Dartmouth economist Douglas Irwin’s Foreign
Affairs article is a must read – The Truth About Trade: What Critics Get
Wrong About the Global Economy
“Blaming other countries for the United
States’ economic woes is an age-old tradition in American politics; if truth is
the first casualty of war, then support for free trade is often an early
casualty of an election campaign. But the bipartisan bombardment has been so
intense this time, and has been so unopposed, that it raises real questions
about the future of U.S. global economic leadership.”