The Economics and Ideology of Free Trade

The Economics and Ideology of Free Trade
Author: Leonard Gomes
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

"The book does so by reviewing and integrating doctrinal history and past policy debates. First the book deals with the doctrinal evolution of the economics of free trade from the mercantilists onwards (including the reaction against classical economics by Friedrich List and the American national economists).

Against the Tide

Against the Tide
Author: Douglas A. Irwin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 1998-01-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780691058962

A delightful as well as educational read. It should be a set text for anyone interested in trade policy - The Economist.

Protectionism

Protectionism
Author: Jagdish N. Bhagwati
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1988
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780262521505

"Through a combination of text, quotations, cartoons, tables, charts, and graphs, Bhagwati ... looks at the forces for and against protection."--Jacket.

The Wealth of Nations

The Wealth of Nations
Author: Adam Smith
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2010-10-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 085708108X

THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOK ON MODERN ECONOMICS The Wealth of Nations is an economics book like no other. First published in 1776, Adam Smith's groundbreaking theories provide a recipe for national prosperity that has not been bettered since. It assumes no prior knowledge of its subject, and over 200 years on, still provides valuable lessons on the fundamentals of economics. This keepsake edition is a selected abridgement of all five books, and includes an Introduction by Tom Butler-Bowdon, drawing out lessons for the contemporary reader, a Foreword from Eamonn Butler, Director of the Adam Smith Institute, and a Preface from Dr. Razeen Sally of the London School of Economics.

The Political Economy of Trade Policy

The Political Economy of Trade Policy
Author: Devashish Mitra
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2016-03-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9814569151

The Political Economy of Trade Policy: Theory, Evidence and Applications is a collection of sole-authored and co-authored papers by Devashish Mitra that have been published in various scholarly journals over the last two decades. It covers diverse topics in the political economy of trade policy, ranging from the role of modeling lobby formation in the context of trade policy determination to its applications to the question of unilateralism versus reciprocity and trade agreements. It also includes the theory and the empirics of the choice of policy instruments. Finally, the book presents the empirical investigation of the Grossman-Helpman “Protection for Sale” model as well as the Mayer “Median-Voter” model of trade policy determination.

The Rise of Free Trade Imperialism

The Rise of Free Trade Imperialism
Author: Bernard Semmel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2004-02-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521548151

The Rise of Free Trade Imperialism seeks to uncover some of the intellectual origins of the imperialism of the classic period, the sources from which later theories of imperialism were constructed, and the character of the ideology which underlay the dismantling of the old colonial system and the construction of the Victorian Pax Britannica. The author discusses the development and diffusion of a number of the central arguments of the 'science' of political economy, from the standpoint of a historian rather than an economist, which were crucial not only to the construction of theories of capitalist imperialism, but also served as a spur both to efforts at colonization, and to establishing a British Workshop of the World.

Free Trade Doesn't Work: What Should Replace It and Why, 2011 Edition

Free Trade Doesn't Work: What Should Replace It and Why, 2011 Edition
Author: Barrister and Professor of International Commercial Law Ian Fletcher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780578082615

Are you wondering how Americans can compete with nations like China? Are you wondering how, if they can offshore call centers, computer programming, and accounting, there will be any good jobs left they can't offshore? Are you wondering how America can keep importing and running up debt without going bankrupt? Are you wondering how America can be a powerful nation without an industrial base? Are you wondering why the politicians keep denying all of these problems? Are you wondering whether the economics you learned in school and hear on TV is really valid? Are you wondering who you can trust? This very readable book is aimed at both ordinary concerned citizens and people with a bit of sophistication about economics. It is a systematic examination of why free trade is slowly bleeding America's economy to death and what can be done about it. It explains in detail why the standard economic arguments free traders use all the time are false, and what kind of economic ideas - well within the grasp of the average American - justify protectionism instead. It examines the history and politics of free trade and explains how America came to adopt its present disastrous free trade policy. It looks at the breakdown of specific industries and how we can rebuild them and bring millions of high-paying jobs back to this country. It examines what's wrong with NAFTA, CAFTA, the WTO, and the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership. It is sharply critical of the current establishment, but from a bipartisan point of view, so it should satisfy progressives, conservatives, and everyone in between. Unlike many past critiques of free trade, it is economically-literate; it also explains New Trade Theory, the hot new area of economics that critiques free trade.

Defending the Free Market

Defending the Free Market
Author: Robert Sirico
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2012-05-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1596988118

Thirty years ago, the economic system of the Soviet empire—socialism—seemed definitively discredited. Today, the most popular figures in the Democratic Party embrace it, while the shapers of public opinion treat capitalism as morally indefensible. Is there a moral case for capitalism? Consumerism is an appalling spectacle. Free markets may be efficient, but are they fair? Aren’t there some things that we can’t afford to leave to the vicissitudes of the market? Robert Sirico, a onetime leftist, shows how a free economy—including private property, legally enforceable contracts, and prices and interest rates freely agreed to by the parties to a transaction—is the best way to meet society’s material needs. In fact, the free market has lifted millions out of dire poverty—far more people than state welfare or private charity has ever rescued from want. But efficiency isn’t its only virtue. Economic freedom is indispensable for the other freedoms we prize. And it’s not true that it makes things more important than people—just the reverse. Only if we have economic rights can we protect ourselves from government encroachment into the most private areas of our lives—including our consciences. Defending the Free Market is a powerful vindication of capitalism and a timely warning for a generation flirting with disaster.

Post-Keynesian Growth Theory

Post-Keynesian Growth Theory
Author: Lavoie, Marc
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2022-02-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1802206957

Post-Keynesian Growth Theory is a collection of 18 articles by Marc Lavoie, published between 1995 and 2020, with an extended foreword by Eckhard Hein. Marc Lavoie’s introduction recalls how he became attracted to the post-Keynesian theory of growth more than 45 years ago and explains how and why this book came about.

Liberalism at Large

Liberalism at Large
Author: Alexander Zevin
Publisher: Verso Books
Total Pages: 545
Release: 2021-03-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1788739620

The path-breaking history of modern liberalism told through the pages of one of its most zealous supporters In this landmark book, Alexander Zevin looks at the development of modern liberalism by examining the long history of the Economist newspaper, which, since 1843, has been the most tireless—and internationally influential—champion of the liberal cause anywhere in the world. But what exactly is liberalism, and how has its message evolved? Liberalism at Large examines a political ideology on the move as it confronts the challenges that classical doctrine left unresolved: the rise of democracy, the expansion of empire, the ascendancy of high finance. Contact with such momentous forces was never going to leave the proponents of liberal values unchanged. Zevin holds a mirror to the politics—and personalities—of Economist editors past and present, from Victorian banker-essayists James Wilson and Walter Bagehot to latter-day eminences Bill Emmott and Zanny Minton Beddoes. Today, neither economic crisis at home nor permanent warfare abroad has dimmed the Economist’s belief in unfettered markets, limited government, and a free hand for the West. Confidante to the powerful, emissary for the financial sector, portal onto international affairs, the bestselling newsweekly shapes the world its readers—as well as everyone else—inhabit. This is the first critical biography of one of the architects of a liberal world order now under increasing strain.