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Monthly Archives: July 2011
The Wrong Way to Free Trade
LATE last week, a longstanding debate over free-trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama — deals that were negotiated under President George W. Bush but never finalized — stalled once again. President Obama supports the agreements, but only if … Continue reading
Free trade, safe trade: Poor economic policies can be rather painful, literally
One may be forgiven if, on reading the ceaseless G20 pronouncements in favour of freer trade, one infers that there is an almost universal agreement that trade matters, that freer trade is a policy to be pursued for public good. … Continue reading
Communication to Professor Ross Garnaut of Australia apropos the debate over carbon taxation there
Professor Bhagwati favours carbon emission taxation. In particular, he favours it over ad hoc actions (urged by the “anti-globalization” lobbies) like subsidising local production as against importation of specific products based simply on the assertion that imports “obviously” add to … Continue reading
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