Myths of Free Trade: Why American Trade Policy Has Failed
A revised and updated edition of the provocative book from the man Studs Terkel calls "one of the hippest members of Congress."\ \ The subject of widespread attention when first released, including the pages of the New York Times Book Review, Myths of Free Trade provides a front-row seat to the Washington spectacle of corporate lobbying and political intimidation that keeps the free-trade mantra alive as American policy, despite all the evidence of its failure.\ \ U.S. Representative Sherrod...
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A revised and updated edition of the provocative book from the man Studs Terkel calls "one of the hippest members of Congress."The subject of widespread attention when first released, including the pages of the New York Times Book Review, Myths of Free Trade provides a front-row seat to the Washington spectacle of corporate lobbying and political intimidation that keeps the free-trade mantra alive as American policy, despite all the evidence of its failure.U.S. Representative Sherrod Brown—a leading progressive voice in Congress and a twelve-year veteran of Washington's trade wars—takes apart free-trade dogma, myth by myth. His book is an accessible, personal, globe-trotting chronicle, taking the reader from the coffee fields of Nicaragua to the sweatshops of China; from the toxic wastelands on the Mexican border to the halls of Congress.Described as an "essential primer" by The Progressive and a "voice of truth" by Public Citizen News, this paperback edition includes a fascinating update that describes the 2005 congressional battle over the Central American Free Trade Agreement—a battle led by Tom DeLay on one side and Sherrod Brown on the other.
Introduction : mythmaking1Ch. 1Myth 1 : Americans believe in free trade7Ch. 2Myth 2 : free-trade agreements are necesaary to fight the war on terrorism27Ch. 3Myth 3 : free trade is an extension of American values abroad49Ch. 4Myth 4 : free trade leaves most people better off - in rich and poor nations alike69Ch. 5Myth 5 : free trade will bring democracy , human rights, and freedom to authoritarian nations97Ch. 6Myth 6 : the North American Free Trade Agreement has been a success137Ch. 7Myth 7 : free trade is a great American tradition175Ch. 8A model for fair trade and a call to action201
