Daniel Griswold - Mad About Trade: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization

Date: 
September 14, 2010

 The John Price and Marcia Price World Affairs Lecture Series at Westminster College. Presented by the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy. See you there.

 

"Not since colonial days have Americans earned or spent a higher share of their income in the global economy than they do now. In our current economic downturn, terms like "free trade" and "globalization" are often derided by politicians and commentators as a threat to middle-class "Main Street" Americans. Daniel Griswold makes a persuasive case against US protectionism and presents a clear view of America's changing place in the world economy, illustrating how low-income and middle-class Americans are the most likely to benefit from the global marketplace in the form of lower prices, greater variety, and better quality of goods."

 

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