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"If we increase the number of H-1B visas that are available to U.S. companies, employment of U.S. nationals would likely grow as well. For instance, Microsoft has found that for every H-1B hire we make, we add on average four additional employees to support them in various capacities."
Bill Gates,
Testimony before the Committee on Science and Technology, US House of Representatives,
March 12, 2008.

Books on Trade Policy


Economic Freedom of the World: 2007 Annual Report (September 2007)

edited by James Gwartney and Robert Lawson with Russel S. Sobel and Peter T. Leeson

Economic Freedom of the World: 2006 Annual Report (September 2006)

edited by James Gwartney and Robert Lawson with William Easterly


Economic Freedom of the World: 2005 Annual Report (September 2005)

edited by James Gwartney and Robert Lawson with Erik Gartzke

Cowboy Capitalism: European Myths, American Reality (September 2005)

by Olaf Gersemann


Water For Sale: How Business and the Market Can Resolve the World's Water Crisis (June 2005)

by Fredrik Segerfeldt

In Defense of Globalization (July 2004)

by Jagdish Bhagwati


Economic Freedom of the World: 2004 Annual Report (2004)

by James Gwartney and Robert Lawson

Free Trade Today

Free Trade Today (September 2003)

by Jagdish Bhagwati


In Defense of Global Capitalism (September 2003)

by Johan Norberg

Antidumping Exposed: The Devilish Details of Unfair Trade Law (September 2003)

by Brink Lindsey and Daniel J. Ikenson

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Against the Dead Hand: The Uncertain Struggle for Global Capitalism (December 2001)

by Brink Lindsey

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The Race to the Top: The Real Story of Globalization (November 2001)

by Tomas Larsson


Economic Freedom of the World: 2001 Annual Report (April 2001)

by James Gwartney and Robert Lawson, with Walter Park and Charles Skipton

The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism Updated Edition (May 2000)

by Russell D. Roberts


Cato Journal Cato Journal: The Future of the WTO: The Future of the WTO (Winter, 1999)

Economic Casualties: How U.S. Foreign Policy Undermines Trade, Growth, and Liberty (March, 1999)

edited by Solveig Singleton and Daniel T. Griswold


A Stream of Windows: Unsettling Reflections on Trade, Immigration, and Democracy (July 1999)

by Jagdish Bhagwati

China in the New Millenium: Market Reforms and Social Development (November 1998)

edited by James A. Dorn



Classical Liberalism and International Economic Order (August 1998)

by Razeen Sally

Lectures on International Trade (July 1998)

by Jagdish Bhagwati, Arvind Panagariya, and T. N. Srinivasan


Economic Policy Beyond the Headlines (June 1998)

by George P. Shultz and Kenneth W. Dam

Against the Tide: An Intellectual History of Free Trade (December 1997)

by Douglas A. Irwin


Freedom to Trade: Refuting the New Protectionism (1997)

edited by Edward L. Hudgins (also available online)

1. The Fundamental Freedom to Trade by Edward L. Hudgins

2. The Truth about Trade in History by Bruce Bartlett

3. The Myth of the Race to the Bottom by Edward L. Hudgins

4. The Myth of Surrendered Sovereignty by Edward L. Hudgins

5. (Mis)managed Trade by Claude E. Barfield

6. Unclean Hands: America's Protectionist Policies by Stuart Anderson

7. Protectionist Paradise? by Jim Powell

8. Trade and Human Rights: The Case of China by James A. Dorn

9. Free Trade: Salvation for Cities by Joel Kotkin



Commentary

Despite Doha collapse, free trade is marching on
by Daniel Ikenson
August 1, 2008

Bad Trade
by Daniel Ikenson
July 31, 2008

Expanding trade is a key to winning presidency
by Daniel Griswold
July 30, 2008

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CTPS @ Liberty

All That and a 30-cent Mojito
by Jason Kuznicki
October 7, 2008

Punish Goverments, Not People
by Juan Carlos Hidalgo
October 6, 2008

HRW's Deafening Denunciation of Hugo Chávez
by Juan Carlos Hidalgo
September 19, 2008

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