The Tradition of Free Trade (Hardcover, New)

The Tradition of Free Trade investigates the rise of the 'free trade versus protectionism' debate in the nineteenth century. Lars Magnusson looks at how the ideas of Smith and Ricardo and the classical economists were interpreted by later writers in Britain, Sweden and America. The analysis of why the doctrine of free trade was interpreted in a variety of different ways by different countries at different times is what makes this book interesting and extremely useful to those interested in the history of international trade.