In his inaugural address, the 47th president of the US celebrated his distant predecessor, best known for significantly ...

President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. See how those policies affected everyday Americans in ...

Dr Nathan Cardon talks through the tariffs implemented by President William McKinley and what cautionary lessons Donald Trump could learn.

Mr. Trump’s policy turns the traditional meaning of reciprocal trade on its head. He wants to achieve reciprocity only by ...

Winston Churchill gave a speech in Manchester, railing against protectionist trade policy. He was only four years into his ...

In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot ...

Contrary to what the overwhelmingly hostile media and political world suggest, Trump doesn’t always behave in an unpredictable and mercurial way. Sometimes he does, but the fact is he has an ...

Only one person in U.S. history has defied the two-term example set by the first president, George Washington.

William McKinley came to power during a time of economic instability and inequality. As a congressman in 1890, he authored the most protectionist tariff act in US history. As president, his views ...