America’s Perón
Decades of personalist rule turned Argentina into a global economic laughingstock. Donald Trump seems to have misunderstood the lesson.
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Photo-illustration by Allison Zaucha / The Atlantic* What the U.K. Deal Reveals About Trump’s Trade Strategy
The United States is settling for a tiny fraction of what it could have achieved through traditional free-trade agreements.
Bonnie Cash / Sipa / Reuters How Republicans Learned to Love High Prices
Donald Trump’s allies have pivoted from denying that his tariffs will hurt consumers to insisting that consumers should welcome the pain.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. A Bogus New Rationale for Trump’s Economic Agenda
His allies now claim that he wouldn’t really impose massive global tariffs if elected. But the uncertainty created by threats is bad enough.
Emily Elconin / Getty What Kamala Harris Doesn’t Get About Food Costs
The real culprit is the host of federal laws and regulations propping up prices to benefit corporate interests.
Illustration by Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The Obscure Maritime Law That Ruins Your Commute
“Ship American” might sound nice in theory. This is what it looks like in practice: not shipping much of anything in America at all.
Illustration by Matt Chase / The Atlantic. Source: Getty.
