Freedom From Want American Liberalism and the Global Economy

American liberals have an honorable record as optimistic, far-sighted designers of the modern global economy. The liberal internationalism of the 1940s has lasting power because it organizes complex trade, military, and financial policies around simple values and coherent theories of economics and foreign affairs. Liberals should take pride in this achievement, draw inspiration from it, and build upon it as they think about how to make the modern world a better place when they return to power.

Edward Gresser has served as Director of the Progressive Policy Institute's (PPI) Project on Trade and Global Markets since February 2001. In this capacity, he writes and speaks on the value of open markets, internationalism and social responsibility in the global economy. Mr. Gresser's major focuses have included investigation of the American tariff system, Trade Promotion Authority and the future U.S. trade negotiating agenda, hemispheric integration, economic relations with China in the wake of WTO membership and Asian affairs, as well as international finance and labor issues.