WHY POLITICIANS LIE ABOUT TRADE By Dmitry Grozoubinski – Canbury Press 2024 If you ask why you should take the time to learn about International Trade, Dmitry Grozoubinski tells you: “the fact that important people keep lying to us about it proves its importance.” He makes no secret of the fact that International Trade is hard to understand; as glutinous and opaque as a silica blancmange. But in this book he spoons it towards our mouths with humour and makes it easy to swallow. The danger of trade is that although we think the detail is boring, any TV vox pop proves that we all think we have a gut instinct for trade. As Grozoubinski says this leaves us open to “confidently spouted rubbish disguised as plain spoken common sense.” Politicians exploit the counter-intuitive nature of trade to skewer us like pike on a hook. In public debate we have also lost, “the art of condensing complexity into punchy soundbites…or crafting an accessible analogy that resonates.”  In this handy book h...