“”Liberals” seem have been renamed “progressives” these days, but for some reason they still seem to be hostile to freer trade–although Gene Sperling is a refreshing exception. As a liberal/progressive economist, this hostility to trade has long pained me. Frankly, I don’t see anything “progressive” about protectionism”. –Alan Blinder, the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics at Princeton University and Director of Princeton’s Center for Economic Policy Studies