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The Abundance Agenda: A Radical Response to Populist Protectionism

Populist Protectionism

Donald Trump’s presidential bid was founded in part on an anti-globalization platform: Revive American manufacturing jobs and save the middle class from extinction – all while sticking it to hostile China, which had been eating our lunch for two decades. The unions loved it as Trump vowed to reverse our chronic trade deficits and cure America of its impoverishing addiction to imports.