Comments on: The free trade panacea http://www.tradediversion.net/archives/2008/05/the-free-trade-panacea.html Commentary on development, globalization, and trade by Jonathan Dingel Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:16:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: ivan janssens http://www.tradediversion.net/archives/2008/05/the-free-trade-panacea.html/comment-page-1#comment-266 ivan janssens Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:16:31 +0000 http://www.tradediversion.net/?p=870#comment-266 I agree that Baily goes a little bit overboard here. But we should cut him some slack. It's trade cum international labour mobility he's writing about as THE solution, and I think that even Dani Rodrik (see also Pritchett) will agree that we can go a long way in battling poverty with trade ánd free migration. Also, I think he is comparing trade with aid ("that money can fix"), and in that comparison trade comes out pretty good I would think. But he should have emphasised international labour mobility more. I agree that Baily goes a little bit overboard here. But we should cut him some slack. It’s trade cum international labour mobility he’s writing about as THE solution, and I think that even Dani Rodrik (see also Pritchett) will agree that we can go a long way in battling poverty with trade ánd free migration. Also, I think he is comparing trade with aid (”that money can fix”), and in that comparison trade comes out pretty good I would think. But he should have emphasised international labour mobility more.

]]> By: Emmanuel http://www.tradediversion.net/archives/2008/05/the-free-trade-panacea.html/comment-page-1#comment-265 Emmanuel Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:41:05 +0000 http://www.tradediversion.net/?p=870#comment-265 LOL, JD. You are starting to sound like the rest of us. I worry that no one will be left to champion Doha instead of just being indifferent to it. Maybe we can convince Ben Muse to become a Doha booster or we'll all be parroting the Rodrik line. One of the saving graces of the author though is that he also favours freer migration--not exactly a popular stance, either. As we'll often find in geopolitics, there are many strange bedfellows. LOL, JD. You are starting to sound like the rest of us. I worry that no one will be left to champion Doha instead of just being indifferent to it. Maybe we can convince Ben Muse to become a Doha booster or we’ll all be parroting the Rodrik line.

One of the saving graces of the author though is that he also favours freer migration–not exactly a popular stance, either. As we’ll often find in geopolitics, there are many strange bedfellows.

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