SMU SOE Economics Lecture Series (Mar 28, 2023, 2.30pm-4pm): Trade and Inequality in the United States and Europe: Why the Tide of Globalization Did not Lift all Boats

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Trade and Inequality in the United States and Europe: Why the Tide of Globalization Did not Lift all Boats

Economists have long understood that international trade can be an important source of the wealth of nations. The dramatic rise of world trade during the 1990s and 2000s, which was driven in part by China's emergence as the world's leading exporter of manufactured goods, has however not benefited everyone equally. To the contrary, certain groups of workers as well as entire geographic regions in the United States and Western Europe have been on the losing side of globalization. The uneven economic impacts of trade have important consequences for societies and politics, and have been a source of pushback against globalization.

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DAVID DORN

UBS Foundation Professor of Globalization and Labor Markets

University of Zurich

David Dorn is the UBS Foundation Professor of Globalization and Labor Markets at the University of Zurich, and a Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley. He was previously an Associate Professor at the Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI) in Madrid, a Visiting Professor at Harvard University, and a Visiting Scholar at Boston University, MIT, and the University of Chicago. His research connects the fields of labor economics, international trade, and political economy. In particular, he studies how globalization and technology affect labor markets and society.

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