Peddling Protectionism: Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (774 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072HJJ73M |
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| Number of Pages | : | 429 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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The particulars of the political arguments for and against SH, the quotes of opinions of policy makers, and the marshalling of evidence regarding policy choices and attempts at international cooperation make the period come alive and simultaneously enable a balanced assessment regarding the role of trade policy and its determinants."--Anne O. His approach makes the book quite suitable for the interested general reader, undergraduates, and economic historians and other economists interested in the life and times of Smoot-Hawley. For this reason, Peddling Protectionism deserves a wide readership."--Fiscal Times"Persuasive."--Arnold Kling, Econlog"The Smoot-Haw
Tariff and Legacies Margaret A. Dr. Irwin's book is clear, concise and an excellent history of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, probably the best remembered import-export bill in U.S. history. Just how it is remembered, and if it did what its supporters and detractors claim, form much of this book. Dr. . "The end of the protectionist consensus" according to ConsDemo. Since I agree with Margaret Bicker's review, I'll try to add on some additional benefits of this excellent book. Author Douglas Irwin points out both the Smoot-Hawley tariff's defenders and critics often exaggerated their cases. However, the evidence he presents s. "Five Stars" according to Amazon Customer. Very useful book for getting a good perspective on the cause(s) leading to the Great Depression.
exports to shrivel as well. The Smoot-Hawley tariff of 1930, which raised U.S. In Peddling Protectionism, Douglas Irwin provides the first comprehensive history of the causes and effects of this notorious measure, explaining why it largely deserves its reputation for combining bad politics and bad economics and harming the U.S. and world economies during the Depression. duties on hundreds of imported goods to record levels, is America's most infamous trade law. Even today, the ghosts of congressmen Reed Smoot and Willis Hawley haunt anyone arguing for higher trade barriers; almost single-handedly, they made protectionism an insult rather than a compliment. It is often associated with--and sometimes blamed for--the onset of the Great Depression, the collapse of world trade, and the global spread of protectionism in the 1930s. imports fell sharply and other countries retaliated by in
Maxwell '23 Professor of Arts and Sciences in the Department of Economics at Dartmouth College. Douglas A. He is the author of Against the Tide: An Intellectual History of Free Trade and Free Trade under Fire (both Princeton). Irwin is the Robert E.