Peter Evans

Since the mid-twentieth century, the trajectory of the United States has been emblematic of the global evolution of capitalism. Is the US still a harbinger of capitalism’s global evolution? If so, the failing ability of 21st-century US capitalism to sustain twentieth-century standards of well-being for its working classes, and the political ramifications of this failure, has implications for all citizens of the world. ...

“Economic nationalism” has a venerable history. From Alexander Hamilton to Friedrich List, to their twentieth-century successors in Latin America, Africa and Asia, economic nationalism has been an intellectual and ideological tool for poor countries trying to “catch up” with rich ones. Does Trump’s “America First” rhetoric and the Brexit rejection of Britain’s global economic ties indicate a new “rise...