Alan Tonelson (born 1953) is an American research fellow at the U.S. Business and Industry Council Educational Foundation. He has written extensively on the

trade deficit The balance of trade, commercial balance, or net exports (sometimes symbolized as NX), is the difference between the monetary value of a nation's exports and imports over a certain time period. Sometimes a distinction is made between a balance ...

between the United States and other countries. He has also written on

free trade Free trade is a trade policy that does not restrict imports or exports. It can also be understood as the free market idea applied to international trade. In government, free trade is predominantly advocated by political parties that hold econo ...

globalization Globalization, or globalisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide. The term ''globalization'' first appeared in the early 20t ...

and

industrial decline Deindustrialization is a process of social and economic change caused by the removal or reduction of industrial capacity or activity in a country or region, especially of heavy industry or manufacturing industry. There are different interpre ...

. He argues that U.S. economic policy should aim for "preeminence" over other countries, just as, he believes, other countries' economic policies seek their own national interests. He is critical of various forms of

globalism Globalism refers to various patterns of meaning beyond the merely international. It is used by political scientists, such as Joseph Nye, to describe "attempts to understand all the interconnections of the modern world—and to highlight patterns ...

and internationalism. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in History at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

. He has no formal training in economics and has never published a paper in a peer-reviewed economics journal. In 2002 he became a fellow at the

Henry L. Stimson Center The Stimson Center, named after American statesman, lawyer, and politician Henry L. Stimson, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that aims to enhance international peace and security through analysis and outreach. The center's stated approach ...

. He has also worked as an associate editor of foreign policy and Fellow at the Economic Strategy Institute. He has appeared also on radio and television broadcasts, such as the '' PBS NewsHour'' and '' Nightly Business Report''.The Globalist, "Alan Tomlinson," http://www.theglobalist.com/AuthorBiography.aspx?AuthorId=296

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Books

*''The Race to the Bottom: Why a Worldwide Worker Surplus and Uncontrolled Free Trade are Sinking American Living Standards'', Basic Books, 2002. as co-author: *with Clyde V. Prestowitz and Ronald A. Morse, ''Powernomics'', Madison Books, 1991.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tonelson, Alan Princeton University alumni 1953 births 21st-century American writers American political commentators Place of birth missing (living people) Living people