In 1806 Napoleon issued the Berlin Decree, laying out his Continental System he hoped would starve Great Britain into submission through blockades and anti-trade policies. In the end, smuggling and outright avoidance of the law brought down his system and his empire.
Tyler Turman
Tyler Turman is an Emerging Leaders Program fellow with the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty and a partner with Stand Together’s Koch Internship Program. He earned degrees in both political science and economics from the University of Washington and has internship experience with the Seattle Mayor’s Office, the American Institute for Economic Research, and the Manhattan Institute. His main areas of research include homelessness and housing, public finance, and economic and social mobility.
