ISIL Freedom Network: Global > Introductions and FAQs > Free Trade
- The Blessings of Free Trade
Source: Cato Center for Trade Policy Studies
Author: James K. Glassman
Country: United States
- We hear about the benefits of free trade all the time, but do we really appreciate them? Glassman tries to answer that question by examining the inviolable right to trade in this essay, based on a speech he gave back in February, 1998.
- Free Trade vs. Protectionism
Source: International Society for Individual Liberty
Author: Vincent H. Miller and James R. Elwood
Country: United States
E-mail: isil@isil.org
- ISIL pamphlet does a nice job of explaining the basic issues involved in the trade debate. Analyzes both the hidden costs and misleading benefits of protectionism.
- Trade and the Rise of Freedom
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: Thomas J. DiLorenzo
Country: United States
E-mail: tdilo@aol.com
- A transcribed speech given at the Mises Institute's conference on "The History of Liberty." DiLorenzo makes the case for the direct relationship between free commerce and a free people. (1/00)
- A Rising Trade Deficit Signals Good Times for U.S. Economy
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Daniel T. Griswold
Country: United States
- This article explodes the myth that trade deficits are bad for the economy. (9/1/99)
- Whither the world trading system?
Source: Timbro
Author: Razeen Sally
Country: Sweden
- Sally discusses possibilities and risks in trade policy, and addresses strategic concerns such as the WTO becoming more like the UN or the UNCTAD, both coupled with inefficiency problems, or the fact that new areas have been added to trade agreements which deal with closing, not opening, markets. (PDF file) (11/07/02)
- Convention on international trade in endangered species
Source: IREN Kenya
Author: staff
Country: Kenya
- "Though biodiversity loss and species extinction are serious concerns, CITES [the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species] seems a singularly inappropriate means for addressing them." Banning international trade in the products of the species generally does not work, and sometimes is harmful. (PDF file) (2002)
- Libertarian solutions: a libertarian-style foreign policy: why free trade equals prosperity
Source: LP News
Author: Michael Tanner
Country: United States
- "What we need is a libertarian foreign policy -- that realizes we must participate in the world economy, but not be the world's policeman; that knows that free markets (not foreign aid) are the best route to global prosperity; that understands that a free flow of goods and people across our borders should be encouraged." (05/98)
- Five myths about free trade
Source: Strike the Root
Author: George Smith
Country: United States
- "As Frederic Bastiat pointed out, protectionists want to do to their country during peacetime what they try to do to their enemies during war -- close its borders to imports." (05/06/02)
- Protectionism: Protecting whom?
Source: CSE
Author: Stephen Spruiell
Country: United States
- "Globalization refers to the implementation of free trade on a global scale, which is accomplished through international trade liberalization. A country liberalizes its trade with other countries by removing policies that serve as barriers to trade." (4/29/03)
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