Stellar book. Can't recommend it enough. Wanted to chime in on how good this book is.

I purchased this book after seeing all of these glowing reviews for it.

I just downloaded this and listened to it for the past 2 hours, this is a fantastic book. Thanks for the rec guys!

For what it's worth Pettis thinks tariffs would be beneficial for the American economy: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/how-tariffs-can...

I read this and I was quite disappointed that he didn’t talk about labor costs and other comparative advantages for labor-heavy manufacturing to be in a different situation trade market-wise than it was in the 1930s.

He does talk about comparative advantage, though. Extensively. The bit about Ricardo's precondition is absolutely wild and I'm more than a little scandalized by the fact that it wasn't discussed when I took econ in school. Not to mention the history with Alexander Hamilton.

Are you sure you didn't just read the link? If you want a book-sized argument, you need to read the book, or at least listen to it.

Archive: https://archive.ph/2025.04.07-072352/https://www.foreignaffa...