by Dan Mitchell | May 21, 2025 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by FEE on May 16, 2025. It hardly sounds like a compliment to be described as “Hillbilly Antitrust,” but Gail Slater—now heading the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division—has embraced the label with characteristic bluntness. But there may be...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 22, 2025 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by The Telegraph on April 15, 2025. In 1930, Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. Combined with many other policy mistakes, that protectionist law led to a dramatic contraction in global trade and contributed to America’s decade-long...
by Brian Garst | Apr 4, 2025 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by The Blaze on April 2, 2025. Good news rarely comes out of Capitol Hill, but last week’s Senate vote to reject a Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposal marked a welcome exception. Lawmakers blocked a plan to impose price...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 18, 2025 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by The Telegraph on March 11, 2025. Donald Trump proudly portrays himself as “Tariff Man”. The vast majority of economists disagree with him and think his views on trade are deeply flawed and a threat to national and global prosperity. But...
by Brian Garst | Feb 18, 2025 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by American Thinker on February 15, 2025. Joe Biden has left the White House, as have his inflationary policies. Unfortunately, the consequences from his administration’s blame dodging for the high cost of everything remain dangerously intact. One...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 15, 2025 | Featured, Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by IFC Review on February 10, 2025. The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) was created after World War II for the ostensible purpose of promoting more prosperity among western-oriented nations. It was seen as...
