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There’s Only a Slim Chance TPP Will Be Ratified This Year

Alan Wolff | 05/05/2016

This article originally appears on Fortune.com on May 5, 2016 But it should be. The web offers two definitions for the term “lame duck.” One refers to politicians who are…

What the Presidential Candidates Get Wrong About Free Trade

Alan Wolff | 04/14/2016

This article originally appeared on Fortune.com  on April 14, 2016. It’s not a...

What Obama’s Trade Agenda Means for the Rest of the World

Alan Wolff | 07/20/2015

The Trans Pacific Partnership has the potential of restoring positive mome...

Did the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Cause the Great Depression?

Bill Krist | 06/16/2014

Eighty four years ago on this day President Hoover signed the now-infamous Smoot-H...

Workers and the World Economy

Ethan B. Kapstein | Foreign Affairs | 05/01/1996

The global economy is leaving millions of disaffected workers in its train. Inequal...

United States of Europe

Winston Churchill | 09/19/1946

September 19, 1946 – University of Zurich I wish to speak about the tragedy of Europe, this noble con...

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