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Choose one or two of the following lectures. Listen to them and write a summary that is at least one page in length (single spaced). is about 500-600 words.

1. Caplan on Immigration

Bryan Caplan of George Mason University and EconLog blogger talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about immigration. Caplan takes on the common arguments against open borders and argues that they are either exaggerated or can be overcome while still allowing more immigration than is currently allowed in the United States.

http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2010/10/caplan_on_immig.html

2. Daniel Sumner on the Political Economy of Agriculture

Daniel Sumner of the University of California talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about agricultural subsidies in the United States, the winners and losers from those subsidies, and how the structure of subsidies has changed from the New Deal to the present. Sumner also explains how American policies have affected foreign farmers.

http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2015/02/daniel_sumner_o.html

3. Narlikar on Fair Trade and Free Trade

Amrita Narlikar of the University of Cambridge talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about fair trade and policy issues related to trade. Narlikar argues–based on a recent article with Dan Kim–that the Fair Trade movement hurts workers outside of the fair trade umbrella and does little for those it is trying to help. She advocates free trade, particularly the elimination of agricultural subsidies in the developed world and the best way to help workers in poor nations. Drawing on a recent article with Jagdish Bhagwati, she criticizes the international response to recent deaths in Bangladesh factories. In the last part of the conversation, she defends the World Trade Organization.

http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2013/07/narlikar_on_fai.html

 

 

 

 

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  1. Narlikar on Fair Trade and Free Trade

According to Narlikar, fair trade movements hurt domestic workers. A product is granted fair trade label once its producers have matched a list of socio, economic and environmental requirements. Fair trader is intended to give economic security to producers especially in developing nations. It applies to all unprocessed……………

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