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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-Hawley tariff bill, which substantially raised U.S. tariffs on some 890 products. Other countries retaliated and world trade…

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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