The Myth of Free Trade The Pooring of America
by Batra, RaviEdition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-05-13
Publisher(s): Atria Books
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Summary
Argues for limits on foreign imports, strict tariffs, protectionism, reindustrialization, and the breakup of unproductive corporations
Author Biography
Dr. Ravi Batra is a professor of economics at Southern Methodist University in Texas. He is the author of The Great Depression of 1990 and Surviving the Great Depression of 1990.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| America at a Crossroads | p. 1 |
| In Search of a Culprit | p. 7 |
| The Shattered Dream | p. 18 |
| Free Trade: The Real Culprit | p. 35 |
| Roots of the Free Trade Fiasco | p. 54 |
| Productivity Growth: Is There Really a Serious Problem? | p. 79 |
| Global Experience with Free Trade | p. 86 |
| America's Experience with Tariffs | p. 128 |
| The Fallacy of Free Trade | p. 149 |
| Competitive Protectionism | p. 164 |
| A Five-Year Plan for Economic Revival | p. 184 |
| International Trade and the Environment | p. 215 |
| A Proper Theory of Economic Development and Trade | p. 231 |
| Notes | p. 249 |
| Index | p. 265 |
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