In a new memo dated June 18, 2025, Marks contends that when officials override basic economic principles, they are “choosing winners and losers, rather than letting market forces do so”. This ...

“Nothing is so permanent”, noted Milton Friedman, “as a temporary government programme”. Friedman died in 2006, a couple of years before Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two enormous government-sponsored ...

For over 100 years, the Republican Party has stood for free-market capitalism and keeping the government's heavy hand out of the economy. Government intervention in the economy, well, that's what ...

In the capitalist American economy, markets pick winners, and the federal government typically stays out of the way of business. But during times of crisis or war, the government has occasionally felt ...

The president’s policies diverge from those of his predecessor as he takes a stake in private companies such as Intel, sparking debate on government ownership. President Donald Trump’s embrace of ...

President Donald Trump has taken it upon himself to obtain partial U.S. government ownership of major companies, entangling government with private enterprise in a way that would disgust Republicans ...

Nigel Driffield receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. He is an inactive member of the Labour Party and an advisor to the mayor of the West Midlands Those of us who study ...

Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill say Washington is headed for a government shutdown next week unless President Trump intervenes to cut a deal with Democrats. Senate Majority Leader ...