tariffs

The Gilded Age roots of Trump's trade philosophy.

President Trump is repeating the mistakes of the Great Depression.

Much more than time separates the 27th president from the 45th.

From William McKinley to Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump has plenty of precedent if he's looking for it.

Three past conflicts tell a very different story.

A republic needs a legislature that can handle such tasks. We don’t have one.

Neither side of the border has seen the benefits it was promised.

Political scientist Richard Bensel explains the feedback loops between policy commitments of political elites and the regional distribution of political power.

"Slouching Towards Utopia" is a rise-and-fall epic—but it is better at depicting the rise than explaining the fall.

Now is a critical time to acquire a better understanding of this misunderstood and oversimplified philosophy known as Neomercantilism.

U.S.-China relations have evolved from tense standoffs to a complex mix of intensifying diplomacy, growing international rivalry, and increasingly intertwined economies.

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.

A review of Robert Elder's new biography of John C. Calhoun.

One has to wonder whether the advocates of a new Cold War have taken the measure of the challenge posed by 21st-century China.

A lost volume of American history finds the light of day.

While assisting businesses, Congress must also continue to help consumers.

They stood against Tammany Hall, the centralized presidency, and profligate spending. Today's Right should give them another look.

Before free trade became a consensus, Friedrich List argued that U.S. industry should be put first.

The political context for one of the worst atrocities ever to take place on U.S. soil.

What we can learn about trade policy from a misbegotten 19th century effort to quantify the chemical properties of wool.