Against the Tide : : An Intellectual History of Free Trade /

Against the Tide : : An Intellectual History of Free Trade / / Douglas A. Irwin.

About two hundred years ago, largely as a result of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, free trade achieved an intellectual status unrivaled by any other doctrine in the field of economics. What accounts for the success of free trade against then prevailing mercantilist doctrines? And how well has...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Irwin, Douglas A.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]
©1996
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.) :; 14 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART ONE. Origins of the Free Trade Doctrine
  • Chapter One. EARLY FOREIGN TRADE DOCTRINES
  • Chapter Two. THE ENGLISH MERCANTILIST LITERATURE
  • Chapter Three. THE EMERGENCE OF FREE TRADE THOUGHT
  • Chapter Four. PHYSIOCRACY AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY
  • Chapter Five. ADAM SMITH'S CASE FOR FREE TRADE
  • Chapter Six. FREE TRADE IN CLASSICAL ECONOMICS
  • PART TWO. Controversies about the Free Trade Doctrine
  • Chapter Seven. TORRENS AND THE TERMS OF TRADE ARGUMENT
  • Chapter Eight. MILL AND THE INFANT INDUSTRY ARGUMENT
  • Chapter Nine. GRAHAM AND THE INCREASING RETURNS ARGUMENT
  • Chapter Ten. MANOILESCU AND THE WAGE DIFFERENTIAL ARGUMENT
  • Chapter Eleven. THE AUSTRALIAN CASE FOR PROTECTION
  • Chapter Twelve. THE WELFARE ECONOMICS OF FREE TRADE
  • Chapter Thirteen. KEYNES AND THE MACROECONOMICS OF PROTECTION
  • Chapter Fourteen. STRATEGIC TRADE POLICY
  • Conclusion: THE PAST AND FUTURE OF FREE TRADE
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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