The Polarizing Effect of Trump’s Trade Policies
This blog series is titled “Polarizing Political Economy” in part because I emphasize that unity in economic and political policy is often impossible. Opposing interests […]
Trump’s Policies
Trump and Trade Bilateralism
Last week I argued that President-elect Donald Trump appears to be an economic nationalist prone to subverting the internationalist world economic order that has endured […]
Trump: Business Nationalist or Internationalist?
During recent weeks I have been discussing with friends and colleagues what to expect from a Trump presidency. As regular readers of this blog know, […]
Trump’s Pivot to Russia Against China
Donald Trump seems to be embarking on the most drastic realignment of U.S. foreign policy since President Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger’s opening to China […]
Trump: Debt or Taxes?
Last week, I considered whether Trump will use an unprecedented degree of trade protectionism, as he promised on the campaign trail. House Speaker Paul Ryan, […]
Pundits Just Don’t Get It: Here Is the Real Reason Why Trump Won
The pundits still don’t seem to understand the meaning of President-Elect Donald Trump’s victory. They are still fixated on his violations of political correctness, while […]
Trump’s Trade Wars
Donald Trump’s victory took most pundits by surprise because of excessive faith in Big Data, which meant the serious unexamined errors in polling will not […]