Abandoning globalization is a sure path to immiseration (shared)

Do we blame trade - or the fact that the United States addresses disruption very poorly?

Americans are done with globalization. For the third time in a row, in November voters chose a president who promised to rein in the thing. Indeed, in the past two elections there wasn't a pro-globalization candidate on the ballot. The proposition that guided U.S. policy since World War II - that weaving the world together via trade and investment provides a path to peace and prosperity - has been jettisoned and replaced with the thought that corporate ...