The Politics of Economic Interdependence

Preface - PART 1 HARMONY AND CONFLICT IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS - Introduction - The instinct for national economic security - The hard road of economic security - The costs of economic security - The limits of economic interdependence - The limits of international economic commitment - Economic security and the free movement of capital - Economic security and the war of two worlds - The Common Fund - Hayek and the illusion of a federal world - Mercantilism - PART 2 ARGUMENTS FOR FREE TRADE - Introduction - Free trade and laissez-faire - The political case for free trade - The economic case for free trade - Non-discrimination - Reciprocity - PART 3 - Conclusion - References - Index