Haute Couture

How Louis XIV used fashion to build the ancien regime into an economic empire.

The lesson here is that protectionist trade practices will work if you give them a chance. It was for good reason that the Founders of our Republic allowed the Federal government only one primary source of income: regulation of trade. The income tax, like every other "progressive" idea in our country's history, has proven a disaster. Unregulated trade and open borders simply exacerbate the problem.