Trump’s Tariffs Are a Gift to Capital, Not Workers

Within weeks of assuming the presidency, Donald Trump announced tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China. It’s a centerpiece of a turn toward protectionism that the White House has touted as a way of supporting American workers. In the latest episode of the Jacobin Radio podcast Confronting Capitalism, Catalyst editor Vivek Chibber and Jacobin contributor Melissa Naschek discuss how nineteenth and [...]