International Trade and Sustainable Development: Economic, Historical and Moral Arguments for Asymmetric Global Trade

ISBN-13: 9781032085098 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 212 str.

Bob Milward

Opis

This book analyses contemporary and historical data to show how an alternative trading regime can be truly advantageous to both the developed and underdeveloped regions of the world: a regime that is capable of increasing GDP in a sustainable manner.

Recenzje

"Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals. General readers." --CHOICE Review, R. M. Ramazani, Saint Michael's College

Spis treści

1. Introduction.

2. The Theory of Free Trade.

3. A Critique of the Theories of Free Trade.

4. Historical Arguments Against Free Trade.

5. The Moral Arguments for an Alternative Global Trading Regime.

6. The Inadequacy of Preferential Trading Agreements.

7. Contemporary Protectionism and its Effect on Underdeveloped Economies.

8. The Developmental State and Infant Industry Protection.

9. The Theory of Unequal Exchange.

10. Asymmetric Trade Explained.

11. The Global Benefits of Asymmetric Trading.

12. Conclusions

O autorze

Bob Milward is a senior lecturer in economics at the University of Central Lancashire, UK.