Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Today's high priests of economic foofoo actively promote a narrative: that our mainstream economic understanding is the culmination of decades of steady improvement and research. Earlier times, ...

Leslie Kramer is a writer for Institutional Investor, correspondent for CNBC, journalist for Investopedia, and managing editor for Markets Group. Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional ...

Mercantilism 2.0, the economic manifestation of multipolarity, is streaking across the geostrategic firmament. The sun has set on globalization, the economic manifestation of a unipolar world order ...

The mercantilism trade theory was espoused by the most powerful European countries from the early 1500s to about 1800. This policy sped up the economic move away from the feudal economy and the guild ...

Mercantilism is often associated with Donald Trump's economic policies. Can reaching back into the past truly make America great again? That is up for debate. For those few of us familiar with the ...

This post has been updated to include a suggested reading list. It is often said that a better understanding of economic history would have helped us to avoid the worst of the recent crisis. Over the ...

Protectionist trade policies under US President Donald Trump’s second term have pushed countries to shift focus toward domestic production, echoing a revival of mercantilism, analysts say. The rising ...

People Aren’t Actually That Upset over the Washington Post Layoffs Do Conservatives Read Good? Sánchez as Merkel, with a Touch of Franco Census Shifts Audio By Carbonatix Samuel Gregg of the American ...

A week ago today, Donald Trump declared World War III against every other country on the globe with his tariffs. So far, he and us, the people of the United States, are losing the war. The problem is ...