Jeff Colgan

The Promise and Peril of International Trade

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Promise and Peril of International Trade is a lively, accessible book that explores how the trade system affects elements of critical importance to Canadian society, such as the environment, the economy, and the arts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9781551116808
• ISBN-10: 1551116804
• Artikelnr.: 54152320

Autorenporträt

Jeff Colgan is an Economic Consultant with the Brattle Group in Washington DC. He has worked at the World Bank as a policy analyst and at McKinsey & Company as a management consultant. He was a Canada-US Fulbright Scholar at the Goldman School of Public Policy of the University of California, Berkeley. His graduate work focused on international economic policy, particularly the Kyoto Protocol. Mr. Colgan divides his time between Toronto and Washington, DC.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Introduction
Part One: The Economics of Free Trade
2. Free Trade and the Promise of Prosperity
3. The Dangers of Market Fundamentalism
4. Learning and the Risks of Specialization
5. The Dangers of Protestor Mentality
6. Free Trade and the Rise of Inequality
Part Two: The Social Consequences of Free Trade
7. Trade Rules, the New Weapons of Corporate Warfare
8. Morality, Genetically Modified Food, and Free Trade
9. Free Trade and the Brain Drain
10. Free Trade and the Arts
11. NAFTA and the Environment
12. The WTO and the Environment
13. Conclusion
Appendix: Summary of Recommendations
Bibliography
Index