Free trade / Mitchell Young, book editor.

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Other Authors: Young, Mitchell
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2009.
Series:Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
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Table of Contents:
  • Policy elites are beginning to doubt benefits of free trade / Robert A. Senser
  • Free trade has led to more and better jobs in America / Russell Roberts
  • Free trade is killing American industry / Patrick J. Buchanan
  • Free trade helps working Americans / Douglas Irwin
  • A free trade-oriented elite is betraying American workers / Sherrod Brown
  • Free trade has reduced poverty in the developing world / Jagdish Bhagwati
  • Free trade has hurt some economies in the developing world / Gordon Lafer
  • Trade barriers hurt American consumers and developing-world farmers / Daniel Griswold, Stephen Slivinski, and Christopher Preble
  • NAFTA has hurt Mexico's farmers and workers / Timothy A. Wise
  • Fair-trade policies can help developing nations / Martin Vander Weyer
  • The benefits of fair-trade policies are often illusory / Jeremy Weber
  • Free trade can lead to both economic growth and environmental improvement / B. Delworth Gardner
  • Free trade may lead to more environmental harm than economic growth / Kevin P. Gallagher
  • Protectionist measures can masquerade as environmental concerns / Shahrukh Rafi Khan
  • Free-trade policies can also protect human rights and the environment / Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh
  • Global trade is impoverishing both U.S. and developing-world workers / Jim Goodman
  • Offshore outsourcing benefits the U.S. economy / Daniel W. Drezner
  • Offshore outsourcing hurts the economies of developed countries / John Cassidy
  • Offshoring of white-collar jobs is shifting the global balance of power / Ashutosh Sheshabalaya
  • Protecting intellectual property rights encourages trade and investment / Daniel J. Gervais
  • Tying free trade to intellectual property rights may hinder development / Graham Dutfield
  • Free trade promotes cultural diversity worldwide / Radley Balko
  • Cultural protectionism can create diversity / Jacques Delacroix and Julien Bornon.