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National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade

Albert Hirschman

This study begins with a brief survey of economic thought on the relationship between foreign trade and national power, from the Mercantilists on. Chapter II attempts a systematic theoretical approach to the subject. It first makes clear the fundamental basis of the possible use of foreign trade as...

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The Ezra Klein Show

Klein highlighted it as a 1945 work that has fallen out of fashion but illuminates today's situation.

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So the first one I'd recommend is Albert Hirschman, National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade from 1945, which is something that's gone completely out of fashion in recent years, but shed a lo...

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Klein highlighted it as a 1945 work that has fallen out of fashion but illuminates today's situation.

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So the first one I'd recommend is Albert Hirschman, National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade from 1945, which is something that's gone completely out of fashion in recent years, but shed a lot of light on where we are today.

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