Andrew Guzman

Andrew Guzman Estimates the True Costs of Climate Change

The Huffington Post, December 15, 2009 by Andrew Guzman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-guzman/the-true-costs-of-climate_b_392510.html?view=screen

Before we decide how much we’re willing to spend to mitigate climate change, we need to know what it will cost if we don’t. The conventional view in policy circles is that climate change will cost the United States somewhere between 0 and 2 percent of GDP by the year 2100. But a more thorough accounting points to a much heavier price.

Kenneth Bamberger and Andrew Guzman Think U.S. Firms Should be Liable for Unsafe Imports

San Jose Mercury News, January 26, 2009 by Ken Bamberger and Andrew Guzman
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_11557900

If their bottom line is affected, companies will check to see how their toys, medicines, pet food and other products are made and whether they are safe. American importers and sellers have no trouble fine-tuning their products to the precise demands of the American consumer. There is no reason to think they are any less able to make sure that the products won’t injure us or our children.

Andrew Guzman Explains Benefits and Drawbacks of Free Trade

KGO-TV, Oct. 29, 2008 by David Louie
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/business&id=6477935

“For the waitress who’s not in a trading industry and who has a low income, that person is much better off with free trade because they get cheaper textiles, cheaper cars, cheaper food, and for people in industries that are trading, admittedly those people can suffer some dislocation if trade is open, but the flip side is true if trade is closed. If trade is closed, then other people lose their jobs,” said Andrew Guzman Ph.D., an international law professor and economist.