Progressive Politicians Are Regulating Their Own Projects Into Oblivion
Excessive government interference in the market hurts consumers and thwarts policy goals. It also gets in the way of the government itself.
Excessive government interference in the market hurts consumers and thwarts policy goals. It also gets in the way of the government itself.
It would result in shortages, decreases in productivity, and higher production costs affecting millions of American workers and nearly every consumer.
American companies and consumers "bore nearly the full cost of these tariffs because import prices increased at the same rate as the tariffs."
Big corporations and entire industries constantly use their connections in Congress to get favors, no matter which party is in power.
These days, he may run for president. His politics have changed.
Joe Biden could take advantage of the expanded executive authority over trade that Donald Trump helped create.
After two terms in the Senate as a champion for free markets and limited government, Pennsylvania's Republican senator is heading into retirement.
Unless Congress takes action, those tariffs will return on January 1. And the baby formula shortage hasn't yet passed.
Businesses are all in favor of competition, tax cuts, and deregulation only until they aren't—meaning only until subsidies might benefit them.
The senator from Florida calls for tariffs on imported fruits and vegetables.
Who does he think ultimately pays those taxes?
Tariffs are a regressive tax that have driven inflation higher and harm poorer families the most.
If you believe that moving most of our chip production onshore is good for national security, you should labor for regulatory reforms rather than subsidies.
Tariffs were supposed to make American chemical products more competitive. They made Chinese products more competitive instead.
Any gains seen by the steel industry from tariffs have been overshadowed by the losses for downstream companies and higher prices for consumers.
Seafood prices have gone up by double digits as tariffs and inflation drive up costs for consumers
The U.S. International Trade Commission will hear from businesses harmed by tariffs at a hearing on Thursday.
The agency is now taking small steps to allow foreign formula manufacturers to import their goods into the U.S.
Hey, we're still mad about those things today!
Removing tariffs could save American households $800 this year. What is the White House waiting for?
Biden should stop layering new, contradictory orders into the market and simply get government out of the way.
Tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump and kept in place by President Joe Biden are costing consumers $51 billion annually.
This crisis is the result of protectionism, regulation, and central planning.
Biden's top trade adviser says tariffs must be "strategic," but what strategic value do tariffs on South Korean steel serve?
Markets work if you let them. The Biden administration and Congress should remove supply restraints on baby formula that never made any sense in the first place.
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Why do we have tariffs on imported formula in the middle of a shortage?
Protectionist policies stymie trade and make Americans poorer.
Tariffs requested by an "artisanal solar boutique" based in San Jose might jeopardize 45,000 jobs and halve America's future solar panel deployments.
Biden says reducing prices is his "top priority" but his economic agenda suggests the opposite.
China ended up buying fewer American goods over the past two years than it did before the trade war started, despite promises from both sides to increase trade.
Nothing new under the sun as Biden decides to extend Trump's solar panel tariffs for four more years.
Those who demand a revival of antitrust regulation to "promote competition" may not realize that they're inciting a revival of cronyism to suppress competition.
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Using "we" implies a collective responsibility, creates the false impression that most people are on board, and hints that we'll share equally in the benefits.
For decades, libertarians have focused on illiberalism coming from the political left. But authoritarianism has taken root among many conservatives across the world.
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Trump's tariffs are adding an estimated 0.5 percent to annual inflation.
Instead of taking his own actions to undo an unlawful order from the former chief executive, President Joe Biden had the government's attorneys argue in favor of even greater trade powers for the White House.
Biden will allow 3.3 million metric tons of European-made steel to be imported annually without tariffs. After that, Trump's 25 percent tariffs will remain in force.
If the power to his house went out during a storm, one assumes Hawley would declare electricity to be a mistake and demand that homes be lit with candles.
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They favor special interests, hurt consumers, and have utterly failed to rein in China.
The trade deficit is now the widest on record too.
Governments may not be able to make an economy, but they've proven they can break it.