When it comes to the lessons of the 20th century, the parallels between Donald Trump’s views on public health and the global economy are striking. Even though vaccinations were the single largest factor in increasing life expectancy from 47 to 80 in the developed world — one of civilization’s greatest accomplishments — the president-elect keeps company with people who insist vaccines do more harm than good. Even though the explosion in international trade was among the key factors in gross economic productivity per person increasing more than 600% across the planet from 1900 to 2000 — another of civilization’s greatest […]