Economy Nov 16 Column: How to help workers laid low by trade — and why we haven’t The U.S. government has long recognized that while freer trade would bring broad benefits to Americans through lower prices on everything from clothing to TV sets, there would be real costs. And they would be concentrated in certain parts of…
Economy Nov 02 Column: How cities and states are leading the fight for more beneficial trade "The right question is not whether trade is good or bad for the United States," writes Edward Alden in his book "Failure to Adjust," but "whether the United States has used the new opportunities created by international trade to boost…