Charles Lane Uses 100th Anniversary of JFK's Birth to Push Policy of Selective Protectionism

Washington Post columnist Charles Lane is a devout proponent of the policy of selective protectionism. Under this policy, which is called "free trade" for marketing purposes, the wages of U.S. manufacturing workers and non-college educated workers more generally are pushed down by placing them in direct competition with low paid workers in the developing world.

By contrast, highly paid professionals like doctors and dentists, are able to achieve gains in wages by keeping in place the barriers...