Tag: trade-policy
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How American Tariffs Built Industrial Capacity
Examine American tariff policy as industrial development strategy — Hamilton's Report on Manufactures, the Morrill Tariff, Henry Clay's American System, the infant industry argument's empirical track record, and what American tariff history reveals about when protectionism aids development versus merely protecting inefficiency.
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How Free Trade Ideology Emerged
From Ricardo's comparative advantage to the Anti-Corn Law League, free trade ideology emerged from a specific moment of British industrial dominance. Its history shows how economic theory serves national interest.
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The History of the Grain Trade and Urban Food Security
The grain trade was the most consequential commodity market in pre-industrial history, and the political economy of urban food security — from the Roman annona to the British Corn Laws — determined the fate of governments, cities, and entire civilizations. This is the economic history of humanity's most urgent commercial problem.
