Research Catalog

Title

Trade protection in the United States / Charles K. Rowley, Willem Thorbecke and Richard E. Wagner.

Author

Rowley, Charles K., 1939-2013.

Publication

Aldershot, Hants ; Brookfield, VT : E. Elgar, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Thorbecke, Willem, 1958-
• Wagner, Richard E.
• Locke Institute.

Description

xiii, 348 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

• Trade policy in the United States since 1930 is rigorously evaluated in this major new book. Using public choice analysis to identify and explain protectionist behavior, Charles K. Rowley, Willem Thorbecke and Richard E. Wagner demonstrate why unilateral free trade cannot be achieved through the normal political process and make a strong case for constitutional reform.
• Trade Protection in the United States analyzes the history of US trade policy to explain why interest groups are able to foster protectionist policies despite the advantages which free trade offers consumers. The authors also explain why the principles of managed trade - as epitomized in the institution of the GATT - are inevitably subverted by protectionism.
• This important book concludes with a vigorous justification of unilateral free trade and makes a convincing case for protecting the freedom to trade through an amendment to the US constitution. Applying recent developments in constitutional political economy to a key policy issue, this book will be welcomed by economists, political scientists and lawyers as a major statement of the right to trade.

Series Statement

[The John Locke series]

Uniform Title

John Locke series in classical liberal political economy.

Subjects

• Free trade > United States
• Protectionism > United States

Note

• Series from book jacket.
• "The Locke Institute."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Trade, national borders and individual welfare -- 2. The case for free trade -- 3. The rhetoric of trade protection -- 4. The political economy of trade protection -- 5. The Congress -- 6. The President -- 7. The Bureaucracy -- 8. Trade politics in the legislative branch -- 9. Trade politics in the executive branch -- 10. Trade politics and the fair-trade laws -- 11. Regional trade politics -- 12. The political economy of the GATT -- 13. The case for constitutional reform.

ISBN

1858981980

LCCN

95007195

OCLC

• 34264635
• ocm34264635

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries