A new column by The Market Institute President Charles Sauer published in RealClearMarkets examines how outdated tax policy is quietly worsening America’s housing affordability crisis — and how a simple reform could help free up supply and restore the American dream of homeownership. As Sauer explains, owning property has long Read more…
The intersection of antitrust enforcement and free speech is once again at the center of a growing policy debate in Washington. In a new RealClearMarkets column, Market Institute President Charles Sauer examines the Federal Trade Commission’s investigation into NewsGuard — and explains why the case represents a troubling expansion of Read more…
In a recent column for RealClearMarkets, Charles Sauer, President of The Market Institute, argues that while Lina Khan may be gone from the Federal Trade Commission, the politicization of antitrust enforcement remains very much alive. For years, free-market advocates criticized former FTC Chair Lina Khan for using antitrust and consumer Read more…
Independent federal agencies were a hallmark of the Progressive Era, designed to operate at arm’s length from elected officials. Over time, however, many of these agencies have accumulated powers that raise serious constitutional concerns—writing rules, enforcing them, and adjudicating disputes internally. In a recent RealClearMarkets piece, Charles Sauer argues that Read more…
In a recent RealClearMarkets column, Norm Singleton pushes back against the familiar panic that accompanies every major technological shift in the movie industry—this time aimed at streaming and Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Brothers. Singleton reminds readers that resistance to innovation is nothing new. From the earliest days of sound Read more…
The Market Institute has joined a broad coalition of national and state-based organizations urging the Missouri General Assembly to support Governor Mike Kehoe’s Missouri Promise—a responsible, trigger-based plan to phase out the state individual income tax and modernize Missouri’s outdated tax system. Missouri-Letter Missouri’s current income tax structure dates back Read more…
As Charles Sauer explains in a recent column for RealClearMarkets, the backlash against Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. reflects today’s reflexive antitrust panic—not the realities of competition in the entertainment marketplace. Critics on both the left and right have rushed to portray the deal as a threat to consumers, Read more…
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson may not always align perfectly with free-market principles, but his recent defense of American businesses and consumers against the European Union’s regulatory overreach deserves praise. As Norm Singleton writes in RealClearMarkets, Ferguson’s actions mark a welcome shift from his predecessor Lina Khan—who “assisted Read more…
The Federal Trade Commission’s long-running antitrust crusade against Meta—parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp—is not just misguided, it’s a threat to innovation and consumer choice. As Market Institute Norm Singleton writes in The Libertarian Republic, this bipartisan effort to break up Meta is based more on ideological hostility toward Read more…
Over at RealClearMarkets, Market Institute Senior Fellow Norm Singleton exposes how the Federal Trade Commission continues to define “relevant markets” in ways that defy reality—and logic. In one of the most telling examples of regulatory overreach, the FTC under both Lina Khan and her successor Andrew Ferguson has relied on Read more…