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Daniel Griswold




Daniel Griswold is senior research fellow and co-director of the Program on the American Economy and Globalization at the Mercatus Center. Before joining the Mercatus Center, Daniel served as president of the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones (NAFTZ) from 2012 to 2016, representing its members in Washington before Congress and regulatory agencies. From 1997 to 2012, Griswold directed the Cato Institute’s trade and immigration research program.

Daniel is the author of the 2009 Cato book, Mad about Trade: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization. He has testified before congressional committees, commented frequently for TV and radio, authored articles for The Wall Street Journal and other national publications, and addressed business and trade groups across the country and around the world. Before joining Cato, Daniel was editorial-page editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette, a daily newspaper, and a press secretary on Capitol Hill. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and a diploma in economics and an M.Sc. in the Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics.

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Are America’s Competitive Advantages Being Decimated?

The United States is an unrivaled economic powerhouse. It accounts for 4% of the world’s population yet captures a whopping 24% of the world’s gross domestic product—the total value of goods and services produced by a country in one year.

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Why Trade Is Critical and Tariffs Fail

International trade has lifted millions of people out of poverty, boosted standards of living, and benefitted the United States more than most other countries. Why? The American economic engine thrives on economies of scale, which is designed to produce solutions for the world’s 8 billion consumers, not just America’s 340 million customers. And the benefits are tremendous. But the United States is moving down a protectionist path that will weaken our economic growth and competitiveness while hurting consumers and businesses.

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How Crumbling Faith in Institutions Threatens Our Prosperity

When I crossed through Checkpoint Charlie from West Berlin to East Berlin in March 1990, I witnessed two worlds colliding. On one side stood a beautiful, economically flourishing metropolitan city; on the other, a gray landscape of economic failure. While witnessing the dismantling of the Berlin Wall was exhilarating, the stark contrast in living conditions between West and East Germany was sobering.

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Capitalism Depends on the Survival of Democracy

It’s no coincidence that democratic countries with capitalist systems typically have the highest quality of life, standard of living, economic productivity per capita, life expectancy and educational standards. Democratic systems also tend to have the lowest levels of corruption. In many countries, however, democracy is currently being challenged, which may have the potential to bring about harsh consequences. Democratic backsliding could, in turn, cripple our capitalist systems and reduce our standards of living.

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