Toward an American Law of Redundancy

In November 2016, in the wake of his surprise victory, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump announced that he had successfully negotiated the retention of 1,000 jobs previously destined for Mexico. Carrier, an air-conditioning manufacturer, agreed to keep the positions at its Indiana plant in exchange for state tax cuts and other government perks. It was a dramatic, if ultimately suspect, show of making good on Trump’s core campaign focus on preserving American jobs. One of the many questions ab...