The historical significance of Friedrich List -- The American exile of Friedrich List from 1825 to 1832 -- Unspoiled wilderness and rugged nature in the Blue Mountain range of Pennsylvania in the first half of the 19th Century -- The extensive extermination of the Indians by white settlers and...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. China’s Economy and Success without Freedom -- Chapter 3. The American Economy and Institutions with Sino-U.S. Trade -- Chapter 4. Specific Problems in the U.S.-China Trade Relationship -- Chapter 5. Institutional Free Riding, etc.

We replicate the primary results from Ahlquist and Downey (2023, AD), who examine the effects of Chinese import competition on both industry-and state-level unionization in the US. We are able to directly replicate the main results in AD Tables 1 and 2. We consider two main extensions. First, we...