regulatory capture
The Stimulus Package Is Too Expensive and Poorly Targeted: The Waste Contained in the CARES Act
A cost-effective stimulus to mend the effects of a 24 percent drop in GDP would cost no more than $1.3 trillion over a 6-month...
Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Walmart, Opioids, Oil Prices (and Coronavirus)
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.
Oh my goodness, say it isn't so:...
America’s Broken Health Care System Is the Biggest Obstacle to Containing the Coronavirus
Over the past few weeks, it has become abundantly clear that the US health care system is uniquely ill-equipped to deal with a crisis...
Allowing Digital Platforms to Continue Picking the Winners and Losers of Our Economy Is Un-American
Antitrust law aims to stop established companies from shutting out competitors. We should revive enforcement against exclusionary conduct, as well as structurally eliminate the...
Five Conditions for Corporations About to Receive Coronavirus Bailouts
Wall Street and the Federal Reserve are getting ready for massive bailouts, so here are the conditions to put on large corporations who need...
Captured Western Governments Are Failing the Coronavirus Test
In deciding on possible countermeasures, residents of Western democracies often hear only two opposite perspectives: Is the priority to minimize the loss of human...
How to Save American Middle-Sized Businesses from the Coronavirus Supply-Chain Crisis
Congress passed an $8.3 billion spending bill to address the coronavirus epidemic, but the bill will not protect small companies. Republican Senator Marco Rubio put forward...
Spotify Is Mimicking Google’s and Facebook’s Strategy: Will It Ruin Podcasting?
Spotify announced the acquisition of The Ringer, one of the biggest networks in podcasting: a step further in its quest to dominate the audio industry...
Spotify Is Mimicking Google's and Facebook's Strategy: Will It Ruin Podcasting?
Spotify announced the acquisition of The Ringer, one of the biggest networks in podcasting: a step further in its quest to dominate the audio industry...
American Oligarch: Michael Bloomberg Reveals His One Remaining Path to the Democratic Nomination
Michael Bloomberg's only real path to the nomination was always a contested convention, where he could be able to further leverage his wealth and...
