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Emilie M. Hafner-Burton

Capsule Review
Sep/Oct
2009
Forced to Be Good: Why Trade Agreements Boost Human Rights
<p>Richard N. Cooper</p>

Over time, preferential trade agreements negotiated by the United States and the European Union have increasingly incorporated standards that do not relate directly to trade, especially ones involving human rights. This book explores the extent of this development, the reasons for it, and the consequences.
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In the Magazine

November/December 2009 / 6, 88
Essay
The Dollar and the Deficits
C. Fred Bergsten

The global economic crisis has revealed the folly of large U.S. budget and trade deficits, as well as of the strong dollar that makes them possible. If it is serious about recovery, the United States must balance the budget, stimulate private saving, and embrace a declining dollar.
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