By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune There are many memorable scenes from the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. One ...

Steep tariffs risk sparking retaliatory measures that could rattle the domestic economy. It’s happened before.

Are tariffs inflationary? Who will shoulder the increased cost? Will tariffs cause a recession? How do tariffs affect ...

President Trump is an avowed supporter of tariffs, but many experts say such trade measures can boost inflation.

President Trump has threatened 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, as well as an additional 10% tariff on imports ...

On the presidential campaign trail last fall, Donald Trump described tariff as the "most beautiful word in the dictionary" ...

Like our predecessors in 1930, we oppose the use of tariffs as a general tool for economic policy.

Perhaps most infamously, Congress raised close to nine hundred separate tariffs with the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which many economists say worsened the Great Depression. But over the past ...

after the stock market crash of 1929 under the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act to protect the farming industry. A government may implement tariffs to avoid relying too heavily on different countries for ...

Donald Trump’s tariff war is too much for his otherwise steadfast ally Senator Ron Johnson, who compared the decision to ...

Willis C. Hawley (left) and Reed Smoot meeting shortly after the signing of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. (Credit: National Photo Company/Wikimedia Commons/Postmedia files) Fans of the movie Ferris ...