by I don’t agree with everything here (sure, there are some hysterical bits here and there), but this documentary by Peter Navarro called “Death by China” (2012) is food for thought:[embedded content]Curiously, Peter Navarro is now an economic adviser to Trump, and you can see why there is massive corporate hostility to Trump, who clearly wishes to end this corporate outsourcing of jobs and manufacturing to China.My discussion of Chinese mercantilism is here.Also, my own posts against free trade are below:“Ian Fletcher on Free Trade,” September 10, 2016.“Robert Murphy’s Debate on Free Trade,” August 7, 2016.“The Cult of Free Trade in a Nutshell,” July 4, 2016.“Ricardo’s Argument for Free Trade by Comparative Advantage,” July 5, 2016.“Erik Reinert versus Ricardo on Free Trade,” July 5, 2016.“Ha-Joon Chang on Wage Determination in First World Nations,” July 6, 2016.“A Heterodox and Post Keynesian Bibliography on Trade Theory,” July 7, 2016.“Erik S. Reinert on Heterodox Development Economics,” July 9, 2016. “Britain’s Protectionism against Indian Cotton Textiles,” July 12, 2016. “Those Free Trading British Cotton Textile Manufacturers,” July 13, 2016.“Friedrich List on English Free Trade and the Colonisation of Germany,” July 22, 2016.“Mises on the Ricardian Law of Association: The Flaws of Praxeology,” January 25, 2011.
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Curiously, Peter Navarro is now an economic adviser to Trump, and you can see why there is massive corporate hostility to Trump, who clearly wishes to end this corporate outsourcing of jobs and manufacturing to China.
My discussion of Chinese mercantilism is here.
Also, my own posts against free trade are below:
“Ian Fletcher on Free Trade,” September 10, 2016.“Robert Murphy’s Debate on Free Trade,” August 7, 2016.
“The Cult of Free Trade in a Nutshell,” July 4, 2016.
“Ricardo’s Argument for Free Trade by Comparative Advantage,” July 5, 2016.
“Erik Reinert versus Ricardo on Free Trade,” July 5, 2016.
“Ha-Joon Chang on Wage Determination in First World Nations,” July 6, 2016.
“A Heterodox and Post Keynesian Bibliography on Trade Theory,” July 7, 2016.
“Erik S. Reinert on Heterodox Development Economics,” July 9, 2016.
“Britain’s Protectionism against Indian Cotton Textiles,” July 12, 2016.
“Those Free Trading British Cotton Textile Manufacturers,” July 13, 2016.
“Friedrich List on English Free Trade and the Colonisation of Germany,” July 22, 2016.
“Mises on the Ricardian Law of Association: The Flaws of Praxeology,” January 25, 2011.
“Protectionism and US Economic History,” June 8, 2014.
“A Short Bibliography on Protectionism and Industrial Policy,” April 30, 2016.