From Big Tech to Big Pharma, the Biden administration is taking an aggressive approach to antitrust law. It is a risky strategy that could backfire, hobbling legitimate oversight for decades to come.
Read moreThe Contrarian Case for Pakistan's Upside
Pakistan is not often in the Western news, but when it is, it is almost always negative. That is certainly the case with the arrest this week of former prime minister and leading opposition figure Imran Khan, which triggered widespread protests.
Read moreThe U.S. Government Keeps Breaking the Economic Golden Rule: Do No Harm
Government officials at every level should adopt a new mantra, a Hippocratic economic oath: do no harm. Newly minted doctors take the same oath to do no harm as one of their foundational medical principles. Economic policy should start with the same presumption.
Read moreThe Extraordinarily Misguided Attack on TikTok
The recent grilling of TikTok’s CEO in front of an almost entirely hostile congressional committee was a reminder that a hardening stance against China is one of the few areas of genuine bipartisanship. That and an antagonistic stance toward Big Tech, so TikTok actually manages to check two boxes.
Read moreWho Is Really to Blame for SVB and the Banking Crisis
The Federal Reserve has raised short-term interest rates at the fastest pace since the early 1980s in an attempt to curb the hottest inflation since the early 1980s. But in its zeal to tame inflation, the Fed has been seemingly indifferent to sudden sharp shifts in the economic winds.
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