| #3258876 in eBooks | 2014-09-01 | 2014-09-01 | File type: PDF||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Different and compelling|By Philosophi-Zing|This is a thoughtful and novel book.
While some of the reviewers here have clearly not read it (it isn't a defence of autarky...), this book is a well reasoned, nuanced, largely accessible and innovative argument. It's use of law and political arguments to put context on the economic theory is different and interesting. ||‘“Ricardo’s Gauntlet” is a brilliant tour de force. Mainstream economists unanimously argue that the logic of comparative advantage and national specialization makes a rigid adherence to free trade the best policy for everyone, a
‘Ricardo’s Gauntlet’ advances a critique of the mainstream economic case for international free trade. While the core of the case for free trade is David Ricardo’s principle of comparative advantage, the book argues that this case relies on a cluster of interconnected and mutually enforcing ‘economic fictions’ – economic theories or doctrines that pretend to be fact but which upon examination turn out to be mirages. Expo...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Ricardo's Gauntlet: Economic Fiction and the Flawed Case for Free Trade | Vishaal Kishore. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
