Review: Gran Turismo 7
One of the Trump administration’s many bad ideas that has persisted into the Biden years is its support for trade protectionism. Americans should supposedly spend their American dollars on American …
Free trade
Joe Biden’s Solar Panel Tariffs Are a National Security Threat, Says Joe Biden
It’s not every day that you see a president declare some of his administration’s own policies to be a national security risk. But that’s exactly what President Joe Biden did …
Globalization Is Alive, Well, and Changing
Free trade is under greater attack today than it has been in decades, especially in the United States. Despite continued public support for foreign trade and globalization generally (even during …
Tariffs Are Adding to Inflation. Biden’s Commerce Secretary Says Repealing Some ‘May Make Sense.’
Tariffs raise prices. That is literally the thing they do. Politicians often try to obscure that basic fact by talking about tariffs’ second-order effects. They say that applying taxes to …
Can’t Find Baby Formula? Blame Tariffs and the FDA.
President Joe Biden has invoked the Defense Production Act and ordered the U.S. military to fly pallets of baby formula into the country from Europe. But if the federal government …
Why Is Biden Still Limiting Imports of South Korean Steel?
A day after President Joe Biden indicated that he might consider lifting some of the tariffs that former President Donald Trump imposed on imports from China, the White House’s top …
Jerome Powell, Who Wildly Misjudged Inflation, Is Overwhelmingly Reconfirmed as Fed Chair
After presiding over the biggest Federal Reserve failure in 40 years and with inflation rating as the top concern among Americans, Jerome Powell’s nomination to a second term as chairman …
FDA Will Ease Enforcement of Baby Formula Regulations To Address Shortage
Easing labeling and WIC rules is expected to get more baby formula to consumers. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has emerged as one major impediment to ending America’s current …
Former FDA Official: The Prohibition on European Baby Formula Isn’t About Safety
The baby formula shortage in the U.S. is likely to continue for several weeks, as it will still take some time to get Abbott Laboratories’ shuttered Michigan plant back up …
How Bad Government Policy is Fueling the Infant Formula Shortage
Parenting can be stressful, especially for first-time parents. In 2022, many parents are having a particularly rough time because of a nationwide baby formula shortage. Retailers are placing limits on …