What role has trade played in the history of the modern world, and what role does it play in distributing goods across the globe today? This lecture introduces free trade and its criticisms, studying examples of barriers across modern history, focusing on tariffs, trade wars, and boycotts, and what the ongoing debates reveal about our economy and political system.│capitalismstudies.charlotte.edu

• Tuesday, Feb. 10; 6 p.m. at Independent Picture House (4237 Raleigh St, Charlotte);  Register; Learn More about the Event
• Jurgen Buchenau, Ph.D., Dowd Term Chair of Capitalism Studies and Professor of History and Latin American Studies