entertains as it dispels popular misconceptions and arms readers with a thorough grasp of the basics of trade."--Amazon.com.

Trade allows us to sell what we produce at home and purchase what we don't. It lowers prices and gives us greater variety and innovation. Yet it has become an easy excuse for struggling economies, a scapegoat for our failures to adapt to a changing world, and nothing short of a four-letter word. Hochberg pulls back the curtain on six everyday products, each with a surprising story to tell: the taco salad, the Honda Odyssey, the banana, the iPhone, the college degree, and the smash hit HBO series Game of Thrones. Behind these examples are stories that help explain not only how trade has shaped our lives so far but also how we can use trade to build a better future for our own families, for America, and for the world. -- adapted from jacket.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE CLEARING THE AIR

1. The Rockies, the Rockys, and 300 Years of American Trade

2. The Giant Sucking Sound

3. A Myth-Busting Interlude

pt. TWO SIX PRODUCTS THAT MAKE THE CASE FOR TRADE

4. The Spice of Life

5. The Most American Car on the Road

6. The $10 Banana

7. How Do You Like Them Apples?

8. A Matter of Degrees

9. Why Winter Came

pt. THREE FURTHER BEYOND

10. Realities

11. Remedies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-279) and index.

ISBN:

9781982127367

1982127368

OCLC:

1105949421

Publisher Number:

99987451097