“The last major trade war was launched by two Republican lawmakers, Smoot and Hawley, in the 1930s, spurring the Great Depression and World War II. It also ended the reign of Republican presidents with the election of President Roosevelt and his new era of reciprocal trade agreements.”
Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe (D) made his debut as Distinguished Visiting Professor at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government Wednesday afternoon. McAuliffe was guest lecturer for Assistant Professor Justin Gest’s 500-level class Theory and Practice of Public Policy in a classroom on Mason’s Arlington Campus.
The idea for the final program of the first year of the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy and International Security’s “Truth Tellers in the Bunker” series was to do something a little more light-hearted than the previous, very serious programs that examined the timely theme.