Free Trade in the Twenty-First Century: Economic Theory and Political Reality

This book offers an assessment of the benefits and contemporary relevance of free trade. With contributions from senior policy-makers—ranging from former prime ministers of Australia and the United Kingdom to ambassadors and political figures who have worked on trade negotiations—as well as some of the most prestigious academics in the field of trade, from a Nobel Prize winner to esteemed economic historians, it teaches how important free trade is to prosperity in this day and age. This boo...