Free Trade Under Fire: (Second Edition)
One ofChoice's Oustanding Academic Titles for 2003"A wealth of reporting, both of trade-theory debates and of recent political battles in America over trade, is elegantly squeezed into the book. . . . If [Free Trade under Firedoes] not change trade sceptics' minds, it is hard to think what else would."--Economist"[Irwin] sets out most of the anti-trade claims one by one (such as 'imports destroy good, high wage jobs') and then marshals the evidence to show why it just ain't so. . . . Compelling [and] cogent."--Wall Street Journal"[Irwin] successfully parries nearly all arguments leveled against free trade by its critics, and does so in an engaging style, which in itself makes for lively reading."--Gene Epstein,Barron's"[A] first-rate book that deals in a systematic and logical way with the arguments and myths about globalization and trade."--Harold James,National Interest"Vigorous and persuasive. . . . [Irwin] offers an especially informative chapter on antidumping duties, which have historically been supported in the name of ensuring 'fair trade.'"--Richard Cooper,Foreign Affairs