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Boeing

Striking Boeing employees on a picket line | Paul Christian Gordon/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Boeing

America's Reliance on Boeing Is a National Security Liability

With over 3,200 workers off the job, the military’s reliance on one politically connected contractor threatens innovation, accountability, and national security.

Sophia Pappalardo | 8.12.2025 4:41 PM

Elon Musk stands in front of falling cash | Illustration: Lex Villena; Cecilia Fabiano/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom, Pamela Tekiel, White © Cammeraydave | Dreamstime.com

Republican Party

How Donald Trump and Elon Musk Could Cut $2 Trillion in Government Spending

If Musk is truly serious about fiscal discipline, he'll advise the president-elect to eschew many of the policies he promised on the campaign trail.

Veronique de Rugy | 11.8.2024 10:45 AM

Donald Trump in front of the U.S. Capitol | Illustration: Lex Villena; Michael Brochstein/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom, Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour

Central planning

Central Planning Won Big on Election Night

The bipartisan embrace of industrial policy represents one of the most dangerous economic illusions of our time.

Veronique de Rugy | 11.7.2024 12:01 AM

U.S. Air Force plane | Soeren Stache/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom

Government Spending

Pentagon Paid Nearly 8,000 Percent Markup on Boeing's Bathroom Soap Dispenser

The Air Force paid nearly $150,000 above market value for airplane bathroom fixtures, a Department of Defense watchdog found.

Matthew Petti | 10.30.2024 12:19 PM

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in front of a green swamp | Illustration: Lex Villena; Jim LoScalzo - Pool via CNP, John Wollwerth, Brian Cassella/TNS/Newscom, Martiapunts | Dreamstime.com

Election 2024

Neither Trump Nor Harris Wants To Drain the Swamp. They Want You To Join It.

Both candidates have promised a litany of special favors to handpicked constituencies. If you don't fit into the right categories, you'll pay the price.

Veronique de Rugy | 10.24.2024 12:01 AM

John Stossel is seen between former President Trump and President Joe Biden | Stossel TV

Tariffs

Biden and Trump Are Both Disastrously Wrong About Tariffs

Yes, cheap imports hurt some American companies. But protectionist trade policy harms many more Americans than it helps.

John Stossel | 7.10.2024 9:50 AM

Remy, dressed as a Boeing worker and executive, react to a crashing Boeing plane. | Reason TV

Comedy

Remy: It's Raining Men (Boeing Parody)

Boeing throws conventional wisdom out the window, among other things.

Remy | 3.29.2024 11:00 AM

reason-nikki | Gage Skidmore/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Election 2024

Nikki Haley Opposed Boeing Subsidies at Tonight's GOP Debate. As Governor, She Gave Boeing Millions.

The former South Carolina governor can't decide whether she likes corporate subsidies or opposes them on principle.

Christian Britschgi | 12.6.2023 9:47 PM

A user is seen opening the TikTok app on their phone | Photo 178036100 © Monticelllo | Dreamstime.com

China

Banning Chinese Products in the Name of 'National Security' Could Have Disastrous Consequences

It would result in shortages, decreases in productivity, and higher production costs affecting millions of American workers and nearly every consumer.

Veronique de Rugy | 3.23.2023 2:35 PM

Two men are seen shaking hands in front of a backdrop showing several industries that benefit from subsidies and political favors | Illustration: Lex Villena; Kaphoto

Economics

America Needs a Better Kind of Capitalism

Big corporations and entire industries constantly use their connections in Congress to get favors, no matter which party is in power.

Veronique de Rugy | 3.9.2023 3:30 PM

Joe Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act | Ron Sachs - CNP/Polaris/Newscom

Government Spending

How To Waste $1 Trillion

Why should we believe that this boondoggle will produce better results than hundreds of other corporate welfare programs?

Veronique de Rugy | 8.18.2022 3:30 PM

zumaamericasthirtythree467213 | Nicolas Economou/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Export-Import Bank

The U.S. Export-Import Bank Is a Cesspool of Crony Capitalism. Biden Wants To Expand It.

Boeing may love an additional handout, but such subsidies will be a net negative for the country's economy as a whole.

Veronique de Rugy | 1.21.2022 6:30 AM

Boeing

A Crime Victims' Rights Act Challenge to the Boeing 737 MAX Crashes Deferred Prosecution Agreement

My filings yesterday on behalf of the fifteen families who lost loved ones in the Boeing 737 MAX crashes explains why the Justice Department could not keep victims' families in the dark when it negotiated its immunity deal with Boeing.

Paul Cassell |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2021 12:15 PM

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