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While there have many fluctuations in the level of openness in the international economy, one | While there have many fluctuations in the level of openness in the international economy, one timeframe that stands out for rapid development is the period between approximately 1900 and 1940. In this time, there was a gradual worldwide shift to a more protectionist and isolationist international economy. While the debate about liberalism v. protectionism is one that has been present throughout history, this particular period was rather heated. Economists and public intellectuals participating in this debate during the early 20th century include Frank Taussig, Arthur Pigou, Ludwig von Mises, Lionel Robbins, Benito Mussolini, John Maynard Keynes, and Reed Smoot and Willis C. Hawley. | ||
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Revision as of 14:21, 30 March 2011
NEW TITLE: Competing intellectual views on Liberalism and Protectionism from 1900-1940
Introduction
While there have many fluctuations in the level of openness in the international economy, one timeframe that stands out for rapid development is the period between approximately 1900 and 1940. In this time, there was a gradual worldwide shift to a more protectionist and isolationist international economy. While the debate about liberalism v. protectionism is one that has been present throughout history, this particular period was rather heated. Economists and public intellectuals participating in this debate during the early 20th century include Frank Taussig, Arthur Pigou, Ludwig von Mises, Lionel Robbins, Benito Mussolini, John Maynard Keynes, and Reed Smoot and Willis C. Hawley.
Section Two: Historical Views of Free Trade
Economists in support of free trade: Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Jean Baptiste Say, Frederic Bastiat, John Stuart Mill, Nicolaas Pierson, William Sumner
Economists in favor of protectionism: Alexander Hamilton, Daniel Raymond, Henry Carey, Adam Muller
Section Three: Economists advocating Liberalism from 1900-1940
Frank William Taussing: Protection and Free Trade. The Case for Free Trade.
Joseph Chamberlain: The Riddle of the Tariff
Ludwig von Mises, "
Section Four: Economists advocating Protectionism from 1900-1940
Section Five: Tariff Policy During 1900-1940 --Brief outline of years leading up to Smoot-Hawley and other important (and increasinly restrictive) tariffs: McKinley Tariff of 1890, Fordney-McCumber Act in 1922
References
