 The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade
ISBN: 978-0-471-64849-9
Hardcover
272 pages
March 2005
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Prologue.
PART I: KING COTTON.
1. Reinsch Cotton Farm, Smyer, Texas.
2. The History of American Cotton.
3. Back at the Reinsch Farm.
PART II: MADE IN CHINA.
4. Cotton Comes to China.
5. The Long Race to the Bottom.
6. Sisters in Time.
PART III: TROUBLE AT THE BORDER.
7. Dogs Snarling Together.
8. Perverse Effects and Unintended Consequences of T-Shirt Trade Policy.
9. 40 Years of “Temporary” Protectionism Ends in 2005—and China Takes All the Jobs.
PART IV: MY T-SHIRT FINALLY ENCOUNTERS A FREE MARKET.
10. Where T-Shirts Go after the Salvation Army Bin.
11. How Small Entrepreneurs Clothe East Africa with Old American T-Shirts.
Conclusion.
Epilogue to the Paperback Edition.
Acknowledgments.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
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