Freedom to Trade: Refuting the New Protectionism (Paperback)
Edited by Edward L. Hudgins
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The case for free trade has never been stronger.
Price: $10.00
Publication Date: January 1997
ISBN: 1-882577-57-4
Number of Pages: 88
Paperback
Categories: International Economics and Development
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About the Book
Edward Hudgins, former director of regulatory studies at the Cato Institute, is the editor of Freedom to Trade: Refuting the New Protectionism. He argues that "free trade is challenged from many parts of the political spectrum -- from Pat Buchanan to Richard Gephardt, who perpetuate myths that imports cost jobs or that trade deficits, or surpluses, matter. Only international free trade and domestic free markets hold the promise of increasing living standards and job opportunities."
Freedom to Trade is a collection of nine papers examining the myths and realities of the free-trade debate. Chapters examine the history of trade, the "myth of the race to the bottom," the "myth of surrendered sovereignty," the impact of free trade on American cities and trade and human rights in China.
Freedom to Trade includes contributions from Hudgins; Bruce Bartlett, senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis; Claude E. Barfield, coordinator of trade policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute; Stuart Anderson, former director of trade and immigration studies at the Cato Institute; Jim Powell, editor at Laissez Faire Books; James A. Dorn, vice president for academic affairs at the Cato Institute; and Joel Kotkin of the Pepperdine Institute for Public Policy.
"Many of the current protectionist proposals, especially the proposals of those who claim to favor ‘free but fair trade’ are... dangerous," Hudgins writes. "In the 21st century the United States could ensure its own prosperity, set an example for the rest of the world, and create overwhelming pressure for other countries to follow suit by unilaterally eliminating the trade restrictions that currently burden American citizens."
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About the Editor
Edward L. Hudgins is director of the Washington, D.C., office of the Objectivist Center and an adjunct scholar of the Cato Institute.
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