Is Donald Trump a progressive? (Protectionism) (companies, economy, government, states)

[Dopo]

Is Donald Trump a progressive? (Protectionism)


Trump is Wrong About Trade

I am not unsympathetic to the Trump Movement as I too am a populist. That said, Trump is wrong about trade. Trump is the latest and loudest to tap into a nearly ineradicable strain of economic fallacy known as protectionism. Protectionism is, as Albert Jay Nock accurately stated, “the robbery of the domestic consumer by the domestic manufacturer.” The protectionist wants to use state violence to prevent people from making deals with manufacturers and retailers from outside the United States who sell products that are cheaper and/or better than those produced domestically.


For Unions, Protecting Jobs Means Protectionism

Unions have claimed protectionist policies can safeguard the U.S. economy and its workers. But by standing in the way of policies that encourage companies to cut costs and increase competitiveness, unions actually hasten the decline of the U.S. economy and contribute to the loss of U.S. jobs. This November will the voters endorse candidates who want to prevent business outsourcing and stop the negotiation of free trade agreements?

[djmilf]

No, Donald Trump is not a progressive.

You're conflating economic protectionism and progressivism.

One is a theory that the national industries must be protected from foreign competition.

The other is a theory that things eventually go from worse off to better off and that governmental action is one avenue to hastened the improvement of the general welfare.