Push for New Antitrust Rules Infested with Cronyism?
An unlikely coalition of senators is backing a bill by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., to drastically overhaul the nation’s antitrust laws. They may want to give her proposal another read, because…
ICE Gave $87 Million To A Former Biden Official’s Nonprofit To Oversee Border Crisis Housing
President Joe Biden’s administration overlooked certain contenders in a contract bidding process to pay an organization run by a former Biden-Harris transition leader more than $87 million to place illegal…
More than ever before, corporate governance matters
The coronavirus crisis has likely changed American business forever, as politicians use the deadly pandemic to push for changes that will have a major impact on how corporations operate. How…
Amidst Coronavirus Epidemic, Beware ‘Do Good’ Monopolies
The recent coronavirus pandemic has left Americans scrambling to adjust to the new reality of state-sanctioned isolation. As governments struggle to address the crisis, big conglomerates have been trying to leverage this…
The Super Bowl of Corporate Welfare
By John Stossel • Reason Today is the Super Bowl. I look forward to playing poker and watching. It’s easy to do both because in a three-hour-plus NFL game there…
NASA’s Inspector General Is A Political Hack — Abusing His Office And Fleecing Taxpayers
The function of an Inspector General (IG) in the federal government is to detect waste, mismanagement, fraud, abuse, and even criminality. Each federal department or agency has an IG. But…
Cronyism and Coercion
by Jeffrey H. Anderson After the upset of House majority leader Eric Cantor at the hands of GOP primary voters, many congressional Republicans may be looking for ways to show…
Crony Statism Harms America
When businesses feed at the federal trough, they threaten public support for business and free markets. by Charles G. Koch “We didn’t build this business—somebody else did.” So reads a…