| 2002 Summer Seminar |
—Brink Lindsey, J.D.
Course Description:
Globalization is nothing new. In the decades prior to World War I, technological breakthroughs and a liberal political climate combined to produce levels of international economic integration that rivaled what we experience today. And yet that first global economy did not survive. The great calamities of the 20th century—totalitarianism, total war, and economic depression—destroyed the international market order. In recent decades, the collapse of central planning has allowed the restoration of a global division of labor. But collectivism remains a malignant influence on the world economic scene. Globalization is thus best understood as a struggle between Adam Smith’s invisible hand and the dead hand of collectivism. Brink Lindsey is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the director of its Center for Trade Policy Studies. He is author of Against the Dead Hand: The Uncertain Struggle for Global Capitalism. He received an A.B. from Princeton University, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Schedule: Sunday, 11:30:00 AM
Track: Political/Cultural Commentary