Economic theory holds that removing trade barriers among nations should increase global wealth. But the proposed 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership that Congress must soon give a straight up-or-down vote threatens our liberties as Americans and is likely to add almost nothing to U.S. economic growth. [David Cay Johnston| February, 04 2016 | Aljazeera America] I have…

Pete Peterson’s think tank, Peterson Institute for International Economics, just released study in January 2016 predicting great economic growth from the TPP. But the PIIE methods are so detached from reality that the conclusions are wrong. Here are the reasons why.  [Celeste Drake| February, 03 2016 | AFL-CIO] 1) The Peterson study follows the North…