Oral Presentations and Performances: Session I
Project Type
Presentation
Faculty Mentor’s Full Name
Paul Haber
Faculty Mentor’s Department
Political Science
Abstract / Artist's Statement
My UMCUR project will be a research paper that coincides with the capstone class for my political science major (PSCI 400 & PSCI 521). The subject of my research paper will concern itself with how and why the United States shifted from economic policy centered around free trade to one that features a renewed interest in economic nationalism and state intervention in the economy. Over the course of my study I intend to delve into academic articles and a few books that describe the results of some four decades of neoliberal policy in the United States, and how and why domestic political factors as well as global trends began the transition to economic nationalism, starting in the first term of Donald Trump. The examination of Joseph Biden’s administration will focus on why the US tariffs on China were not removed, and how the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the shift away from free market policies when it exposed global supplyline fragility. The Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS and Science Act will also be examined. The discourse in my paper will also include other specific, important events or points that I uncover in my presently unfolding research. By the time of this project’s conclusion, I hope to be able to answer such questions as what caused the shift in US economic policy, and whether or not it is here to stay.
Category
Social Sciences
The Return of Economic Nationalism: Why and How the US Departed from Free Trade Policy
UC 330
My UMCUR project will be a research paper that coincides with the capstone class for my political science major (PSCI 400 & PSCI 521). The subject of my research paper will concern itself with how and why the United States shifted from economic policy centered around free trade to one that features a renewed interest in economic nationalism and state intervention in the economy. Over the course of my study I intend to delve into academic articles and a few books that describe the results of some four decades of neoliberal policy in the United States, and how and why domestic political factors as well as global trends began the transition to economic nationalism, starting in the first term of Donald Trump. The examination of Joseph Biden’s administration will focus on why the US tariffs on China were not removed, and how the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the shift away from free market policies when it exposed global supplyline fragility. The Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS and Science Act will also be examined. The discourse in my paper will also include other specific, important events or points that I uncover in my presently unfolding research. By the time of this project’s conclusion, I hope to be able to answer such questions as what caused the shift in US economic policy, and whether or not it is here to stay.