{"product_id":"9781595581242","title":"Myths of Free Trade: Why American Trade Policy Has Failed","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe subject of widespread attention when first released, including the pages of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMyths of Free Trade\u003c\/i\u003e provides a front-row seat to the Washington spectacle of corporate lobbying and political intimidation that keeps the free-trade mantra alive as American policy, despite all the evidence of its failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eU.S. Representative Sherrod Brown—a leading progressive voice in Congress and a twelve-year veteran of Washington’s trade wars—takes apart free-trade dogma, myth by myth. His book is an accessible, personal, globe-trotting chronicle, taking the reader from the coffee fields of Nicaragua to the sweatshops of China; from the toxic wastelands on the Mexican border to the halls of Congress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribed as an “essential primer” by \u003ci\u003eThe Progressive\u003c\/i\u003e and a “voice of truth” by \u003ci\u003ePublic Citizen News\u003c\/i\u003e, this edition includes a fascinating update that describes the congressional battle over the Central American Free Trade Agreement—a battle led by Tom DeLay on one side and Sherrod Brown on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031239180528,"sku":"9781595581242","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781595581242_p0.jpg?v=1763815398","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781595581242","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}