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• Ten Tea Parties

  Patriotic Protests That History Forgot

  Cummins, Joseph

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  Chronicles the history of ten tea party protests, lesser-known than the Boston Tea Party, that occurred prior to the American Revolution, in cities including Philadelphia, Charleston, Annapolis, and New York.

• Peddling Protectionism

  Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression

  Irwin, Douglas A., 1962-

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  The Smoot-Hawley tariff of 1930, which raised U.S. duties on hundreds of imported goods to record levels, is America's most infamous trade law. It is often associated with--and sometimes blamed for--the onset of the Great Depression, the collapse of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Asia's Reckoning

  China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century

  McGregor, Richard, 1958-

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  A journalist describes the modern history of relations between China, Japan and the United States, discussing the confrontational path the two Asian nations appear to be on and what that means for America.

• Open

  the Progressive Case for Free Trade, Immigration, and Global Capital

  Clausing, Kimberly A.,

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  Argues that a free and open economy is the best way to advance the interests of working Americans, and offers strategies to train workers, improve tax policy, and establish a partnership between labor and business.

• The Future Is Asian

  Commerce, Conflict, and Culture in the 21st Century

  Khanna, Parag,

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  In the 19th century, the world was Europeanized. In the 20th century, it was Americanized. Now, in the 21st century, the world is being Asianized.

• Straight Talk on Trade

  Ideas for a Sane World Economy

  Rodrik, Dani,

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  An honest discussion of free trade and how nations can sensibly chart a path forward in today’s global economy.

• 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism

  Chang, Ha-Joon,

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  Challenges popular misconceptions while making startling revelations about free-market practices, explaining the author's views on global capitalism dynamics while making recommendations for reshaping capitalism to humane ends.

• Bad Samaritans

  the Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism

  Chang, Ha-Joon

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  A response to "The World Is Flat" challenges beliefs about free trade, globalization, and economic justice to provide a contrarian history of global capitalism, revealing how top-level economies achieved their wealth through practices that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Economics of the World Trading System

  Bagwell, Kyle

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  An economic analysis of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization.

• Free Trade Under Fire

  Irwin, Douglas A., 1962-

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  Free trade is placed under the microscope and examined, with a particular emphasis on recent protests and movements against this powerful economic philosophy.

• Clashing Over Commerce

  a History of US Trade Policy

  Irwin, Douglas A., 1962-

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The End of Globalization

  Lessons From the Great Depression

  James, Harold, 1956-

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  "Globalization" is here. Signified by an increasingly close economic interconnection that has led to profound political and social change around the world, the process seems irreversible. In this book, however, Harold James provides a sobering…Read moreRead more of this annotation