Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Today's high priests of economic foofoo actively promote a narrative: that our mainstream economic understanding is the culmination of decades of steady improvement and research. Earlier times, ...

Leslie Kramer is a writer for Institutional Investor, correspondent for CNBC, journalist for Investopedia, and managing editor for Markets Group. Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional ...

This post has been updated to include a suggested reading list. It is often said that a better understanding of economic history would have helped us to avoid the worst of the recent crisis. Over the ...

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International trade, with the U.S. and China at the forefront, is undergoing a paradigmatic shift away from free trade and toward an aggressive form of neo-mercantilism. Learning is pattern ...

China has embraced dependency on exports as the cornerstone of its economic policy. Mercantilism benefits the Chinese Communist Party and its absolute ruler, Xi Jinping. But it damages the domestic ...

Protectionist trade policies under US President Donald Trump’s second term have pushed countries to shift focus toward domestic production, echoing a revival of mercantilism, analysts say. The rising ...

Over the last decade, a growing number of countries have come to embrace a new kind of protectionist trade policy that seeks to expand domestic innovation capacity and technology exports by ...

Mercantilism increased a country's wealth by boosting exports. Colonies experienced high inflation and heavy taxation under mercantilism. Mercantilism led to widespread unrest and the American ...