Should the United States be open to commerce with other countries, or should it protect domestic industries from foreign competition? This question has been the source of bitter political conflict throughout American history. Such conflict was inevitable, James Madison argued in The Federalist Papers, because trade policy involves clashing economic interests. The struggle betwe...
Should the United States be open to commerce with other countries, or should it protect domestic industries from foreign competition? This question has been the source of bitter political conflict throughout American history. Such conflict was inevitable, James Madison argued in The Federalist Papers, because trade policy involves clashing economic interests. The struggle between the winners and losers from trade has always been fierce because dollars and jobs are at stake: depending on what policy is chosen, some industries, farmers, and workers will prosper, while others will suffer.
Douglas A. Irwin’s Clashing over Commerce is the most authoritative and comprehensive history of US trade policy to date, offering a clear picture of the various economic and political forces that have shaped it. From the start, trade policy divided the nation—first when Thomas Jefferson declared an embargo on all foreign trade and then when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union over excessive taxes on imports. The Civil War saw a shift toward protectionism, which then came under constant political attack. Then, controversy over the Smoot-Hawley tariff during the Great Depression led to a policy shift toward freer trade, involving trade agreements that eventually produced the World Trade Organization. Irwin makes sense of this turbulent history by showing how different economic interests tend to be grouped geographically, meaning that every proposed policy change found ready champions and opponents in Congress.
As the Trump administration considers making major changes to US trade policy, Irwin’s sweeping historical perspective helps illuminate the current debate. Deeply researched and rich with insight and detail, Clashing over Commerce provides valuable and enduring insights into US trade policy past and present.
Douglas A. Irwin is the John Sloan Dickey Third Century Professor in the Social Sciences in the Department of Economics at Dartmouth College. He is a research associate of the NBER.
目录
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Introduction
Part I: Revenue
1. The Struggle for Independence, 1763–1789
2. Trade Policy for the New Nation, 1789–1816
3. Sectional Conflict and Crisis, 1816–1833
4. Tariff Peace and Civil War, 1833–1865
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Introduction
Part I: Revenue
1. The Struggle for Independence, 1763–1789
2. Trade Policy for the New Nation, 1789–1816
3. Sectional Conflict and Crisis, 1816–1833
4. Tariff Peace and Civil War, 1833–1865
Part II: Restriction
5. The Failure of Tariff Reform, 1865–1890
6. Protectionism Entrenched, 1890–1912
7. Policy Reversals and Drift, 1912–1928
8. The Hawley-Smoot Tariff and the Great Depression, 1928–1932
Part III: Reciprocity
9. The New Deal and Reciprocal Trade Agreements, 1932–1943
10. Creating a Multilateral Trading System, 1943–1950
11. New Order and New Stresses, 1950–1979
12. Trade Shocks and Response, 1979–1992
13. From Globalization to Polarization, 1992–2017
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index
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Thus, on June 19, 1812, just two days after the British government announced that it was suspending the Orders in Council, the United States formally declared war on Britain. Later that month, somehwere in the north Atlantic, the ship from Britain brininging news of the Orders in Council suspension passed the ships from the United States bringing news of the declaration of war. (查看原文)
By endorsing nullification, South Caroline chose a risky strategy that changed the fundamental issue from the injustice of the tariff to the power of a state to defy the federal government. While several southern states supported it on the tariff question, few defenced its extreme position on states' rights. Georgia showed some support,but other southern states were horrified by South Carolina's decision. (查看原文)
Markets and Governments in Economic History(共15册)，
这套丛书还有
《Deconstructing the Monolith》《Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy》《The Public Good and the Brazilian State》《The Continental Dollar》《From Old Regime to Industrial State》
等
。
对美国贸易政策从建国到2017年的讨论，每一项贸易法案出台的背景、历程和评价，可谓事无巨细。仔细看了前10章（到1950年），感觉美国两党之间的各种拉锯从古到今变化不大——基本上有了经济危机和国外进口威胁就可能加税，能不能通过很大程度上取决于Congress在谁手里；也见证了美国从一个18世纪不怎么重要的国家变成二战之后重塑世界秩序的主要力量，这一变化让美国二战之后努力推动多边贸易协定。因为太细致...对美国贸易政策从建国到2017年的讨论，每一项贸易法案出台的背景、历程和评价，可谓事无巨细。仔细看了前10章（到1950年），感觉美国两党之间的各种拉锯从古到今变化不大——基本上有了经济危机和国外进口威胁就可能加税，能不能通过很大程度上取决于Congress在谁手里；也见证了美国从一个18世纪不怎么重要的国家变成二战之后重塑世界秩序的主要力量，这一变化让美国二战之后努力推动多边贸易协定。因为太细致了，从第三章开始一直在记笔记，最后三章也实在看不动了，先这样吧，也能理解Irwin为啥在致谢里开玩笑说“a few heroic individuals took the time to read the entire manuscript”。一个学者一辈子能写出这么一本就行了……(展开)
Remarkable work! Thorough analysis of US trade history, which explains the on-going clashes between protectionists and free trade advocates. It totally explains the Trump administration’s action.
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1 有用 Larene 2020-03-07 22:35:59
对美国贸易政策从建国到2017年的讨论，每一项贸易法案出台的背景、历程和评价，可谓事无巨细。仔细看了前10章（到1950年），感觉美国两党之间的各种拉锯从古到今变化不大——基本上有了经济危机和国外进口威胁就可能加税，能不能通过很大程度上取决于Congress在谁手里；也见证了美国从一个18世纪不怎么重要的国家变成二战之后重塑世界秩序的主要力量，这一变化让美国二战之后努力推动多边贸易协定。因为太细致... 对美国贸易政策从建国到2017年的讨论，每一项贸易法案出台的背景、历程和评价，可谓事无巨细。仔细看了前10章（到1950年），感觉美国两党之间的各种拉锯从古到今变化不大——基本上有了经济危机和国外进口威胁就可能加税，能不能通过很大程度上取决于Congress在谁手里；也见证了美国从一个18世纪不怎么重要的国家变成二战之后重塑世界秩序的主要力量，这一变化让美国二战之后努力推动多边贸易协定。因为太细致了，从第三章开始一直在记笔记，最后三章也实在看不动了，先这样吧，也能理解Irwin为啥在致谢里开玩笑说“a few heroic individuals took the time to read the entire manuscript”。一个学者一辈子能写出这么一本就行了…… (展开)
0 有用 Jimmy47 2022-03-23 12:59:36
何刚财经大课解读 进口关税对美国究竟有多重要？ 谁是美国贸易政策最终拍板者？ 美国是贸易保护主义泛滥地吗？ 美国用什么推动贸易互惠协议授权？ 美国贸易政策正在全面转向吗？
1 有用 CC 2019-09-26 22:03:33
Remarkable work! Thorough analysis of US trade history, which explains the on-going clashes between protectionists and free trade advocates. It totally explains the Trump administration’s action.
0 有用 parisienne 2020-08-27 21:59:26
就我一开始的目的来说 收货还是很多的 虽然最后结果有些不尽人意
0 有用 OpheliaChou 2020-09-24 04:55:36
好容易看完了！了解美国贸易政策的必读书目。不同国家机构、不同部门、不同行业、不同利益集团之间的斗争，贯穿了美国贸易政策的始终。有一句话概括了全文要点：stability over conflicts。