Growing Apart: The Causes and Consequences of Global Wage Inequality

This important book joins the trade debate with a robust defense of the principleand practice of free trade in the United States. The editors have commissioned essays from leading economists and trade specialists that challenge the view that trade isMoreThis important book joins the trade debate with a robust defense of the principleand practice of free trade in the United States. The editors have commissioned essays from leading economists and trade specialists that challenge the view that trade is solely responsible for growing income inequality in the U.S. The authors also refute the notion that protectionism will reverse inequality and analyze the impact of such threats as technological progress, foreign direct investment, immigration, and expanded higher education.