Table of Contents

Part 1 A zero-sum World?: competitiveness - a dangerous obsession; proving my point; trade, jobs and wages (with Robert Z. Lawrence); does Third World growth hurt First World prosperity? the illusion of conflict in international trade. Part 2 Economic theory, good and bad: myths and realities of U.S. competitiveness; economic shuttle diplomacy - a review of Laura D'Andrea Tyson's "Who's bashing whom?" what do undergrads need to know about trade? Part 3 The emergency world: challenging conventional wisdom; the uncomfortable truth about NAFTA; the myth of Asia's miracle. Technology and society: technology's revenge; the localization of the world economy.

Reviews

PW hailed these "stimulating, maverick essays" from the controversial Stanford economist. (Apr.)