Protectionist profiteer Wilbur Ross Would Make America China Again

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Wilbur Ross, President-elect Trump’s pick for Commerce Secretary, doesn’t merely espouse government planning of the economy, he lobbies for it and profits from it.

“One of the problems in our country,” Ross said in 2010, “is we don’t have an industrial policy.” By “industrial policy,” Ross meant federal laws that steer resources to certain sectors for certain activities.

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