03182nam 2200649Ia 450 991079123980332120230721012305.01-282-59999-297866125999961-935308-20-3(CKB)2560000000012828(EBL)686340(OCoLC)615600484(SSID)ssj0000422409(PQKBManifestationID)11929654(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422409(PQKBWorkID)10416596(PQKB)11114865(MiAaPQ)EBC690466(MiAaPQ)EBC686340(Au-PeEL)EBL690466(CaPaEBR)ebr10379669(CaONFJC)MIL259999(Au-PeEL)EBL686340(EXLCZ)99256000000001282820090716d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMad about trade[electronic resource] why Main Street America should embrace globalization /Daniel GriswoldWashington, D.C. Cato Institutec20091 online resource (226 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-935308-19-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Main Street Meets the Global Economy; 2. America's Consuming Interest in Trade; 3. How American Workers and Families Have Traded Up; 4. U.S. Manufacturing in a Global Exonomy: More Stuff, Better Stuff, Fewer Workers; 5. America's Trade Deficit: Accounting Abstraction or Public Enemy No. 1?; 6. Foreign Investment: Paying Dividends for American Families; 7. America in the Global Economy: Strong, Free, and Open for Business; 8. More Like Us: The Growth of the Global Middle Class9. The Protectionist Swindle: How Trade Barriers Cheat the Poor and the Middle Class10. A Trade Agenda for a Free People; Notes; Index; About the Author; Cato InstituteMad about Trade is the much-needed antidote to a rising tide of protectionist sentiment in the United States. The book explains the benefits of free trade and globalization for middle-class, Main Street Americans exposed to a barrage of negative claims from politicians and commentators such as Lou Dobbs. It offers a spirited defense of free trade and globalization that engages the populists on their own turf. In eight timely and provocative chapters, the book shows how middle- and low-income families benefit from import competition, and how a more globalized U.S. economy has created better jobFree tradeUnited StatesBalance of tradeUnited StatesConsumersUnited StatesGlobalizationFree tradeBalance of tradeConsumersGlobalization.382/.710973Griswold Daniel T.1958-1522831MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791239803321Mad about trade3762735UNINA