Gold, Not Tariffs, Saved the 1890s

By Thu, Oct 2, 2025

President Trump said his "Liberation Day" tariffs would boost the U.S. economy the way President William McKinley's tariffs did in the 1890s. But the boom of the 1890s came from huge gold strikes and the Spanish-American War, not tariffs.

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