President Donald Trump’s announcement of new tariffs on steel and aluminum has lots of people talking about “protectionism,” which is a trade policy where countries “protect” their domestic industries ...

State intervention has made a comeback. States have, in one way or another, always intervened in markets to develop specific industries and push innovation. But there has been a renaissance since the ...

US Delegation, including US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (2nd R) and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross (R) talks with the Chinese Delegation including Vice Premier Liu He (2nd L) during ...

But to refer to the “forgotten man” as the person whom government policies (such as tariffs) intend to help bastardizes the phrase’s original meaning. Coined in the 19th century by economist William ...