The Politics of Globalization: How Trade Became a Four-Letter Word

Clashing Over Commerce: A History of U.S. Trade Policy

Culturally and economically, there is a deepening divide among those who want to see America as an active, trading and international engaged country, and those that think we should focus on American businesses and workers, as well as tighter borders. How is that realigning our politics?  How did we get here? What does each side get right, and each side get wrong?  Globalism is on its heels, how does it come back?

Confirmed Guest:  Doug Irwin, John French Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College 

IOP Spring 2018 Resident Fellow Fred Hochberg