My friend Tom Palmer, with his colleagues at the Atlas Global Initiative for Free Trade, Peace, and Prosperity, is (as part of a larger campaign) circulating a free trade petition, which will be unveiled on April 1st before the G20 meetings in London. He encourages everyone, especially (but not only) economists, to sign it, and to share it with friends, colleagues, professors, and the like. (I also recommend that people cross-post this on their blogs, especially econny blogs.)
Here’s the text of the petition:
Free Trade Is the Best Policy The specter of protectionism is rising. It is always a dangerous and foolish policy, but it is especially dangerous at a time of economic crisis, when it threatens to damage the world economy. Protectionism