A "grand bargain" was struck between the developed world and the underdeveloped world as the Uruguay Round of world trade talks concluded in 1994, the agreement that created the World Trade Organization in 1995. ... Was it really a "grand bargain"?
No one has done the numbers since then, except Michael Finger, an economic researcher at Washington's American Enterprise Institute who's a visiting professor at Trinity University this spring.
The September 2008 issue of AEI's newsletter covers Arthur Brooks's appointment as president of the Institute, new books for autumn, and detainees in the war on terrorism.
In his new book, Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality, AEI's Charles Murray focuses on four simple, hard truths that are rarely discussed or even acknowledged by educators and politicians.
The September 2008 issue of AEI's newsletter covers Arthur Brooks's appointment as president of the Institute, new books for autumn, and detainees in the war on terrorism.