President Trump’s “liberation” tariffs are already raising costs for American businesses and consumers. Small manufacturers like Bunch Bikes in Denton, Ohio have seen production costs jump more than $1,000 per bike. Polls show 72% of small business owners are either raising prices and losing customers or absorbing the costs and Read more…
America’s largest government health programs are being quietly looted—not by patients, but by the very insurers trusted to manage their care. Through a practice known as upcoding, insurance companies inflate the severity of diagnoses to bill Medicare and Medicaid for more than what was actually needed. The result: billions in Read more…
The cartoon above says it all: the federal government continues to overpay for healthcare services simply because of where the care is delivered. Under current law, Medicare pays far more for a procedure done at a hospital outpatient facility than it does for the exact same service provided by an Read more…
As the Federal Trade Commission holds workshops on how Big Tech is supposedly “harming kids,” policymakers from both the left and the right are uniting behind a dangerous idea: that government should regulate social media in the name of protecting children. But as this new paper makes clear, the real Read more…
In “Free Markets Under Attack from the Left and Right.” we examine the growing threats to free-market principles emanating from both ends of the political spectrum. From the use of the term “woke” capitalism to the resurgence of authoritarian tendencies, our paper sheds light on the challenges facing individual liberty and economic Read more…
The Market Institute has a new paper on the Federal Trade Commission and Chair Lina Khan’s interpretations of “fairness” in the context of competition in the economy. . November 10, 2022, marked a significant day in American regulatory history because the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its “Policy Statement Regarding Read more…
The Market Institute has a new paper out on train nationalization and over regulation. The rail industry has been a critical part of the United States’ infrastructure, transporting a significant portion of exports and freight. Despite heavy regulation, it remains a vital component of the country’s economic landscape. However, calls Read more…
Summary Controversy over treatment by “Big Tech,” a shorthand reference to companies like Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Amazon, of those expressing conservative, libertarian or just unapproved views on controversial political and social issues has led some conservatives to call for government use of antitrust law to rein in, or even Read more…