New Chick-fil-A Law Reveals Texas Politicians' Hypocrisy on Corporate Speech
Fans of the state's new Chick-fil-A law should take a look at the anti–Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions law.
Business and Industry
Socialists Are Scary, but Capitalists Are Their Own Worst Enemies
New research shows that business leaders who benefit from government favoritism are more comfortable with government intervention into markets.
Here's Every Single Time Someone Scapegoated Profit During the Dem Debates
Several candidates seem to view profit as one of the biggest threats facing America.
Sorry, Bernie Sanders, but Disney Doesn't Have To Apologize for Making $1.3 Billion with Avengers: Endgame
The Vermont socialist can muster a lot of emotional outrage at CEO pay, but his argument about a "moral economy" doesn't add up.
Are Food-Stamp Receipts Beyond the Reach of FOIA? Supreme Court Hears Arguments Today
Plus: Violence in Sri Lanka leads to social media suppression, and the White House wants to make it harder for pretrial diversion participants to get government jobs.
Why Tyler Cowen Loves Big Tech (And Thinks You Should, Too)
A love letter to getting good stuff cheaply
Cindy Yang Says Democrats Are Playing Politics With Request for FBI to Investigate Her
Plus: An Ohio city just abolished its entire vice policing unit, and unfunded liabilities in public pension plans are now more than $5.96 trillion.
This Is the World From Which Trump Emerged
A&E's Trump Dynasty explores the president's family and business history but doesn't do justice to the corrupt New York culture surrounding it.
Netflix Uses Cheaper Subscriptions to Bring Its Service to More Communities
Capitalism not only helps reduce poverty, but can bring services to more diverse groups of people.
California Police Chief Claims Legal Weed Delivery Could Lead to 'Assaults and Homicides'
It's a scare tactic, and an inaccurate one at that.
California Bill Requires All Corporate Boards to Have a Token Woman
The bill has passed both houses of the state legislature. Now it just needs Jerry Brown's signature.
John Mackey and Conscious Capitalism Have Won the Battle of Ideas With Everyone but Libertarians
Why can't free marketers celebrate entrepreneurs and titans of industry who change our world unless they admit they're in it only for the money?
Can 'Conscious Capitalism' Make Business a Heroic Enterprise? John Mackey Is Betting Yes: Podcast
The Whole Foods magnate and his nonprofit colleague Alexander McCobin want to "elevate humanity through business" and make us all smarter, kinder...and richer.
Trump's Trade War Leaves the Future of the Blue Jean Industry to Hang
The president trade war is harming American small business.
20-Year-Old Whiskey in 6 Days: Will This Self-Taught Chemist Upend the Liquor Industry?
Bryan Davis created a chemical reactor that compresses time, bringing an artistic sensibility back to aged spirits.
When Trump Goes to War With Amazon, Everybody Loses: Podcast
The greatest conflict of our time enters a new phase.
Markets Deliver Social Justice Better Than Government Does
Elizabeth Nolan Brown argues in The New York Times that we can thank "feminism, but also free markets" for the ongoing purge of predatory men.
Should the Government Get to Define 'Native-American' Art? One Woman's Free Speech Fight.
Is the state violating Peggy Fontenot's First-Amendment rights?
Yulia Tymoshenko Warned Us About Paul Manafort Years Ago
Why didn't the Obama administration do anything?
D.C. Threatens to Punish Manufacturers for Failing 'Flushability' Standards It Won't Define
The 'Do Not Flush' fight provides a perfect case study in arbitrary regulation and government incompetence.
CrossFit Founder Greg Glassman: 'I Don't Mind Being Told What To Do. I Just Won't Do It.'
Glassman talked about conscious capitalism and how he harnesses the power of markets and community in an interview with 60 Minutes.
Trump vs. the Business Community
Obama was not the friend CEOs think the president of the U.S. should be. But in Trump, they're finding out what it's like to have a real enemy.
Cindy McCain's Charities Are Plagued With Scandal and Corruption. Now Trump Wants to Make Her Human Rights Ambassador
Examining McCain's philanthropic past reveals a long history of personal abuse of nonprofit resources, shady connections, and shoddy work.
Are You Ready for the "Intimacy Economy"?
Glenn Platt of Miami University says technology is shrinking the distance between celebrity and audience, business and customer. Radical disruption ensues.
New Book Offers Bleak Look at Paul Ryan's Hometown
In 2008, Obama told GM factory workers in Janesville, Wisconsin, that the plant would "be here for another 100 years." It has since closed, leaving thousands unemployed.
The Only Solution to the Trumps' Conflicts of Interest
The heart of the potential for conflicts of interests is not the Trump business empire. It's the presidential power to steer benefits to particular interests.
Drafter of U.S. Dietary Goals Was Bribed by Big Sugar to Demonize Fat
Newly released historical documents show the Sugar Research Foundation paid scientists to blame fat and cholesterol, not sugar, for coronary heart disease.
Can a Bot Run a Company?
The DAO is an ambitious project that's already amassed an incredible amount of funding. A lot could go wrong, but it could be revolutionary if it goes right.
The Beauty of Coca-Cola's New Parental Leave Policy
"Paid parental leave isn't just a nice thing to do, it's the smart thing to do for our business."
Virtually No Gender Pay Gap at Amazon
Female employees at Amazon earn 99.9 cents for every dollar men in the same positions make.
Starbucks Gets Sappy About the 2016 Election in Full-Page Newspaper Ads
Without naming any names, Starbucks celebrates "those who work to include, rather than discriminate."
How the NSA Is Killing American Small Businesses
Government snooping and the cloud-based software industry
Bosses Who Donate to Republicans Are Less Likely to Promote Female Staff
A new study of U.S. law firms looks at how managers' personal political views affect gender roles at work.
Paris Climate Change Conference
Paris Climate Warriors in a Good Mood
Second Dispatch: Also they believe that global warming a is huge business opportunity.
Clinton Wants to Tax U.S. Companies for Trying to Pay Less Taxes
Both major parties are dead wrong when it comes to the free movement of people and capital across borders.
Why Intellectuals Hate Capitalism
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey on entrepreneurship, snobbery, and the minimum wage
Does Office Depot Have the Right to Refuse to Print Anti-Abortion Fliers?
Chicago-area customer accuses them of religious discrimination.
Labor Board Opens Door to Unionized Contract, Temp Employees
Employers could be dragged into labor negotiations.
Could Legal Marijuana Lead to an Industrial Building Boom in Denver?
Warehouses in short supply.
Spending by Left-Leaning Mega-Foundations Deserves Equal Scrutiny
When a non-profit foundation spends millions to change federal policy, the expenditure deserves some attention-regardless of how the organization leans politically.
Raleigh Restauranteur Pushes Local Government to Regulate Sidewalk Seating
Of course, the proposed change only affects his competition...
Is This the End of RadioShack?
Once-dominant consumer tech company's best days behind it.
The Internet Makes Trusting Total Strangers Possible, and That's Good for Business
Internet ratings give us more reason than ever before to interact with new people.
Stop Complaining About That Flying Car. You Have Amazon.
Getting stuff gets more awesome every day.
