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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35159277 Title: How nations grow rich : the case for free trade Author: Melvyn B Krauss Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN/ISSN: 0195112377 9780195112375 OCLC:35159277

  
  

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How nations grow rich : the case for free trade

Author:	Melvyn B Krauss
Publisher:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	In How Nations Grow Rich, Krauss argues there is no inherent reason why the growth of the welfare state in the Western industrial countries should conflict with free trade - that is, there is no inherent reason for the welfare state to be protectionist. Exposing fallacious "welfare state" arguments for protection, Krauss makes a powerful case for free trade in general, and NAFTA in particular, as mechanisms for raising U.S. living standards. Americans are made better off through a reallocation of U.S. productive resources from lower to higher productivity uses - from textiles to computers, for example. Moreover, by raising wages in Mexico relative to the U.S., Krauss expects NAFTA to help reduce both legal and illegal immigration. Were states like California to reduce their generous social services and affirmative action programs, labor immigration from Mexico would fall to politically acceptable levels. Krauss' new insight that migration and foreign trade are alternative means of effectuating international exchange is used in this lively and informative book to shed light on a host of important policy issues. By the very act of restricting textile and apparel imports, the U.S. virtually compels foreign textile workers to migrate to the U.S. The European Union's tariff against East European exports provokes a flood of Eastern workers to Western Europe. In How Nations Grow Rich, Krauss dispatches both traditional and newer arguments for protection with unusual verve and clarity. Addressing the belief that protectionism boosts employment, he points out that import restrictions can destroy U.S. jobs when imposed on materials we use as parts. In response to protectionist demands that the U.S. close its markets until Japan reduces its trade barriers against U.S. goods - that trade be fair before it can be free - Krauss points out that in a market economy where consumers are kings, only a consumer-based equity standard is valid. Thus what the "fair-trade" protectionist argument really comes down to is the nonsensical proposition that because foreign countries damage their consumers by foolish protectionist measures, equity demands the United States follow suit. This book clarifies such important and often inaccessible issues as development policy, foreign aid, trade sanctions, child labor, human rights trade linkages, immigration, European Monetary Union, and affirmative action trade policies. How Nations Grow Rich is must reading for anyone concerned with public policy and international economics.  Read more...
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