LEADER 03182nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910791239803321 005 20230721012305.0 010 $a1-282-59999-2 010 $a9786612599996 010 $a1-935308-20-3 035 $a(CKB)2560000000012828 035 $a(EBL)686340 035 $a(OCoLC)615600484 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000422409 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11929654 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422409 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10416596 035 $a(PQKB)11114865 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC690466 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC686340 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL690466 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10379669 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL259999 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL686340 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000012828 100 $a20090716d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMad about trade$b[electronic resource] $ewhy Main Street America should embrace globalization /$fDaniel Griswold 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cCato Institute$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (226 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-935308-19-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTable 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 Class 327 $a9. 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 Institute 330 $aMad 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 job 606 $aFree trade$zUnited States 606 $aBalance of trade$zUnited States 606 $aConsumers$zUnited States 606 $aGlobalization 615 0$aFree trade 615 0$aBalance of trade 615 0$aConsumers 615 0$aGlobalization. 676 $a382/.710973 700 $aGriswold$b Daniel T.$f1958-$01522831 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791239803321 996 $aMad about trade$93762735 997 $aUNINA