economic history

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• SOURCE: Reuters
  9/25/19
  

  Trump impeachment? History suggests Wall Street ought not worry

  The move by Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump has caused nervousness on Wall Street - but history suggests investors need not worry.

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  9/20/19
  

  The Long History of American Slavery Reparations

  by Manisha Sinha

  From the colonial era to today, the bitter legacy of bondage and racial oppression has sparked demands for compensation, with some successes and many broken promises.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  9/11/19
  

  The Necessary Radicalism of Bernie Sanders

  by Jamelle Bouie

  Conflict was the engine of labor reform in the 1930s. And mass strikes and picketing, in particular, pushed the federal government to act.

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• 9/8/19
  

  Beyond the Vote, The Suffragists Helped Launch Modern Business Franchising

  by Jane R. Plitt

  We should also acknowledge the role of the suffrage movement in supporting the launch of modern franchising begun by Martha Matilda Harper in 1891.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  8/24/19
  

  Under Trump, the deficit has ballooned, exploding a GOP myth

  by Julian Zelizer

  Once again, President Trump has exposed a myth in American politics. That myth? That Republicans are the party of fiscal responsibility.

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• 8/25/19
  

  Trump Has Blocked Wage Gains for American Workers

  by Lawrence Wittner

  Although the pundits say the U.S. economy is booming―and it certainly is for the country’s billionaires―it’s not doing much for the incomes of American workers. 

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• 8/25/2019
  

  The “Trump Economy”: Throwing the Grandkids under the Bus

  by Walter G. Moss

  The mismanagement of the environment, deficits, and debt will have an adverse effect on our children.

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• 8/4/19
  

  Trump’s Tariff War Resembles the Confederacy’s Failed Trade Policies

  by Robert Brent Toplin

  If the present conflict over tariffs leads to diminished Chinese involvement in American affairs, the Trump administration’s risky trade fight may resemble the Confederates’ foolish gamble on the diplomatic clout of King Cotton.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/22/19
  

  When the American right loved Mexico

  by Mario Del Pero and Vanni Pettinà

  Back when conservatives exalted free markets, our neighbor to the south was a vital ally.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/10/19
  

  How antitrust laws can save Silicon Valley — without breaking up the tech giants

  by Margaret O'Mara

  For AT&T in the 1950s, antitrust enforcement helped increase competition while keeping Ma Bell intact.

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• SOURCE: The North Star
  7/9/19
  

  Why We Need More Black Women In Economics

  by Keri Leigh Merritt

  Recently a group of brilliant, driven, young Black women formed The Sadie Collective, an organization that “seeks to be an answer to the dismal representation of Black women in the quantitatively demanding fields such as public policy, economics, data analytics, and finance.”

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  7/9/19
  

  The President Didn't Always Have Power Over Trade Deals

  by William Hauk

  Until the 1930s, it was Congress that set the terms of U.S. trade negotiations with other countries and raised and lowered tariffs as it saw fit, while the president did little but sign his name.

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• 6/9/19
  

  The President is Disrupting the U.S. Economy

  by Robert Brent Toplin

  It is high time that leaders in Washington acknowledge the risks associated with the president’s trade wars and demand a more effective policy course. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/6/19
  

  Who Will Survive the Trade War?

  by Margaret O’Mara

  History shows that big businesses profit most when tariffs reign. 

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• SOURCE: Forbes
  6/4/19
  

  Trump Is Making The Same Trade Mistake That Started The Great Depression

  by John Mauldin

  Similar to today, the Roaring 1920s saw rapid technological change, namely automobiles and electricity.

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• 5/5/19
  

  Capitalism? Socialism? How about Just a Fair and Moral Economy?

  by Walter G. Moss

  The terms "capitalism" and "socialism" have too much historical baggage. 

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• SOURCE: Time
  5/1/19
  

  A Century Ago, May Day Brought Anarchist Bombs to Mailboxes—And Helped Transform American Politics

  by Katrina Gulliver

  On April 30, the Evening World ran an extra edition that, under the headline “NATION-WIDE TERRORIST PLOT,” described the “infernal machines” as part of a conspiracy.

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• SOURCE: Boston Review
  5/1/19
  

  Why the Labor Movement Has Failed—And How to Fix It

  by Sarita Gupta, Stephen Lerner, and Joseph A. McCartin

  The arc of the economic universe has bent badly toward injustice.

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• 3/31/19
  

  MMT and Why Historians Need to Reclaim Studying Money

  by Rebecca Spang

  Historians need to reclaim money as something to be studied in specific social and political contexts.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3/4/19
  

  Grant’s First Tomb

  by Jamelle Bouie

  Ulysses S. Grant, inaugurated as president 150 years ago today, missed a chance to reconstruct the South economically as well as politically.