History shows that tariffs to revive U.S. manufacturing, reclaim jobs and counter allegedly unfair trade practices rarely ...

On the one hand, Trump is actively trying to forbid any reevaluation of American racial history, on campuses and in museums, ...

“Tariffs of this kind of magnitude always do more damage than good," says KPMG’s Diane Swonk.

U.S. economic history has a lot to say about how trade wars can set off something much, much worse. Since the beginning of the 19th century, the United States has suffered six economic depressions ...

Major market sell-offs typically occur about once every five to 10 years, according to a study, but they come at various ...

It's clear from President Donald Trump's decision to pause the sweeping global tariffs he said he would never back down from that the man is a genius.

Economic policy often changes due to the ideology and goals of the political party in power. Political economists seek to understand how history, culture, and customs impact an economic system and ...

William McKinley came to power during a time of economic instability and inequality. As a congressman in 1890, he authored the most protectionist tariff act in US history. As president ...

Former Vice President Mike Pence warned about the economic and political risks of the Trump administration’s sweeping ...

In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot thought they had landed on a way to protect American farmers and manufactur ...

On the other hand, he is actively rewriting economic history to convince Americans that everything they’ve been taught is wrong and that his jarring new tariff policy won’t be the largest tax ...