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The free trade myth: how the US manipulates global markets for ...

US president, Joe Biden, raised tariffs on Chinese-made goods sharply in May, claiming that the “Chinese government has cheated by pouring ...

Free Trade's Origin Myth - American Compass

American elites accepted the economic theory of “comparative advantage” mainly because it justified their geopolitical agenda.

The Benefits of Free Trade: Addressing Key Myths | Mercatus Center

Free trade increases prosperity for Americans—and the citizens of all participating nations—by allowing consumers to buy more, better-quality products at lower ...

The Folly of Free Trade - Harvard Business Review

Rather, it reflects wage and price competition on the part of countries seeking jobs and economic growth. Exchange rate adjustments automatically keep foreign ...

Myths of Free Trade | The New Press

A revised and updated edition of the provocative book from the man Studs Terkel called “one of the hippest members of congress”

Why Are We Still Following the Myth of Free Trade? - IndustryWeek

Economists have claimed that free trade delivers the greatest good to the greatest number of people. Good for workers, corporations, shareholders and the ...

Free Trade's Origin Myth – Oren Cass - Law & Liberty

American elites accepted the economic theory of “comparative advantage” mainly because it justified their geopolitical agenda.

Debunking Protectionist Myths: Free Trade, the Developing World ...

Free trade rather than selective protection and industrial policy must be credited with propelling these economies to miracle‐ level growth.

The Myth of the “Free Market”

President Biden has quite explicitly implemented policies intended to reshape the direction of the economy, pushing clean energy and more ...

Shattering the Myths About U.S. Trade Policy

Reprint: R1203Q Many Americans blame free trade for their nation's economic slide, but the authors' research shows that free trade has been assigned a ...

The Myth of Free Trade - Dissent Magazine

It is a myth that has bred a progeny of myths: the Peace Myth, that the “century of peace” between the Treaty of Vienna (1815) and the outbreak of World War I ( ...

Myth 5: Everyone wins under free trade - Global Justice Now

Some of the countries that have most zealously pursued free trade have suffered while others who have resisted opening up their markets have done very well ...

Exposing the Big “Free Market” Myth with Author Naomi Oreskes

CASI discussion examines the consequences of businesses pushing “free market” ideology and the changes needed for markets to support rather than impede ...

Kicking Away the Ladder: The "Real" History of Free Trade - FPIF

Even many of those who are not enthusiastic about all aspects of globalization--ranging from the free-trade economist, Jagdish Bhagwati, advocating capital ...

The Rise of China and the Fall of the 'Free Trade' Myth

'America first does not mean America alone,” President Trump declared last month at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The Myth of Free-Trade Britain - Econlib

That was not British policy. They removed most tariffs but mostly on items in which they had a comparative advantage.” In the two and a half ...

Enduring Myths that Obscure the Case for Free Trade - Cato Institute

Trade agreements may be the primary vehicle through which U.S. trade barriers are reduced, but they are predicated on the fallacy that ...

The Myth of Fair Trade | Mises Institute

So-called fair trade is the rage among elites who believe that it protects people in poor nations who would like higher prices for their ...

The Free Trade Myth, Explained - BillMoyers.com

Free traders favor less government regulation and fewer trade barriers between countries and want the market to determine the price of goods.

Bad Samaritans (book) - Wikipedia

Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism is a book about economics written by Ha-Joon Chang, a South Korean institutional ...