Globaphobia

Confronting Fears about Open Trade

Author: Gary T. Burtless
Secondary Author: Brookings Institution
ISBN: 0815711891

A Brookings Institution Press, Progressive Policy Institute, and Twentieth Century Fund publicationFor much of the post-World War II period, the increasing globalization of the U.S. economy was welcomed by policymakers and by the American people. We gained the benefits of cheaper and, in some cases, better foreign-made products, while U.S. firms gained wider access to foreign markets. The increasing economic interlinkages with the rest of the world helped promote capitalism and democracy around the globe. Indeed, we helped "win" the Cold War by trading and investing with the rest of the world, in the process demonstrating to all concerned the virtues of trade and markets. In recent years, however, a growing chorus of complaints has been lodged against globalization--which is blamed for costing American workers their jobs and lowering their wages. The authors of this book speak directly and simply to these concerns, demonstrating with easy prose and illustrations why the "globaphobes" a

Publisher: Brookings Institution
Publish Date: 1998

Subjects: Business & Economics / Exports & Imports, Business & Economics / International / Economics, Political Science / History & Theory, Political Science / International Relations / General

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