What if American democracy wasn’t born from freedom—but from slavery?
In Tariffs and Chains, Assan Siddiqhi examines in the context of the rise of protectionism, and recession from globalism, the political and economic history of how the U.S. built global dominance through racial capitalism, economic exploitation, and trade manipulation of other countries. From plantations to prisons, from globalization to MAGA, this book reveals how today's tariffs and protectionism are just new chains on an old empire.
Unflinching. Urgent. Unforgettable.
Get ready to rethink everything you thought you knew about the politics of power, money and the origins of the "doctrine of manifest destiny."