Why We Still Need Free Trade and Globalization

• Autorzy: Dalibor Rohac

Warianty tytułu

Dlaczego wciąż potrzebujemy wolnego handlu i globalizacji

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

"If there were an Economist's Creed," Paul Krugman wrote in 1987, "it would surely contain the affirmations 'I understand the Principle of Comparative Advantage' and 'I advocate Free Trade'." (Krugman 1987, p. 131). Although Krugman, who won the Nobel Prize in economics in 2008, has become one of the leading voices of America's intellectual left, he has never revisited his broad commitment to free trade. A 2012 University of Chicago poll of leading academic economists showed their practically unanimous agreement with the statement that "freer trade improves productive efficiency and offers consumers better choices, and in the long run these gains are much larger than any effects on employment." (Chicago Booth Initiative on Global Markets 2012). Somewhat surprisingly, the public shares economists' enthusiasm. In a 2018 poll, 82 percent of Americans stated that free trade was good for the US economy (Smeltz and Kafura 2018). And for all of Europe's protectionist reputation, 73 percent of polled EU citizens believe that free trade is a good thing, according to a Eurobarometer survey (European Commission 2017). (fragment of text)

"Gdyby istniało Credo Ekonomisty", napisał w 1987 roku Paul Krugman, "to z pewnością zawierałoby stwierdzenia: 'Rozumiem zasadę przewagi komparatywnej' i "Jestem zwolennikiem wolnego handlu'." (Krugman 1987, s. 131). Choć Krugman, który w 2008 roku dostał Nagrodę Nobla z ekonomii, stał się jednym z wiodących głosów intelektualnej lewicy w Ameryce, nigdy nie wycofał się ze swojego zasadniczego poparcia dla wolnego handlu. Sondaż przeprowadzony w 2012 roku przez Uniwersytet Chicagowski wśród czołowych ekonomistów akademickich pokazał praktycznie jednogłośne poparcie dla stwierdzenia, że "liberalizacja handlu poprawia wydajność produkcji i oferuje konsumentom większy wybór, a w dłuższej perspektywie zyski z tego tytułu są większe niż jakiekolwiek konsekwencje dla zatrudnienia." (Chicago Booth Initiative on Global Markets 2012). Co nieco zaskakujące, opinia publiczna zdaje się podzielać entuzjazm ekonomistów. W sondażu z 2018 roku 82 procent Amerykanów uznało, że wolny handel jest dobry dla amerykańskiej gospodarki (Smeltz i Kafura 2018). Zaś przy całej protekcjonistycznej reputacji Europy, 73 procent obywateli UE ankietowanych przez Eurobarometer uważało, że wolny handel jest dobrą rzeczą (European Commission 2017). (fragment tekstu)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Economic globalization; Free zones; COVID-19; Tariffs; Free trade area

PL

Globalizacja gospodarki; Strefy wolnocłowe; COVID-19; Cła; Strefy wolnego handlu

• Czasopismo: Zeszyty BRE Bank-CASE
• Rocznik: 2021
• Numer: nr 166
• Strony: 30

Twórcy

autor

Dalibor Rohac

• American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, USA

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