by George Leef | Jun 2, 2023 | Price Controls
Taxpayers will have to pay more for state construction due to the reinstatement of prevailing wage and workers will be compelled to pay for union representation they don’t want due to the repeal of Right to Work statutes.
by Kimberlee Josephson | Jun 2, 2023 | Antitrust & Monopolies
The FTC is placing itself as the primary arbiter when it comes to business transactions, and it is conveying that it can predict what the future holds for innovations and acquisitions. This creates an environment of not only great uncertainty for business, especially now that previous transactions may be revisited and reconsidered, but also great risk for the competitiveness of US firms.
by Michael Munger | Jun 2, 2023 | Economics
The problem economically with socialism is not calculation of given data, but the generation of the data that would be required, but does not yet exist.
by Jon Miltimore | Jun 2, 2023 | MARKETS
The company was openly insulting its consumer base, describing Bud Light as a “fratty” beer and “out of touch” brand “in decline.” It’s one thing to disregard your boss. It’s another thing to openly insult her.
by Vincent Geloso | Jun 2, 2023 | Healthcare
Adopting socialized medicine – “universal health care” – would not remedy the well-documented gap in U.S. life expectancy.
by James Hanley | Jun 2, 2023 | Regulation
The U.S. Department of Energy has just announced a proposed rule to make dishwashers more “efficient” by limiting them to a maximum of 3.3 gallons per wash cycle, a reduction of one-third.
by Edwin A Locke | May 25, 2023 | POLITICS
Socialism is based on the doctrine of altruism, the morality of self-sacrifice.
by Gary Galles | May 24, 2023 | Antitrust & Monopolies
All too often, unscrupulous businesses weaponize the United States’ antitrust laws — which are only supposed to be utilized to protect consumers against higher prices and other consequences of monopoly power — for their own self-serving purposes.
by Brian Phillips | May 24, 2023 | Education
While the Senate is promoting the intellectual liberty of parents and students it is also assaulting that freedom by mandating that a particular set of ideas be taught.