Clausing, Kimberly A.

Open : the progressive case for free trade, immigration, and global capital / Progressive case for free trade, immigration, and global capital Kimberly Clausing. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2019. - 343 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Introduction -- Making the global economy work for everyone -- Middle-class stagnation and income inequality -- Part II. International trade -- The case for international trade -- Winners and losers from international trade -- Trade politics and trade policy -- Part III. International capital and international labor -- Who's afraid of the trade deficit? -- Multinational corporations -- Immigrants, we get the job done! -- Part IV. Securing the future of the middle class -- Equipping workers for a modern global economy -- A grand bargain for tax reform -- A better partnership with the business community -- A more equitable globalization.

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Free trade--United States.
Globalization--Economic aspects--United States.
Employees--United States.


United States--Commerce.

HF1713 / .C53 2019