Take Note, Donald: “History Doesn’t Repeat, But It Often Rhymes” and the Consequences Of These Tariffs Could Well Echo the McKinley Era Tariffs

Introduction More than a century ago, then-Representative William McKinley pursued an aggressive tariff strategy that sought to protect American industry and reduce reliance on foreign imports…The logic was simple: If foreign goods were more expensive, Americans would buy domestic products, fueling economic expansion but the results were not so simple. What follows is a slightly […]
Here’s How Canada Would Rank As the 51st State Of the U.S.

An Introduction President Donald Trump suggested Canada become the “51st state” and the graphic below from visualcapitalist.com compares various educational, crime, and economic statistics for each U.S. state and Canada.