Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression
by
Douglas A. Irwin
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
The Smoot-Hawley tariff of 1930, which raised U.S. duties on hundreds of imported goods to record levels, is America's most infamous trade law. It is often associated with--and sometimes blamed for--the onset of the Great Depression, the collapse of world trade, and the global spread of protectionism...