Trade Off: Stories of Globalization and Backlash
The idea of more open, global trade has been sold as necessary for economic success. Yet today we hear calls to "build a wall" and to break up trading partnerships. Our series Trade Off looks at key moments when trade barriers have been built up or torn down and at globalization's winners and losers.
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Who are the winners and losers of globalization?
by
Ben Hethcoat
and Scott Tong
Aug 15, 2017
Part of our ongoing series "Trade Off."
From Hamilton to Trump, the U.S. has a long history of America-first policies
Aug 11, 2017
Alexander Hamilton was one of the country's original protectionists.
If protectionism were a song it'd sound like this
by
Sarah Gardner
and Hayley Hershman
Aug 11, 2017
A searing campaign song from 1896 sounds surprisingly modern.
What went wrong with globalization?
by
Scott Tong
Aug 7, 2017
Opening up borders created economic winners, but the losers were hit disproportionately hard.