The FTC Is Wrong About Mergers And Monopoly, Yet Again – OpEd
President Joe Biden’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appointees have an affinity for returning to an earlier era’s antitrust enforcement, sometimes
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Author: Gary M. Galles
Gary M. Galles is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, Professor of Economics at Pepperdine University, and Adjunct Scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute. His most recent book is Pathways to Policy Failures (2020).
Articles by Gary M. Galles:
The FTC Should Answer Its Call Of Duty To Gamers – OpEd
All too often, unscrupulous businesses weaponize the United States’ antitrust laws—which are only supposed to be utilized to protect consumers
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Call Rent Control What It Really Is: Theft – OpEd
As reported by Reason, Colorado—one of thirty-one states that had banned its local governments from imposing rent control—is considering repealing that ban. Recent
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To Avarice No Sanction – OpEd
“No point in the field of political economy merits more thought and analysis than where to draw the line distinguishing
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The FTC Should Answer Its Call Of Duty To Gamers – OpEd
All too often, unscrupulous businesses weaponize the United States’ antitrust laws—which are only supposed to be utilized to protect consumers
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There Is No Moral Right To Strike – OpEd
Americans are in a time of rising labor unrest and activism, including multiple unionization campaigns, regulatory and legal changes to
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Living By A Premise – OpEd
The 2023 graduation season is now underway. The famous, generous, and politically powerful (especially those currently in federal office, who
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Fiscal Illusion And Entitlements – OpEd
As the State of the Union address and subsequent pronouncements have made clear, American politics is in the firm grip of fiscal
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Joe Biden And Protectionism: Continuing To Make America ‘Grate’ – OpEd
Nobel Prize–winning economist George Stigler once wrote of economists as preachers, which he described as involving offering “a clear and reasoned
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Why Mandatory Voting Would Make Democracy Worse, Not Better – OpEd
The Washington state legislature currently has a mandatory voting proposal (S.B. 5209) under consideration, which would require registered voters to
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