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Taft and Trump

Much more than time separates the 27th president from the 45th.
by Jeffrey Rosen via The Atlantic on March 19, 2018

America’s Tumultuous History With Tariffs

From William McKinley to Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump has plenty of precedent if he's looking for it.
by Robert W. Merry via The American Conservative on March 6, 2018

'Trade Wars Are Good'?

Three past conflicts tell a very different story.
by Marc-William Palen via The Conversation on March 5, 2018

Congress Handed to the President the Power to Level Tariffs

A republic needs a legislature that can handle such tasks. We don’t have one.
by Jay Cost via National Review on March 5, 2018

James Madison Would Like a Few Words on Trade Wars

The fourth president tried all kinds of sanctions to open markets, but still ended up in the War of 1812.
by Noah Feldman via Bloomberg on March 5, 2018

Puerto Rico Syllabus

Essential tools for critical thinking about the Puerto Rican debt crisis.
by Marisol LeBrón, Yarimar Bonilla, Sarah Molinari via Puerto Rico Syllabus on September 27, 2017
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NAFTA Policy Reveals a Distinction Between Trump, Ross Perot, and Patrick Buchanan

Trump has echoed the NAFTA policy of his politically upstart forbearers—mostly.
by Paul Adler via HNN on May 7, 2017

Trump's Predictable Rise

Trump's election isn't cause for reassessing politics as we know it.
by Josh Mound via Jacobin on April 21, 2017
Map of the transatlantic cable.

The New World Order

The 1850s were a turning point for globalization, from telegraphs to colonization.
by Matthew Karp via Boston Review on September 2, 2016
Donald Trump at the 2018 CPAC. Photo by Gage Skidmore.

Trump’s Neo-Fusionism

Using Murray Rothbard vs. Sam Francis to understand the next administration.
by John Ganz via Unpopular Front on November 29, 2024
Trump holding a table of tariff rates.
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Tariffs Don’t Have to Make Economic Sense to Appeal to Trump Voters

Economists and Democrats dismiss Trump’s tariffs talk at their peril.
by Bruce J. Schulman via Made By History on October 24, 2024
J. D. Vance speaking at a campaign rally for Donald Trump.

J. D. Vance Is Summoning the John Birch Society

Far from a novel form of populism, J. D. Vance’s appeals are indistinguishable from the economic vision of the 1970s John Birch Society.
by David Austin Walsh via Jacobin on July 29, 2024
Robet Kagan resting his head in his hands in a contemplative position, with a dark red background

Robert Kagan and Interventionism’s Big Reboot

He fell from favor after the disaster of the Iraq War. But he was always biding his time.
by Samuel Moyn via The New Republic on February 14, 2023
A painting of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.

The Treaty of Ghent: Annotated

The Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812, an oft overlooked conflict that continues to shape the politics and culture(s) of North America.
by Liz Tracey via JSTOR Daily on December 23, 2022

Just Beans

What was ethical consumption under capitalism?
by Malcolm Harris via The Drift on October 20, 2022
Painting of a ship in stormy waters, Thomas Buttersworth, A Topsail Schooner in a Heavy Swell

Insurance For (and Against) the Empire

Marine insurance itself was a business that flourished during periods of war and uncertainty. It had a complex relationship with the British state.
by Hannah Farber via Commonplace on April 5, 2022
Sen. Henry “Scoop” Jackson visiting Soviet Jewish émigrés in Israel.

Henry "Scoop" Jackson and the Jewish Cold Warriors

An alliance between Jewish activists and congressional neocons made Soviet Jewry a key issue in superpower relations—and reshaped American Jewish politics.
by Hadas Binyamini via Jewish Currents on February 24, 2022
Colorful vaccination graphic

Long, Strange TRIPS: The Grubby History of How Vaccines Became Intellectual Property

Not long ago, life-saving medical know-how was viewed as belonging to everyone. What happened?
by Alexander Zaitchik via The New Republic on June 1, 2021
Photograph of U.S. President Joe Biden (center, kneeling) posing with a young boy holding a guitar, in a crowd of people outside an Irish pub.

St Patrick's Day: Why So Many US Presidents Like to Say ‘I’m Irish’

Joe Biden is just the latest in a long line of US presidents to trace their ancestry back to the Emerald Isle.
by Richard Johnson via The Conversation on March 16, 2021

Daniel Webster, Yankee National Conservative

What 'the forgotten man of American conservatism' has to say about current debates on the right.
by Joseph S. Laughon via The American Conservative on May 12, 2020
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To Be Effective, The Covid-19 Relief Bill Must Spark Consumer Spending

While assisting businesses, Congress must also continue to help consumers.
by Stephen Leccese via Made By History on March 26, 2020
Trump displaying a table of reciprocal tariffs.
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The Dangers of President Trump’s Favorite Word — Reciprocity

The Gilded Age roots of Trump's trade philosophy.
by Marc-William Palen via Made By History on November 5, 2019
The port of Canton

China and the American Revolution

Explaining the global impact of British-Chinese relations during the colonial period.
by Simon Hill via Journal of the American Revolution on December 7, 2017
House destroyed by hurricane in Puerto Rico.
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Decisions More Than a Century Ago Explain Why The U.S. Has Failed Puerto Rico in Its Time of Need

Fears about trade prompted the decision to make Puerto Rico a colony.
by Marc-William Palen via Made By History on October 3, 2017

3 Ways to Think About the American Revolution

The complex combination of grievances that fueled the war had to do with taxes, class, and nationalism.
by Benjamin Studebaker via Benjamin Studebaker on July 5, 2017

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