My guest today is Dr Mathew Frith, an Australian academic who has written an excellent Phd thesis on "The Economic Philosophy and Theory of the 19th Century American Protectionists".

Today we discuss:

• How he became interested in this subject matter and why people need to know more about them
• How the American protectionists were similar but also distinctive from European mercantilist thinkers
• Who assisted Alexander Hamilton with his famous Report on Manufactures and what his intellectual influences were
• Why the American Protectionists have been neglected in academia
• Why the American Protectionists were different to later Progressives and other left-wing supporters of big government

And much more

https://www.mathewfrith.com/

https://www.une.edu.au/staff-profiles/business/mathew-frith