[Ian Fletcher| November 17, 2016 |Huffington Post] Trump’s election represents a lot of things, but one thing that doesn’t seem to have been quite noticed as much as it should be is this: it is the Battle of Waterloo, the final decisive defeat, of market fundamentalism. Market fundamentalism, for readers unfamiliar with the term, is the belief…
[James Trimargo| November 18, 2016 |Yes Magazine] Amid the fallout from Donald Trump’s election is the end of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. After six years of negotiations, the controversial trade deal is dead. Its proponents were caught off guard. Just a week before the election, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman was telling CNBC that members of Congress were…
[Peter Morici| November 20, 2016 |Washington Times] Globalization is inevitable and nothing about the presidential campaign changed that. Ever since merchants first moved among human settlements, people have exchanged goods, blended cultures and specialized to create wealth, but trade also creates winners and losers. Donald Trump has seized on an enduring truth: whether America or…