Business and Industry
U.K. regulators pressure U.S. tech companies to censor speech
The Online Safety Act has crippled free speech in the United Kingdom. Most Americans may assume they're safe from censorship on this side of the Atlantic, but the U.K. is now attempting to enforce the Online Safety Act…
Max Martin, CEO of the Enhanced Games, wants to make performance-enhancing drugs mainstream
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! It's a great week to grate some cheese thanks to the new food pyramid. Today's edition is a really interesting conversation with Max Martin, CEO of Enhanced. His…
Zohran Mamdani won’t ruin New York City’s economy
In the February/March 2026 issue of Reason, we explore Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's policy goals and what they mean for New York City. Click here to read the other entries. When I first took a road trip to New York as a…
Research suggests working from home leads to having more kids
Pronatalists push all manner of big-government schemes aimed at raising fertility rates. But could a more modest—and more market-oriented—policy prove better at boosting births? Research suggests that more remote work leads…
Trump adviser Kevin Hassett says tariff refunds would be too ‘complicated’
The Trump administration is finally confronting the complicated reality of its complex and costly tariff policies. Oh, not when it comes to collecting those tariffs. The administration is happy to keep doing that. But if the…
Trump’s deportation campaign is sweeping up entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurship is in Alejandro Flores-Muñoz's blood. Back in his birthplace of Guadalajara, Mexico, his mother and other relatives sold whatever they could—hair products, food products—to make ends meet. After…
Trump’s state capitalism experiment continues
Like a kid in a toy store with a nearly unlimited supply of someone else's money, President Donald Trump is on a shopping spree the likes of which America has never seen. With the announcements earlier this month that…
Trump said his tariffs would reduce the trade deficit and bring back manufacturing. Here’s what the data show.
President Donald Trump has pledged that his tariffs will bring manufacturing jobs back to America and make America a net exporter again. So far, the exact opposite has happened: Manufacturing jobs have decreased, and the…
Trump tariffs have failed to reduce trade deficits
How should we assess whether President Donald Trump's tariffs have been effective? It's an important question—yet frustratingly difficult to answer. Trump has outlined overlapping, confusing, and sometimes competing…
Trump’s $100,000 H1-B visa fee could push jobs to other countries
In December 2024, a battle erupted between the tech right and the nativist right over the H-1B visa program, which allows American employers to hire foreign workers in specialty fields. When President-elect Donald Trump…
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