International Trade and Globalization
Why We Trade
from Foreign Policy, November 2007 To hear most politicians talk, you’d think that exports are the key to a country’s…
Read MoreProtectionists Never Learn
This commentary appeared in the Wall Street Journal on March 12, 2007 I’m thinking of a country. America’s trade deficit…
Read MoreDoes the Trade Deficit Destroy American Jobs?
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Read MoreTestimony before the U.S. House of Representatives on trade (CAFTA)
TESTIMONY U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCESUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, TRADE, AND CONSUMER PROTECTION APRIL 28, 2005…
Read MoreOutsourcing and Job Security
Note: Newsweek Japan asked me and others to comment on ten questions related to the global economy. Here’s the question…
Read MoreThe Great Outsourcing Scare of 2004
From the Hoover Digest, Spring 2004 People are worried that Indians are going to take away all of America’s good…
Read MoreJobs Abroad, Benefits at Home
From Business Week Online Outsourcing is all over the news. U.S. businesses are hiring foreigners, often in India, to do…
Read MoreRemaking Iraq
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Read MoreCarrots and Sticks
Before the war in Iraq began, there were two divergent views on how it would go. The optimistic view, predicted…
Read MoreMr. President, Don’t Toy With The Truth
What if there really were a toy shop at the North Pole where elves made toys and gave them away?…
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