Category Archives: Trade
The Globalisation Paradox – a review
There is, wrote David Glasner of the FTC recently, ”no other proposition in economics that students hate or find harder to reconcile with their notions of common sense”. Paul Krugman, quipped that it’s the closest thing the profession has to … Continue reading
Kate Moss – development economist
Personally I can’t understand the excitement of cut price ladies’ clothes range, ghost-designed and modelled by a truculent Croydon superstar whose wealth appears predicated on the ability to look OK and walk, and turn. I’m even more confused by the … Continue reading
Fair trade – process vs outcome
Dani Rodrik has an interesting post on the procedural fairness of trade a redistribution that takes place because home firms are undercut by competitors who employ deplorable labor practices, use production methods that are harmful to the environment, or enjoy … Continue reading