具体描述
Should the United States be open to commerce with other countries, or should it protect domestic industries from foreign competition? This question has been the source of bitter political conflict throughout American history. Such conflict was inevitable, James Madison argued in The Federalist Papers, because trade policy involves clashing economic interests. The struggle between the winners and losers from trade has always been fierce because dollars and jobs are at stake: depending on what policy is chosen, some industries, farmers, and workers will prosper, while others will suffer.
Douglas A. Irwin’s Clashing over Commerce is the most authoritative and comprehensive history of US trade policy to date, offering a clear picture of the various economic and political forces that have shaped it. From the start, trade policy divided the nation—first when Thomas Jefferson declared an embargo on all foreign trade and then when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union over excessive taxes on imports. The Civil War saw a shift toward protectionism, which then came under constant political attack. Then, controversy over the Smoot-Hawley tariff during the Great Depression led to a policy shift toward freer trade, involving trade agreements that eventually produced the World Trade Organization. Irwin makes sense of this turbulent history by showing how different economic interests tend to be grouped geographically, meaning that every proposed policy change found ready champions and opponents in Congress.
As the Trump administration considers making major changes to US trade policy, Irwin’s sweeping historical perspective helps illuminate the current debate. Deeply researched and rich with insight and detail, Clashing over Commerce provides valuable and enduring insights into US trade policy past and present.
作者简介
Douglas A. Irwin is the John Sloan Dickey Third Century Professor in the Social Sciences in the Department of Economics at Dartmouth College. He is a research associate of the NBER.
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读后感
议员席位,由于选民决定,区域产业不同,意味议员要坚持的立场不同,屁股决定脑袋 母国航海条例限制了殖民地贸易,及要加征国内税却不允许代表就这样大家起了冲突 殖民联邦政府开始是征税权力,由各州批准了海关税,因为一是对外,二是征税成本才4% 国内税征税成本比较高,又影...
用户评价
深入浅出,风趣幽默,把复杂的政治经济斗争和妥协非常清晰地展现出来。
Remarkable work! Thorough analysis of US trade history, which explains the on-going clashes between protectionists and free trade advocates. It totally explains the Trump administration’s action.
深入浅出,风趣幽默,把复杂的政治经济斗争和妥协非常清晰地展现出来。
深入浅出,风趣幽默,把复杂的政治经济斗争和妥协非常清晰地展现出来。
深入浅出,风趣幽默,把复杂的政治经济斗争和妥协非常清晰地展现出来。