Economic casualties
Subtitle: how U.S. foreign policy undermines trade, growth, and liberty
By: edited by Solveig Singleton and Daniel T. Griswold.
Contributors: Singleton, Solveig.; Griswold, Daniel T., 1958-
Publisher: Cato Institute
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
Subjects: Economic sanctions, American; United States -- Commercial policy
Description: Economic Casualties counts the cost of foreign policy sanctions and controls on an American economy increasingly integrated with that of the rest of the world. Its 14 essays describe and analyze the impact on U.S. manufacturing, trade, financial services, farming, high technology, human rights, and civil liberties.

They explore such current topics as human rights and trade with China, government access to encryption "keys," nuclear testing by India and Pakistan, and pending efforts in Congress to restrain the use of sanctions and bring export controls in line with economic reality.

Together, the essays in Economic Casualties argue forcefully and coherently for a new approach to U.S. foreign and economic policy - one that will build upon rather than undermine the growing influence of American civil and commercial society on the rest of the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Overview: the economic cost of U.S. foreign policy.  Eagle in the china shop: the economic consequences of U.S. global meddling / Ted Galen Carpenter ; An overview of the economic costs of unilateral trade sanctions / William H. Lash III ; Defending liberty in a global economy / Richard B. Cheney; title: Pt. 2. Export controls.  Export controls: a national emergency? / James B. Burnham ; An export control agenda for the 21st century / William A. Reinsch ; Export controls, trade sanctions, and the nuclear industry / R. Ian Butterfield ; Myths and realities of the debate over encryption policy / Carl Ellison; title: Pt. 3. Controlling the flow of capital.  Effects of the regulatory suppression of digital cash / Eric Hughes ; America the financial imperialist / Richard W. Rahn; title: Pt. 4. Trade sanctions.  Unilateral sanctions: a politically attractive loser / Clayton Yeutter ; Economic sanctions: America's folly / Gary C. Hufbauer ; Caterpillar Inc.: a case study in America's CAT-astrophic sanctions policy / William C. Lane; title: Pt. 5. Human rights and civil liberties.  Free trade and human rights: the moral case for engagement / Robert A. Sirico ; The costs of encryption export controls: what about our constitutional values? / Kenneth C. Bass III.