This short book responds to seven common objections to free trade corresponding to the seven sections of this review. It successfully points out the fallacies underlying those objections by introducing theories of free ...

There are nearly 22 million international mi-grants from the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. The economic implications of this mi-gration are enormous. In 2013 migrants from the EAP remitted approximately US $112 ...

The gap between men and women in social, cultural and economic equality is not inevitable. Bridging this disparity has been a goal of policymakers to reduce overall poverty and improve standard of living. The existing ...

This is ARTNeT Book Review No. 33, 'Regional Integration in South Asia: Essays in Honour of Dr. M Rahmatullah', Prabir De and Mustafizur Rahman (Eds.), reviewed by Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy. <p></p> The rise of Asia ...

This is ARTNeT Book Review No. 31, 'Why Growth Matters', Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya, reviewed by Ana's Ning. Even as protectionist policies resurface and gain traction around the world, Why Growth Matters by ...

In Straight Talk on Trade, economist Dani Rodrik discusses the danger of hyperglobalization: when the rapid expansion in world trade reaches beyond the boundaries of what the global political economy can sustain. He argues ...

By Parmoita Shastri<br><br> Shastri discusses the need for policy makers to focus on reviving India’s small towns and big villages to relieve the population pressure on metropolitan cities and the resulting lower living ...

Throughout the U.S. trade history, the degree of protectionism that the United States (US) should adopt has always been at the center of its trade policy and a leading source of its domestic political conflict. Douglas A. ...