Marshall Auerback

2 weeks ago | dartmouthalumnimagazine.com | Marshall Auerback

A leading scholar on trade history and former president of the Economic History Association, Irwin is the author of seven books, including Clashing over Commerce: A History of U.S. Trade Policy, which The Economist and Foreign Affairs selected as one of their best books of the year, and Free Trade under Fire. Given the renewed outbreak of U.S. protectionism, let’s start with a brief historical overview on tariffs.

Jan 23, 2024 | unherd.com | Marshall Auerback

New Hampshire, then, was far from Donald Trump’s difficult second album. If anything, it was another performance of his Greatest Hits. His path to the White House is firmly in sight; Nikki Haley’s primary challenge, by contrast, has been rendered all but nominal. After Trump scored his first thumping victory in the Iowa caucuses, widespread concern about his looming presidency resurrected the idea of a “national divorce”, if not full-on civil war.

Jan 23, 2024 | staging.unherd.com | Marshall Auerback

AmericaDonald TrumpNew HampshireNikki HaleyRepublican Party New Hampshire, then, was far from Donald Trump’s difficult second album. If anything, it was another performance of his Greatest Hits.

Dec 10, 2023 | unherd.com | Marshall Auerback

EUEuropeEuropean UnionGeert WildersPopulism Over the last decade it has become an inevitable cycle: every election that shocks the interests and expectations of the EU’s technocrats is met with predictions of the bloc’s inevitable break-up. I’ve been guilty of this myself — even though, in every case, the EU has survived or at least lingered. Despite this trend, the shock victory of Geert Wilders’s Party for Freedom (PVV) in the Dutch general election last month feels different.

Dec 10, 2023 | staging.unherd.com | Marshall Auerback

EUEuropeEuropean UnionGeert WildersPopulism Over the last decade it has become an inevitable cycle: every election that shocks the interests and expectations of the EU’s technocrats is met with predictions of the bloc’s inevitable break-up. I’ve been guilty of this myself — even though, in every case, the EU has survived or at least lingered. Despite this trend, the shock victory of Geert Wilders’s Party for Freedom (PVV) in the Dutch general election last month feels different. More...