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Why American manufacturing is increasingly inefficient
Advocates of industrial policy have long argued that manufacturing possesses special powers. Industry’s demands lead to technological progress; the goods ...
Donald Trump’s second term would be a protectionist nightmare
Sequels are never as good as the original. And when the original was terrible, there is even more reason to ...
How free-market economics reshaped legal systems the world over
The legal system that operates in the United Arab Emirates (uae)—like that in many countries across the Gulf—is a blend ...
Do Amazon and Google lock out competition?
Anti-monopoly cases have been known to reshape corporate America. In 1984 at&t’s telephone network was found to have excluded competing ...
Poverty Rate Soared in 2022 as Aid Ended and Prices Rose
Poverty increased sharply last year in the United States, particularly among children, as living costs rose and federal programs that ...
How Chicago school economists reshaped American justice
In recent years the antitrust division of America’s Department of Justice has gone on a crusade against corporate mergers, filing ...
U.S. Does Not Want to ‘Decouple’ From China, Raimondo Says
Gina Raimondo, the U.S. secretary of commerce, told Chinese officials on Tuesday that the United States was not seeking to ...
Which animals should a modern-day Noah put in his ark?
“Of fowls after their kind,” the Lord said to Noah, “and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing ...
American workers are demanding almost $80,000 a year to take a new job
A woman waits on customers at the Same Day Cafe in the Logan Square neighborhood on August 18, 2023 in ...
Wholesale prices rose 0.3% in July, higher than expected
Grocery items are offered for sale at a supermarket on August 09, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty ImagesA ...
Yellow, the Freight-Trucking Company, Declares Bankruptcy
Three years after receiving a $700 million pandemic-era lifeline from the federal government, the struggling freight trucking company Yellow is ...