Trade Policy Disaster: Lessons from the 1930s

by Douglas A. Irwin

The extreme protectionism that contributed to a collapse of world trade in the 1930s is examined in light of the recent economic crisis.

The recent economic crisis--with the plunge in the stock market, numerous bank failures and widespread financial distress, declining output and rising unemployment--has been reminiscent of the Great Depression. The Depression of the 1930s was marked by the spread of protectionist trade policies, which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262016710
• ISBN13: 9780262016711
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher