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By David Brooks

Opinion Columnist

The main political argument in the 20th century was over the size of government. On the left, people tried to use government to reduce inequality and offer an economic safety net. On the right, people tried to reduce taxes and regulations to boost growth and social dynamism.

That era is clearly over. Donald Trump is a big-government populist who has destroyed small-government conservatism. He’s using state power to adopt a mercantilist tariff policy that redirects global trade flows. He’s using industrial policy to pick economic........

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