Economic Casualties

by Singleton, Solveig; Griswold, Daniel T.

• ISBN13: 9781882577743
• ISBN10: 1882577744
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Cato Inst

Summary

On a broad front, from high-tech export controls to unilateral sanctions, the U.S. government is curbing the freedom of Americans to trade, invest, and communicate with the rest of the world-all in the name of questionable foreign policy goals. In this book, a number of distinguished experts examine the cost these controls impose on individual liberty and economin opportunity.

Author Biography

Solveig Singleton is director of information studies at the Cato Institute and coeditor of Regulators' Revenge: The Future of Telecommunications Deregulation. Daniel T. Griswold is associate director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	ix
Solveig Singleton
Daniel T. Griswold
PART I OVERVIEW: THE ECONOMIC COST OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
Eagle in the China Shop: The Economic Consequences of U.S. Global Meddling	3	(10)
Ted Galen Carpenter
An Overview of the Economic Costs of Unilateral Trade Sanctions	13	(6)
William H. Lash
Defending Liberty in a Global Economy	19	(12)
Richard B. Cheney
PART II EXPORT CONTROLS
Export Controls: A National Emergency?	31	(8)
James B. Burnham
An Export Control Agenda for the 21st Century	39	(8)
William A. Reinsch
Export Controls, Trade Sanctions, and the Nuclear Industry	47	(6)
R. Ian Butterfield
Myths and Realities of the Debate over Encryption Policy	53	(10)
Carl Ellison
PART III CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF CAPITAL
Effects of the Regulatory Suppression of Digital Cash	63	(14)
Eric Hughes
America the Financial Imperialist	77	(8)
Richard W. Rahn
PART IV TRADE SANCTIONS
Unilateral Sanctions: A Politically Attractive Loser	85	(6)
Clayton Yeutter
Economic Sanctions: America's Folly	91	(4)
Gary C. Hufbauer
Caterpillar Inc.: A Case Study in America's CAT-astrophic Sanctions Policy	95	(8)
William C. Lane
PART V HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
Free Trade and Human Rights: The Moral Case for Engagement	103	(10)
Robert A. Sirico
The Costs of Encryption Export Controls: What about Our Constitutional Values?	113	(6)
Kenneth C. Bass III
Index	119