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Trade, Technology and Economics represents a careful selection of
papers from some of the world's most influential economists of
today reflecting areas in which Richard Lipsey has made fundamental
contributions.This important volume pays tribute to Richard Lipsey,
who has established a major international reputation through his
wide ranging contribution to economics. Focusing on certain aspects
of his work, the issues explored within the volume include: the
theory of second best; unemployment, inflation and the Phillips
Curve; trade theory, customs unions and the growth of the global
economy; strategic behaviour in an exchange economy; competition
and strategic choice of technology to support collusive oligopoly
equilibria and property rights and technology. This collection of
outstanding papers, written by a distinguished group of scholars -
including Mark Blaug, Richard G. Harris, Kelvin Lancaster, David
Card, David Laidler, R.J. Wonnacott and Michael Parkin - reflects
the high esteem in which Richard Lipsey is held.
Richard Harris's now classic study on trade and industrial policy
was written for the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and
Development Prospects for Canada (also known as the Macdonald
Commission). First published in 1985 when the Canadian economy
faced dramatic changes arising from the emergence of manufacturing
competitors among newly industrialized nations and increased
protectionism in the US, its recommendations were instrumental in
the negotiation of the North America Free Trade Agreement.
Addressing the key issues surrounding the design and choice of
policies for the Canadian economy, Trade, Industrial Policy, and
International Competition reviews the theory and evidence
concerning trade liberalization as a mechanism to enhance economic
growth, disinvestment in sections that are disadvantageous in the
international marketplace, and future problems for the marketing
sector caused by increasing competition from developing countries.
Drawing from many streams of conventional economic thinking, Harris
develops an original and sophisticated model for assessing the
broader economic impacts of trade liberalization on the Canadian
economy. He concludes that free trade and industrial policy should
be regarded as complementary, not substitutes for one another, and
recommends a free trade agreement with the United States as a top
priority. A new introduction by David Wolfe situates this work
within its time and shows how Harris's analytical insights and
policy prescriptions are as relevant today as they when they were
originally crafted three decades ago.
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