Apples and Oranges: Why Comparing McKinley’s Tariffs to Trump’s Strategy Misses the Mark

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Apr 04, 2025

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Mainstream media pundits, partisan politicians, and celebrity economists love to dunk on Trump’s tariff strategy by claiming it’s just a recycled idea from the McKinley era—a doomed attempt at protec…

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