The extreme protectionism that contributed to a collapse of world trade in the 1930s is examined in light of the recent …Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The Great Depression and the Rise of Protectionism -- The Gold Standard and the Great … Depression -- Moving toward Protectionism: The Smoot- Hawley Tariff -- Things Fall Apart-1931 -- Trade Policy Reaction -- The …

collapse of world trade, and the global spread of protectionism in the 1930s. Even today, the ghosts of congressmen Reed Smoot … and Willis Hawley haunt anyone arguing for higher trade barriers; almost single-handedly, they made protectionism an … insult rather than a compliment. In Peddling Protectionism, Douglas Irwin provides the first comprehensive history of the …

einmal mehr mit der Geschichte der (globalen) Wirtschaft. In der protektionistischen Politik vieler Staaten in den 20er … war. Eine aggressive Antiglobalisierungsbewegung und populistische Politiker könnten heute einen Protektionismus mit …