Overview
Growing international trade has helped lift living standards around the world, and yet free trade is always under attack. Critics complain that trade forces painful economic adjustments, such as plant closings and layoffs of workers, and charge that the World Trade Organization serves the interests of corporations, undercuts domestic environmental regulations, and erodes America's sovereignty. Why has global trade become so controversial? Does free trade deserve its bad reputation? In ""Free Trade under Fire"", Douglas Irwin sweeps aside the misconceptions that litter the debate over trade and gives the reader a clear understanding of the issues involved. This third edition has been thoroughly updated to include the latest developments in world trade - including the practice of off-shoring services, the impact of trade on wages, and the implications of trade with China-based on the latest research.
Full Product Details
Author: Douglas A. Irwin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9780691143156
ISBN 10: 0691143153
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 09 August 2009
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Replaced By: 9781400866182
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Language: English
Reviews
Praise for Princetons previous editions: [Irwin] sets out most of the anti-trade claims one by one ... and then marshals the evidence to show why it just aint so... Compelling [and] cogent. --Wall Street Journal Praise for Princetons previous editions: A wealth of reporting, both of trade-theory debates and of recent political battles in America over trade, is elegantly squeezed into the book... If [Free Trade Under Fire does] not change trade sceptics minds, it is hard to think what else would. --Economist Praise for Princetons previous editions: [Irwin] successfully parries nearly all arguments leveled against free trade by its critics, and does so in an engaging style, which in itself makes for lively reading. --Gene Epstein, Barrons Praise for Princetons previous editions: Vigorous and persuasive... [Irwin] offers an especially informative chapter on antidumping duties, which have historically been supported in the name of ensuring fair trade. --Richard Cooper, Foreign Affairs
Praise for Princeton's previous editions: [Irwin] sets out most of the anti-trade claims one by one ... and then marshals the evidence to show why it just ain't so... Compelling [and] cogent. Wall Street Journal Praise for Princeton's previous editions: A wealth of reporting, both of trade-theory debates and of recent political battles in America over trade, is elegantly squeezed into the book... If [Free Trade Under Fire does] not change trade sceptics' minds, it is hard to think what else would. Economist Praise for Princeton's previous editions: [Irwin] successfully parries nearly all arguments leveled against free trade by its critics, and does so in an engaging style, which in itself makes for lively reading. -- Gene Epstein Barron's Praise for Princeton's previous editions: Vigorous and persuasive... [Irwin] offers an especially informative chapter on antidumping duties, which have historically been supported in the name of ensuring 'fair trade.' -- Richard Cooper Foreign Affairs
Praise for Princeton's previous editions: [Irwin] sets out most of the anti-trade claims one by one ... and then marshals the evidence to show why it just ain't so... Compelling [and] cogent. -- Wall Street Journal Praise for Princeton's previous editions: A wealth of reporting, both of trade-theory debates and of recent political battles in America over trade, is elegantly squeezed into the book... If [Free Trade Under Fire does] not change trade sceptics' minds, it is hard to think what else would. -- Economist Praise for Princeton's previous editions: [Irwin] successfully parries nearly all arguments leveled against free trade by its critics, and does so in an engaging style, which in itself makes for lively reading. -- Gene Epstein, Barron's Praise for Princeton's previous editions: Vigorous and persuasive... [Irwin] offers an especially informative chapter on antidumping duties, which have historically been supported in the name of ensuring 'fair trade.' -- Richard Cooper, Foreign Affairs
Author Information
Douglas A. Irwin is professor of economics at Dartmouth College and the author of ""Against the Tide: An Intellectual History of Free Trade"" (Princeton).
