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

Fletcher, Ian

ISBN 10: 0578079674 / ISBN 13: 9780578079677

Published by Coalition for a Prosperous Ameri, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Free Trade Doesn't Work: What Should Replace It and Why, 2011 Edition
• Publisher: Coalition for a Prosperous Ameri
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0578079674
• ISBN 13: 9780578079677
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Ian Fletcher is an Adjunct Fellow at the California office of the U.S. Business and Industry Council, a Washington think tank founded in 1933. He was previously an economist in private practice, mostly serving hedge funds and private equity firms.  Educated at Columbia University and  the University of Chicago, he lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter. --USBIC