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The Dangers of President Trump’s Favorite Word — Reciprocity
The Gilded Age roots of Trump's trade philosophy.
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Marc-William Palen
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Made By History
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November 5, 2019
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The Truth About Trade Wars: Everyone Loses, and the Damage Is Hard To Undo
President Trump is repeating the mistakes of the Great Depression.
by
Sebastian Edwards
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Made By History
on
June 6, 2018
Taft and Trump
Much more than time separates the 27th president from the 45th.
by
Jeffrey Rosen
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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
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The American Conservative
on
March 6, 2018
'Trade Wars Are Good'?
Three past conflicts tell a very different story.
by
Marc-William Palen
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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
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National Review
on
March 5, 2018
Trump Loves The 1890s But He’s Clueless About Them
The tariffs he keeps babbling about didn’t make that decade great. They helped usher in a depression.
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Eric Rauchway
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The Bulwark
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October 23, 2024
Donald Trump Would Be Weaker the Second Time Around
Donald Trump wants the ideology of William McKinley and Gilded Age Republicanism, but with a totally different social base. It won’t work.
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Paul Heidman
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Jacobin
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October 23, 2024
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The Other Sherman’s March
How the younger brother of the famous general set out to destroy the scourge of monopoly power.
by
Richard R. John
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HNN
on
October 22, 2024
The Long Shadow of NAFTA
Neither side of the border has seen the benefits it was promised.
by
Helen Andrews
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The American Conservative
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February 12, 2024
Sectional Industrialization
Political scientist Richard Bensel explains the feedback loops between policy commitments of political elites and the regional distribution of political power.
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Justin H. Vassallo
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Richard Franklin Bensel
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Phenomenal World
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January 7, 2023
A Dose of Rational Optimism
"Slouching Towards Utopia" is a rise-and-fall epic—but it is better at depicting the rise than explaining the fall.
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Zachary D. Carter
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Dissent
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October 7, 2022
Developmental Realism
Now is a critical time to acquire a better understanding of this misunderstood and oversimplified philosophy known as Neomercantilism.
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Justin H. Vassallo
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Phenomenal World
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June 16, 2022
U.S. Relations With China 1949–2022
U.S.-China relations have evolved from tense standoffs to a complex mix of intensifying diplomacy, growing international rivalry, and increasingly intertwined economies.
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Council On Foreign Relations
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May 26, 2022
Tax Regimes
Historian Robin Einhorn reflects on Americans’ complicated relationship to taxes, from the colonial period through the Civil War to the tax revolts of the 1980s.
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Robin Einhorn
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Noam Maggor
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Phenomenal World
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March 24, 2022
American Heretic, American Burke
A review of Robert Elder's new biography of John C. Calhoun.
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Allen C. Guelzo
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The New Criterion
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February 4, 2021
Whose Century?
One has to wonder whether the advocates of a new Cold War have taken the measure of the challenge posed by 21st-century China.
by
Adam Tooze
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London Review of Books
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July 22, 2020
The Late Murray Rothbard Takes on the Constitution
A lost volume of American history finds the light of day.
by
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
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Reason
on
April 20, 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
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Made By History
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March 26, 2020
Grover Cleveland and the Democrats Who Saved Conservatism
They stood against Tammany Hall, the centralized presidency, and profligate spending. Today's Right should give them another look.
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Daniel Bring
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The American Conservative
on
August 28, 2019
The Mind Behind Early American Protectionism
Before free trade became a consensus, Friedrich List argued that U.S. industry should be put first.
by
Tim Cavanaugh
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The American Conservative
on
April 24, 2019
Midterms and Troops: The Bid to Save a Party that Led to the Wounded Knee Massacre
The political context for one of the worst atrocities ever to take place on U.S. soil.
by
Heather Cox Richardson
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We're History
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November 13, 2018
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Zones of Doubt
What we can learn about trade policy from a misbegotten 19th century effort to quantify the chemical properties of wool.
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David Singerman
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October 2, 2018
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Trump's National Security Justification for Tariffs is Not as Strange as it Sounds
Our concept of national security is so broad it can encompass virtually anything.
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Andrew Preston
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Made By History
on
August 17, 2018
There’s Something Fishy About U.S.-Canada Trade Wars
In the 19th century, a tariff dispute actually came to blows, with 30 million frozen herring caught in the middle.
by
David Singerman
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The Atlantic
on
June 14, 2018
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Trump Has Ignored the Worst Chapter of U.S.-Canada Relations
The War of 1812 holds lessons about the costly error of tariffs — not the threat of Canadians.
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Lawrence B. A. Hatter
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Made By History
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June 14, 2018
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Ceding Power to the Executive is Backfiring on Free-Trade Advocates
Liberal Democrats sidestepped Congress to bring free trade to the U.S. Now, Trump is able to do the same thing to destroy it.
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Jennifer Delton
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Made By History
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June 7, 2018
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Donald Trump Wants to Take Republicans Back to Their Roots
The GOP was once the party of protectionism, while the Democrats led the way on free trade.
by
Jennifer Delton
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Made By History
on
March 12, 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
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Bloomberg
on
March 5, 2018
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
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Benjamin Studebaker
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July 5, 2017
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