Rediscovers the economic ideas that built America by offering the most comprehensive treatment of the American protectionist school of economic thought tracing its origins from Alexander Hamilton and Tench Coxe, and highlighting the School’s dynamic, invention-driven vision as a rival to English classical economics. America’s Neglected Protectionist Tradition offers the most comprehensive treatment of the American protectionist school of economic thought, which originated with the ideas of Alexander Hamilton and Tench Coxe, and remained active throughout the nineteenth century. The work provides a systematic account of the philosophy and theory of this neglected economic tradition.
