Free Trade Agreements and the Neo-Liberal Economic Paradigm: Economic, Ecological, and Moral Consequences

Cynthia D. Moe-Lobeda; Daniel T. Spencer

DOI:10.1558/poth.v10i4.685

Corpus ID: 154933948

Free Trade Agreements and the Neo-Liberal Economic Paradigm: Economic, Ecological, and Moral Consequences

@article{MoeLobeda2009FreeTA,
  title={Free Trade Agreements and the Neo-Liberal Economic Paradigm: Economic, Ecological, and Moral Consequences},
  author={Cynthia D. Moe-Lobeda and Daniel T. Spencer},
  journal={Political Theology},
  year={2009},
  volume={10},
  pages={685 - 716}
}

Cynthia D. Moe-Lobeda, Daniel T. Spencer

Published 2009

Economics

Political Theology

Abstract Since signing and implementing the North American Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in the early 1990s, the United States has pursued other free trade agreements with nations in Latin America and Asia. The premise undergirding FTAs is that trade liberalization within the neo-liberal global economy produces economic growth and development among all parties, and reduces poverty in poor nations. We examine arguments of proponents of free trade and the neo-liberal economy— particularly those of… CONTINUE READING

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