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"[L]abour union lobbies and their political friends have decided that the ideal defence against competition from the poor countries is to raise their cost of production by forcing their standards up, claiming that competition with countries with lower standards is “unfair”. “Free but fair trade” becomes an exercise in insidious protectionism that few recognise as such."
Jagdish Bhagwati,
"Obama and Trade: An Alarm Sounds," Financial Times. January 9, 2009.

Book Reviews

 Reviving the Invisible Hand: The Case for Classical Liberalism in the Twenty-First Century (review) by Daniel T. Griswold, Cato Journal, Volume 26 Number 3, Fall 2006
... a review of Reviving the Invisible Hand: The Case for Classical Liberalism in the Twenty-First Century by Deepak Lal

 The Biggest Rags to Riches Story Ever by Brink Lindsey, Wall Street Journal, September 23, 2004 
... a review of An Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power by John Steele Gordon, HarperCollins Publishers, 480 pages

 The Road to Wealth by Daniel T. Griswold, National Review, April 19, 2004
... a review of In Defense of Globalization by Jagdish Bhagwati, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 320 pages

 Rough Trade by Brink Lindsey, National Review, April 22, 2002
... a review of Free Trade Under Fire by Douglas Irwin, Princeton University Press, 304 pages

 Trade Winds by Brink Lindsey, Reason Magazine, November 1, 2000
... a review of Future Perfect: The Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalization by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, New York: Crown Publishers, 386 pages

 A Gray World by Brink Lindsey, Reason Magazine
... a review of False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism by John Gray, New York: The New Press, 234 pages

 The Great Contradiction by Brink Lindsey, Reason Magazine
... a review of The Great Betrayal: How American Sovereignty and Social Justice Are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy by Patrick J. Buchanan, New York: Little, Brown, 376 pages

More in-depth analysis of The Great Betrayal:

 Trade Winds by Brink Lindsey, Reason Magazine
... a review of One World, Ready or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism by William Greider, New York: Simon & Schuster, 512 pages



New Book

Mad about Trade: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization

Commentary

Free Trade Is a Boon to the Environment
by Sallie James
October 8, 2009

Obama's Protectionist Policies Hurting Low-Income Americans
by Daniel Griswold
September 29, 2009

Crash Course in Global Economics
by Daniel J. Ikenson and Alec van Gelder
September 21, 2009

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CTPS @ Liberty

Will Congress Welcome Russia into the WTO?
by Daniel Griswold
December 7, 2011

Let's Divest of GM Yesterday
by Daniel Ikenson
December 6, 2011

Pining for the Next War at the Washington Post?
by Daniel Ikenson
November 16, 2011

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