"Men of talents" : the tariff of 1816 -- "More than a mere manufacturing question" : the Baldwin bill of 1820 & the tariff of 1824 -- "An engine of party purposes" : the Woollens bill of 1827 & the tariff of 1828 -- "Calculate the value of the union" : the tariffs of 1832 & 1833 -- "Trembling...

"American democratic capitalism is in danger. How can we save it? For its first 200 years, the American economy exhibited truly impressive performance. The combination of democratically elected governments and a capitalist system worked, with ever-increasing levels of efficiency, spurred by...