Making Sense of Anti-trade Sentiment

Examining the extent to which trade adversely affects domestic workers, Making Sense of Anti-Trade Sentiment documents statistical relationships between exports and imports and domestic employment/wages.

"Growing inequality, lackluster employment growth, and increasingly pervasive globalization set the stage for Roger White's insightful analysis of why Americans are so deeply suspicious of imports. This cutting and thorough analysis brings academic research to life and unites theory and data in a way that is sure to be valued across the country - from Main Street to K Street." - Raymond Robertson, Professor of Economics, Macalester College, USA

Roger White is Associate Professor of Economics at Whittier College, USA. His research largely focuses on international trade, labor, and migration. Roger has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and he is the author of three books.