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Free trade made Chile rich

... tape helped the country grow not only richer but more democratic, says Cato Institute trade expert Daniel Griswold. But the main thing, Griswold says, is that the country didn't shift course. "Chile's economy is set apart from its neighbors, because they have pursued market policies consistently over a long period," he said. "Free trade has been a central part...

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Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?

... have been pursuing immigration policies contrary to the interests of their citizens. A study by Daniel Griswold of the Cato Institute of several pieces of research concludes, for example, that in the U.S. immigration has not expanded the size of the "underclass," which he defines as people living "in households earning less than $25,000 a year or without a high school...

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Libertarian Policy Blogs

Looking for more commentary and analysis from Cato scholars? You can find their own blogs here: Daniel Griswold – Mad About Trade Jim Harper – Washington Watch & Tech Liberation Daniel J. Mitchell – International Liberty Patrick Michaels – World Climate Report Randal O’Toole – The Antiplanner David Boaz – DavidBoaz.com Malou Innocent...

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Imports Wrongly Blamed for Unemployment Posted by...

Imports Wrongly Blamed for Unemployment Posted by Daniel Griswold Import competition can throw Americans out of work. Even advocates of free trade like me will readily acknowledge that fact. And nobody needs to remind the people of Hickory, North Carolina. On the front page of the Washington Post this morning, under the headline, “In N.C., damage not easily mended: Globalization...

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For every person who loses their job to other nations, there are 30 who have lost their jobs for other reasons.

From NCPA... TRADE WRONGLY BLAMED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT Nobody wants to lose their job involuntarily, but newspaper stories that imply a connection between trade and the lost jobs need to be read in perspective, says Daniel Griswold, director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute. Indeed, the large majority of Americans who lose their jobs each year are not displaced...

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Trade, Trade, Please Go Away

featuring Daniel Griswold

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If Obama keeps centering by the far left...

ARTICLE: Free Trade Has Enriched the World with More than Diverse Goods, By Daniel Griswold, YaleGlobal , 2 October 2009 Really great piece that makes the argument for freer trade and avoiding the siren song of the populists. It makes...

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Spectator.org Readers Getting “Mad about Trade”

My new Cato book, Mad about Trade: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization, has sparked a lively exchange this morning over at the American Spectator’s popular web site. Contributing Editor Shawn Macomber introduces a Q&A with me by telling his readers: Daniel Griswold is not shy about sharing the high aspirations he harbors for his superlative [...]