Overview

Protectionism is back on the agenda as the financial crisis deepens. With calls for measures that purport to protect low income workers growing louder in the West, it is essential that the economic arguments in favour of free trade and globalization are re-emphasised.Philip Booth and Richard Wellings have brought together key papers originally published by the Institute of Economic Affairs, which, for the past 50 years, has been vigorously defending the case for free trade, and for globalization more generally. These important papers, which are not widely available, trace the development of the debate on the benefits of free trade during the last 50 years. The editors have written an authoritative introduction which offers a comprehensive overview of the arguments for and against globalization.

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Author:   Philip Booth ,  Richard Wellings
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781848445758

ISBN 10:   184844575
Pages:   736
Publication Date:   27 November 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Contents: Acknowledgements Foreword Deepak Lal Introduction Philip Booth and Richard Wellings 1. Harry G. Johnson (1969), 'On Demolishing Barriers to Trade' 2. David Greenaway and Christopher Milner (1979), 'Identifying The Protective Motive: A. Electoral Influences, and B. Intervention and Market Failure' 3. Deepak Lal ([1983] 1997), 'Introduction', 'The External Environment I: Trade' and 'The External Environment II: Commodities and Foreign Capital' 4. David Greenaway (1988), 'The Politics of Protection' 5. Charles Mensah (1991), 'Economic Freedom for Africa' 6. Jagdish Bhagwati (1995), 'Free Trade, Fairness and the New Protectionism' 7. Sir Alan Walters (1996), 'Does the World Need a World Bank?' 8. Fred L. Smith, Jr. (1996), 'Trade and the Environment: Where Are We Going?' 9. Paul Collier (1998), Living Down the Past: How Europe Can Help Africa Grow 10. David Henderson (1998), 'Part 2: The Uneasy Trend to Economic Liberalism' 11. Marcus Noland (1999), The New Protectionists: The Privatisation of US Trade Policy 12. Lord Harris of High Cross (2002), 'Adam Smith: Revolutionary for the Third Millennium' 13. Charles W. Calomiris (2002), A Globalist Manifesto for Public Policy: The Tenth Annual IEA Hayek Memorial Lecture 14. Forrest Capie (2002), Capital Controls: A Cure Worse than the Problem? 15. Deepak Lal (2003), 'In Defence of Empires' 16. Daniel T. Griswold (2003), 'Migration, Globalisation and the Spirit of Peter Bauer' 17. Andrew Ryder (2003), 'Anti-Globalisation: Bad Wine in New Bottles?' 18. David Henderson (2004), 'Globalisation, Civil Society and Global Governance ' and 'Global Salvationism and Consensus Pressures' 19. Gerald P. O'Driscoll, Jr. and Sara F. Cooper (2005), 'International Trade and Global Stability' 20. E.J. Mishan (2005), 'Can Globalisation Depress Living Standards in the West?' 21. John Meadowcroft (2006), 'Free Trade, Pauper Labour and Prosperity: A Reply to Professor Mishan' 22. E.J. Mishan (2006), 'A Rejoinder to John Meadowcroft' 23. Krisztina Kis-Katos and Gunther G. Schulze (2005), 'Regulation of Child Labour' 24. Jasson Urbach (2007), 'Development Goes Wireless' 25. Eamonn Butler (2007), 'The Wealth of Nations', in Adam Smith: A Primer' 26. Philip Booth and Linda Whetstone (2007), 'Half a Cheer for Fair Trade' 27. Razeen Sally (2008), Trade Policy, New Century: The WTO, FTAs and Asia Rising Name Index

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`Deftly co-edited by Philip Booth and Richard Wellings, Globalization and Free Trade is a 713-page compendium consisting of informed and informative essays focused on free trade and the process of economic globalization. . . an indispensable contribution to academic library economics reference collections in general, and supplemental reading lists on the issues of economic globalization in particular.' -- The Midwest Book Review `This splendid collection of essays from the past publications of the IEA, with their reiteration of the case for free trade and the accompanying process of globalization, is very timely.' -- Deepak Lal, University of California, Los Angeles, US `A lucidly expert presentation of the convincing and enduring arguments for free trade - all now urgent reading, at a time when protectionism is on the march and the market economy everywhere under threat.' -- The Rt. Hon. The Lord Howe of Aberavon, CH, QC, House of Lords, UK

'Deftly co-edited by Philip Booth and Richard Wellings, Globalization and Free Trade is a 713-page compendium consisting of informed and informative essays focused on free trade and the process of economic globalization. . . an indispensable contribution to academic library economics reference collections in general, and supplemental reading lists on the issues of economic globalization in particular.'

'This splendid collection of essays from the past publications of the IEA, with their reiteration of the case for free trade and the accompanying process of globalization, is very timely.' - Deepak Lal, University of California at Los Angeles, US 'A lucidly expert presentation of the convincing and enduring arguments for free trade - all now urgent reading, at a time when protectionism is on the march and the market economy everywhere under threat.' - The Rt. Hon. The Lord Howe of Aberavon, CH, QC, House of Lords, UK

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Edited by Philip Booth, Editorial and Programme Director and Richard Wellings, formerly Deputy Editorial Director, Institute of Economic Affairs, London, UK

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