{"product_id":"myths-of-free-trade-sherrod-brown-9781595581242","title":"Myths of Free Trade: Why American Trade Policy Has Failed","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe subject of widespread attention when first released, including the pages of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMyths of Free Trade\u003c\/i\u003e provides a front-row seat to the Washington spectacle of corporate lobbying and political intimidation that keeps the free-trade mantra alive as American policy, despite all the evidence of its failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eU.S. Representative Sherrod Brown--a leading progressive voice in Congress and a twelve-year veteran of Washington's trade wars--takes apart free-trade dogma, myth by myth. His book is an accessible, personal, globe-trotting chronicle, taking the reader from the coffee fields of Nicaragua to the sweatshops of China; from the toxic wastelands on the Mexican border to the halls of Congress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribed as an \"essential primer\" by \u003ci\u003eThe Progressive\u003c\/i\u003e and a \"voice of truth\" by \u003ci\u003ePublic Citizen News\u003c\/i\u003e, this edition includes a fascinating update that describes the congressional battle over the Central American Free Trade Agreement--a battle led by Tom DeLay on one side and Sherrod Brown on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sherrod Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595581243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595581242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.34h x 5.56w x 0.70d","brand":"Sherrod Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057749455103,"sku":"9781595581242","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fc2da9c6-10de-400c-be02-964ea8a81f1a.jpg?v=1685048684","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/myths-of-free-trade-sherrod-brown-9781595581242","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}