This book analyses the fast spread of free trade agreements (FTAs) across the globe, their content and their economic impact. In the wake of Brexit and the new protectionism of President Trump, Melchior offers a timely assessment of key issues relating to FTAs. Dividing the world into seven...

Part I: The Background to Trumpism and Economic Explanations -- Chapter 1: introduction -- Chapter 2: Inequality, US Survey Results and Economic Analysis: The Case for Structural Trumpism -- Chapter 3: Protectionist US Policy and Expansionary Fiscal Policy: Ongoing Contradictions -- Part II:...

"The global markets editor at Fox Business Network and host of Sunday Morning Futures on Fox News highlights how Trump has been good for business, and his accomplishments so far and yet to come in that area."

Nach einem halben Jahr im Amt hat die Unsicherheit über Donald Trumps wirtschaftspolitisches Programm ein wenig abgenommen. Bei seiner Wahl hatte ich an dieser Stelle noch argumentiert, das wirtschaftspolitische Programm des künftigen Präsidenten sei „schemenhaft und widersprüchlich.“...

What kind of political animals will be making U.S. trade policy in the Trump administration? The tone of the campaign suggests that the president-elect will act like a bull in the China shop, but his bellicose roars may instead presage a subtler strategy; it is also possible that his own...