Trump's FTC Chair Is Continuing To Push Lina Khan's Antitrust Ideology
The Federal Trade Commission was established to protect consumers. Under Biden and Trump, its focus has shifted.
The Federal Trade Commission was established to protect consumers. Under Biden and Trump, its focus has shifted.
The lesson from the Moody's credit downgrade is that the U.S. cannot borrow its way to prosperity.
I was interviewed by Brittany Lewis of Forbes.
That total could double if temporary provisions in the bill become permanent, as is likely to happen.
I will be speaking, along with Cato Institute scholar Walter Olson.
Government schools now spend about $20,000 per student.
That logic implausibly assumes presidents have the power to curtail substance abuse by attacking the drug supply.
Subaru says it has "adjusted its pricing in response to current market conditions," but we all know what that means.
Reason heard from a minister in the new Syrian government about the Trump administration's outreach.
Conway, New Hampshire's attempt to force a local bakery to take down the mural "does not withstand any level of constitutional scrutiny," a judge ruled this week.
One of the recipients has filed for bankruptcy after allegedly scamming elderly clients.
Plus: Tim Dillon takes on the establishment, Chicago's racist hiring strategies, train fetishes, and more...
Plus: A listener asks if the economic inequality data is bad.
Friday's announcement by Moody's and the House Budget Committee vote could have been a turning point.
The Trump administration's plans to slash science funding could end up liberating researchers from the corrupting influence Dwight Eisenhower warned about.
On the bright side, at least Trump finally admitted his tariffs are, indeed, paid by Americans.
Seasonally adjusted job openings and capital outlay spending are declining to levels not seen since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The billionaire philanthropist explores how stoic philosophy shaped his views on capitalism, politics, and philanthropy, arguing for rational optimism, individual responsibility, and civil public discourse as foundations for life.
The econ blogger explains why libertarians might have been (kind of) right all along—and why our ideas are more necessary than he thought in the age of Trump.
Scenes from a trade war.
Plus: Tulsi does Trump's bidding, a new front opens in New York's war on weed, and more...
The administration shows no coherent commitment to free market principles and is in fact actively undermining them.
A new analysis from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates that the national debt will equal nearly 130 percent of GDP by 2034.
Greg Sargent of the New Republic interviewed me.
The government has been putting sexuality, sexual labor, and unorthodox ideas about sex on trial.
The White House calls it "the art of the deal," but a 30 percent tariff on imports from China is economically damaging and constitutionally dubious.
Nominees include stories on inflation breaking brains, America's first drug war, Afghans the U.S. left behind, Javier Milei, and much more.
"If this is the end of my American dream," says one small business owner, "I'm going to go down swinging."
Outcomes are hard to predict. But the judges seemed skeptical of the government's claim that Trump has virtually unlimited authority to impose tariffs.
The president hopes to introduce even more government intervention into health care.
Plus: Homeless encampments in California, taxing university endowments, and more...
“Between the cost of labor and the inputs that goes in, it’s more cost-effective for farmers” to plow over ripe tomatoes, said one expert.
Residents of the United Kingdom will get lower tariffs, while Americans are stuck paying higher ones.
The right number of dolls? As many as your kid wants.
Co-founder of AQR Capital Management, Cliff Asness, discusses the decline of market efficiency, the dangers of populist economics, and his libertarian outlook on capitalism.
Plus: Habemus papam, deporting grannies, and more...
The results were completely foreseeable, after the president imposed 25 percent tariffs on all imported automobiles and parts.
We don't need more of the same. We need evidence of a serious turnaround.
America is not a department store. And no successful department store would be following Trump's antitrade strategy.
The death of a onetime powerhouse carries a lesson for antitrust enforcers—if they’ll listen.
Trump’s tariffs aren’t just bad economics—they’re a rejection of abundance, prosperity, and capitalism itself.
Tariffs on creative media are barriers not just to goods, but also to ideas.
Steve Inskeep of NPR interviewed me about the case against Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs.
As he shifts his focus away from DOGE, he acknowledges the need for hard choices and congressional action.
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