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2021

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Trade Wars are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace
Matthew C. Klein
Michael Pettis
Published by Yale University Press
Trade disputes are usually understood as conflicts between countries with competing national interests, but as Matthew C. Klein and Michael Pettis show, they are often the unexpected result of domestic political choices to serve the interests of the rich at the expense of workers and ordinary retirees. Klein and Pettis trace the origins of today’s…
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2021 Lionel Gelber Prize Shortlist | Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace
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The Shortlist
  • Charles A. Kupchan
    Isolationism: A History of America’s Efforts to Shield Itself from the World
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  • Peter Andreas
    Killer High: A History of War in Six Drugs
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  • Anne Applebaum
    Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
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  • Margaret MacMillan
    War: How Conflict Shaped Us
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Jurors
Janice Gross Stein
Jury Chair (Toronto, CA)
Yascha Mounk
Washington, DC
Francis J. Gavin
Washington, DC
Her Excellency Mrs. Janice Charette
London, UK
Cameron Abadi
Berlin, Germany
Press releases
2021 Lionel Gelber Prize Winner Announced
2021 Lionel Gelber Prize Shortlist Announced
Janice Stein Chairs International Jury for the 31st Annual Lionel Gelber Prize
Call for Submissions for the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize
Media coverage
Book on the human cost of global economics wins $15,000 Lionel Gelber Prize
Quill & Quire, April 20, 2021
Book tracing the origins of today’s trade wars wins Lionel Gelber Prize
Globe and Mail, April 20, 2021
Are Trade Wars Really Class Wars?
TVO, May 21, 2021
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