The stark disconnect not only runs the risk of choking off much of the global commerce the president claims to welcome but threatens to stick U.S. consumers and businesses with higher costs.
These products can give kids independence and parents peace of mind.
Commerce Secretary Raimondo insists the rule "is a strictly national security action."
Seventy-five percent of respondents are concerned that tariffs will raise the cost of the things they buy, yet neither Trump nor Harris has suggested lowering them.
A potentially important post-NFIB enumerated powers challenge.
In an interview, former National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien admitted that "the Chinese didn’t honor" the terms of the deal, years after it was clear.
The Institute for Justice has launched a project to reform land use regulation.
No technology exists today to enable railroads to comply with the state's diktat, which villainizes a mode of transportation that is actually quite energy efficient.
Blame local government parking minimums for the overabundance of parking in the U.S.
Plus: A listener asks the editors to consider the libertarian argument against shopping local.
Some, like Rep. Patrick McHenry (R–N.C.), advocate a more measured approach.
While the partnership between Hyundai and Amazon is a good first step, states should get rid of laws that mandate franchise dealerships.
Thank Swifties, not Joe Biden, for Ticketmaster's consumer-friendly pricing policy.
This progress has been widely shared, to the great benefit of the people at the bottom of the distribution.
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"There's nobody that says, wait, is this good for America? Is this good for the American consumer?"
Nigeria's shantytowns are more functional than its centrally planned gated communities.
Haters and lovers of the former president can both express their diametrically opposed views with a Trump mug-shot mug.
Biden is blurring the lines between economic policy and military action.
Adam Smith recognized that man has a natural "propensity to truck, barter, and exchange."
Pioneers of Capitalism chronicles centuries of bottom-up economic evolution in the Netherlands.
It’s only one vessel, but the U.S. domestic shipping cartel, protected by the awful Jones Act, is screaming about it.
Businesses are all in favor of competition, tax cuts, and deregulation only until they aren't—meaning only until subsidies might benefit them.
The island is begging the Biden administration to allow foreign ships to bring fuel to help restore power. But entrenched maritime interests balk at competition.
As American politicians turn against economic openness, history suggests the consequences could be dire.
In Return of the Artisan, anthropologist Grant McCracken explains how we've shifted from an industrial to a handmade economy.
It would signal that the transportation future involves decentralization and rapid change rather than Washington-style command-and-control.
‘Peace through commerce’ didn’t prevent war in Ukraine, but that doesn’t mean the theory is invalid.
Plus: College students and speech, state-funded pre-K fail, and more...
An ill-conceived proposal to increase liability for online marketplaces could effectively outlaw all but the biggest players.
Amazon promotes products that mimic its competition? Welcome to more than a century of American retail practices.
Plus: Government shutdown, demographic diversity in rural America, and more...
The movie tells the story of an immigrant community coming together to forge its own future through commerce.
The protectionist Jones Act makes it harder to move fuel around the country.
Non-fungible tokens for art can seem a lot like Tulipmania. But distinct digital tokens have real use cases for things like online address management.
Chadwick Boseman shines in his final role.
The internet has turned adult performers into media entrepreneurs.
A federal appeals court rejects an expansive reading of the federal arson law.
As his $159 million new movie, The Irishman, hits theaters, the legendary director avers today is "brutal and inhospitable to art."
Ursula Wing sold abortion drugs to U.S. customers and is now charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.
Protectionism fails, even for those who were supposed to benefit.
Get food, coffee, medicine, and golf balls (if your aim is just that bad).
A love letter to getting good stuff cheaply
Plus: Russian "spy" Maria Butina, Baton Rouge cops in blackface, good news for California sex workers, and a new FDA crackdown.
It just makes sense to let jurors know about their already established power to exercise discretion over bad laws and ill-considered prosecutions.
Federal legislation may be the only solution to overreaching state laws.
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