Given the severe impact of the economic crisis on "Main Street" America, it's understandable that free trade and globalization are viewed as major culprits in business downturns and job losses. However, as author Daniel Griswold exuberantly shows in his new book, MAD ABOUT TRADE: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization, globalization and free trade are to be deeply appreciated, not blamed, for what they provide to Main Street.

"Many American's are 'mad about trade' - mad as in angry," acknowledges the author. "They perceive that trade is reducing our welfare by eliminating good jobs in a global race to the bottom." But Griswold argues that they really should be 'mad about trade' in a much different way: "mad as in crazy in love with the opportunities that our new and more open world is creating before our eyes, not only for ourselves but, more importantly, for our children."

Daniel Griswold is the Director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. Since joining Cato in 1997, Mr. Griswold has authored major studies on globalization, trade, and immigration. He's written articles for major newspapers, appeared on CNBC, C-SPAN, CNN, PBS, and Fox News, and testified before House and Senate committees. He holds a masters degree in the Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics.

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