Since the launch of ChatGPT back in November of 2022, what was once a concept confined to Sci-Fi novels has now certifiably hit the mainstream. The highly visible advances in artificial intelligence (AI) over the past few years have either been awe-inspiring or dread-inducing depending on your perspective, your occupation, and maybe how much Nvidia... Read More
Last September, then vice-presidential candidate JD Vance proclaimed in a Pennsylvanian supermarket, “Eggs, when Kamala Harris took office, were short of $1.50 a dozen. Now a dozen eggs will cost you around $4.” The implication was clear—the Biden Administration’s policies allegedly caused egg prices to skyrocket. While Vance was mocked at the time for the... Read More
In May, Heatmap’s Robinson Meyer and Matthew Zeitlin wrote an article about House Republicans’ plan to weaken environmental review to accelerate the construction of new infrastructure. The subject line of the email promoting the piece read, “Permitting Reform Is Back, Baby,” a rather nonchalant way to describe the latest legislative plan to gut the National... Read More
The Inflation Reduction Act’s failure to garner votes for Democrats has generated significant handwringing in political circles. Although targeted toward benefiting red states, the IRA failed to produce meaningful impact before the 2024 presidential election. Voters presumably care about one type of spending—the type that results in an immediate reward. Delayed gratification through subsidizing the... Read More
Many mornings, the first thing I do is drink coffee out of my FTC mug. I worked at the FTC for three years. There, I helped the smartest career civil servants and political appointees I have ever met fight for the American people. They inspired me to see the law as a force for good... Read More
In February 2022, I wrote a piece in The American Prospect advocating for antitrust enforcement as a means to combat inflation. I wasn’t totally wrong. In light of personal experience in price-fixing litigation and the fate of the Biden administration, however, my perspective has shifted. Antitrust can be part of the solution, but it can’t... Read More
These past few months have had more than their share of decade-long weeks. Not even three months in, the second Trump administration has already totally shattered norms and scrambled the playing field, challenging everything we thought we knew about the government’s role in the economy. We thought that Congress had the power of the purse,... Read More
After Elon Musk poured almost $300 million into his campaign last year, President Trump returned the favor by endowing Musk with unrestricted authority to restructure the federal government. In just over two months, Musk has usurped congressional power and initiated the dismantling of agencies like USAID, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Department of... Read More
Free trade is under increasing attack by both the progressive left and the populist right. Although the left and the right offer different policy solutions—the progressive left stresses combining industrial policy, antitrust policy, and support for labor with targeted tariffs, while the populist right advocates a wider use of tariffs combined with stricter immigration policy—supporters... Read More
