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Macarthur, John R. The Selling of "Free Trade": NAFTA, Washington, and the Subversion of American Democracy. Hill & Wang: Farrar. May 2000. c.368p. index. ISBN 0-8090-8531-3. $25. POLITICS
The subtitle of this book reveals much about the author's position on the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)--a seriously flawed law that was passed after a fast and loose sales pitch that skirted the roles of our political system. It begins and ends with a tale that shows the human side of the consequences of NAFTA: jobs leaving Queens, NY, and appearing in Nogales, Mexico. Between these two chapters, the author, …