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Freedom from Want: American Liberalism and the Global Economy.

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Freedom from Want: American Liberalism and the Global Economy Edward Gresser Brooklyn, N.Y.: Soft Skull Press, 2007, 230 pp.

Trade policy has become a partisan affair in Washington. Major trade bills in Congress typically pit pro-trade Republicans backed by big business against trade-skeptic Democrats 'aligned with labor unions. And as the two major parties arm themselves for the 2008 general election, trade policy promises to provide one of the sharper contrasts between them.

Throwing a welcome curve ball into the debate is Edward Gresser, trade policy director of the Progressive Policy Institute, a Democratic think tank in Washington, D.C. Gresser is a pro-trade liberal who has worked for such prominent Democrats as Sen. Max Baucus of Montana and Charlene Barshefsky, former U.S. trade representative for Bill Clinton. Gresser has written an important new book, Freedom from Want: American Liberalism and the Global Economy, that should be on the nightstand of every Washington Democrat who cares about the party's heritage and its best ideals.

Freedom from Want stands out among current books on trade because of its rich historical perspective and its very human look at how U.S. trade policies are affecting poor people in our own country and obscure corners of the world. Gresser could be...

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