Free Trade versus Protectionism: A Source Book of Essays and Readings
Author:   Johannes Overbeek
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
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9781858989716


Pages:   656
Publication Date:   27 January 1999
Format:   Hardback
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Free Trade versus Protectionism: A Source Book of Essays and Readings


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Author:   Johannes Overbeek
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 127.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.158kg
ISBN:  

9781858989716


ISBN 10:   185898971
Pages:   656
Publication Date:   27 January 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface 1. Mercantilism and its Critics 2. Classical Liberalism and Free Trade in the Late Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century 3. Protectionism in the Nineteenth Century 4. The Decline of Economic Liberalism and the Idea of Free Trade during the 1990-1940 Period 5. Protectionist Arguments during the 1900-1940 Period 6. The Economics of Free Trade during the Second Half of the Twentieth Century 7. Protectionist Opinions and the Idea of Managed Trade after 1945 Conclusion Index

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'The book under review provides a splendid sense of history about the debate between protectionists and free traders. . . . Overbeek quotes Goethe (viii) who wrote that without a knowledge of history, we must retain content to remain in obscurity . It is for this reason that I strongly recommend this book, not only to students, but also to all those who want to be armed against the arguments of opportunistic politicians, rent-seeking interest groups and single issue promoters who have only contempt for liberty and prosperity.' -- Wolfgang Kasper, Policy


'The book under review provides a splendid sense of history about the debate between protectionists and free traders... Overbeek quotes Goethe (viii) who wrote that without a knowledge of history, we must retain content to remain in obscurity . It is for this reason that I strongly recommend this book, not only to students, but also to all those who want to be armed against the arguments of opportunistic politicians, rent-seeking interest groups and single issue promoters who have only contempt for liberty and prosperity.' -- Wolfgang Kasper, Policy


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Johannes Overbeek, Professor of Economics, University of the Virgin Islands

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