The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism Updated Edition |  | Author: Russell D. Roberts
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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ISBN: 0130870528
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A whimsical fable starring the ghost of a nineteenth century economist, whose journey takes him, and the reader, on a trip through the international economic issues facing America and American business today. Topics covered include trade deficits, environmental issues, free trade agreements, and labor standards. Previous edition: c1994. Softcover. DLC: Free trade.
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 Persuasive Argument for Free Trade October 19, 2001
P. Murray (Florida)
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
Russell Roberts aims to persuade the intelligent layman that the stuff of wealth is goods and services (not money or jobs) and that the way to create wealth is through specialization and trade, which he calls the "roundabout way to wealth." The book is better than a novel. The author creates a dialogue between the late economist David Ricardo and fictional businessman Ed Johnson. It's easy to imagine that Ricardo represents Roberts as professor and Johnson represents every student who ever raised a challenging question in his class. One can learn a lot about international trade from this dialectic approach.
The author uses some numbers and case studies to illustrate what happens when trade is free and when it is not. The "rigor" is there even if the elaborate geometry and mathematics usually found in economics textbooks are not. Like most economists, Roberts makes the case for free trade in terms of efficiency. Ultimately though, his message becomes a moral one and a challenge. "The real choice" declares David Ricardo (Russell Roberts), "is between a dynamic world and a static world---a world of encouraging people to dream and acquire the skills to make those dreams come true and a world of encouraging people to be content with what they have and to dream less." The Choice is about as good in spirit and persuasiveness as Frederic Bastiat's Economic Sophisms.
Buy this book! December 15, 1999
Michael Brandl (Austin, Texas)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Roberts does an excellent job a getting across some very complex international trade concepts in a very enjoyable way. I recommend this book to people at all levels economists, like myself; students of economics; businesspeople; working people; journalists; policymakers; everyone!
Good book to follow Econ 101 macro/micro July 5, 2006
redsfan1358 (Cincinnati, Ohio USA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Required reading for my MBA program. A short but good story. Interesting. Read in one day.
Recommend this book, along with "naked economics: undressing the dismal science" by Charles Wheelan and "The Undercover Economist" by Tim Harford. These books provide interesting reading to help supplement learning about economics. All three books are more interesting than economics textbooks filled with charts, graphs, curves, shifts, etc.
Capable of convincing even the most cynical skeptic... March 25, 1999
Michael Granoff (Tenafly, NJ)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
...that free trade benefits EVERYBODY in the long run. If you have doubts about the matter, buy the book. Roberts analyzes every critique of open trade policies and systematically, in thoroughly entertaining fashion, dismantles them. If you're a frustrated free-trader in a sea of protectionists who talk in platitudes, BUY THIS BOOK FOR THEM! It worked for me!
A complicated topic made simple March 23, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Roberts puts things in a language that all can understand. Simply said this book is a must read. Roberts provides in depth examples making it not only easy to follow but also easy understand. Roberts makes the basic foundation of economics simple. It's a great and easy read! A must have!
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