The first volume contains several classic papers, including the many contributions to the theory of distortions in the 1960s, which laid the foundations of the postwar theory of commercial policy.

Jagdish N. Bhagwati is University Professor of Economics, Law, and International Relations at Columbia University and former Adviser to the Director General of GATT, Arthur Dunkel. He is the author (with Arvind Panagariya) of Why Growth Matters: How Economic Growth in India Reduced Poverty and the Lessons for Other Developing Countries.