Globaphobia Confronting Fears about Open Trade,9780815711902

Globaphobia Confronting Fears about Open Trade

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ISBN13: 9780815711902
ISBN10: 0815711905
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1998-02-01
Publisher(s): Brookings Institution Press
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Summary

The authors of this book speak directly and simply to concerns about globalization, demonstrating with easy prose and illustrations why the globaphobes are wrong. The authors explain that the challenge for all Americans is to embrace globalization and all of the benefits it brings, while adopting targeted policies to ease the very real pain of those few Americans whom globalization may harm.

Author Biography

Gary Burtless is a senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution Robert Z. Lawrence is a nonresident senior fellow and holder of the New Century Chair in International Trade and Economics at the Brookings Institution and professor of international trade and investment at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Robert E. Litan, director of the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution Robert J. Shapiro is a founder and vice president of the Progressive Policy Institute.

Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION
1(12)
2. THE VIRTUES OF OPENNESS
13(31)
3. OPENNESS AND JOBS
44(15)
4. OPENNESS AND WAGES
59(30)
5. FAIRNESS AND LEVEL PLAYING FIELDS
89(21)
6. OPENNESS, SOVEREIGNTY, AND STANDARDS
110(17)
7. ADDRESSING DISLOCATION AND INEQUALITY
127(24)
REFERENCES 151(6)
INDEX 157

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