When: Friday, February 1, 2019 9:30 — 11:30 a.m. EST
Where: https://www.brookings.edu/events/kim-clausing-the-progressive-case-for-free-trade-and-globalization/
What:
Free trade and globalization are under stiff attack, not only from President Trump and his allies but from some of the left as well. In a new Harvard University Press book, "Open: The Progressive Case for Free Trade, Immigration and Global Capital," Kimberly Clausing, the Thormund Miller and Walter Mintz professor of economics at Reed College, argues that open economics are a force for good, not least because they help lift the fortunes of the most vulnerable. She outlines a progressive agenda for managing globalization more effectively by equipping workers for the modern economy, improving tax policy and forging a better partnership between labor and business.
On Friday, February 1, at 9:30 a.m., the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at Brookings hosts Kim Clausing to make her case. Following her presentation, she will participate in a discussion with Kimberly Elliott, visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development; Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch; and Soumaya Keynes, U.S. economics efor The Economist.
This event will be live webcast. Join the conversation on Twitter using #OpenEconomy.