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Weekly Rewind: 5/15/26
Policymakers Move to Ban Private Equity From Youth Sports, and more.
May 15
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Economic Liberties
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How an Obscure Law Lets Sports Leagues Rob Fans Blind
The Sports Broadcasting Act was sold as a protection for free broadcasts, but has become a blank check for media monopolies.
May 14
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Weekly Rewind: 5/8/26
Colorado Passes First-In-Nation Surveillance Pricing Ban, and more.
May 8
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America’s Trillion-Dollar Healthcare Contractors Have Failed
Insurers dominate every layer of care while taxpayers foot the bill and patients lose out.
May 5
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Weekly Rewind: 5/1/26
Senate Democrats Introduce Bill to Unwind Corrupt Trump-Vance Merger Wave, and more.
May 1
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April 2026
Gov. Wes Moore Claims Maryland Banned Surveillance Pricing for Groceries. It Didn't.
The new law is riddled with loopholes, exemptions, and other problems.
Apr 29
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With the Government Bailout of Spirit Airlines Trump Admits Airline Deregulation Has Failed
How the K-shaped economy came for air travel.
Apr 27
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Weekly Rewind: 4/24/26
Resistance to Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Gains Momentum, and more.
Apr 24
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Iran War Is the Latest Shock to the Prescription Drug Supply Chain
And it won’t be the last, which is why the United States must reshore generic manufacturing.
Apr 23
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Weekly Rewind: 4/17/26
Jury Rules Live Nation-Ticketmaster an Illegal Monopoly, and more.
Apr 17
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FTC Staff Morale is Plummeting Under Andrew Ferguson. Where’s the Outrage?
Corporate mouthpieces who bashed Lina Khan’s management of the agency are now silent.
Apr 16
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Weekly Rewind: 4/10/26
Sysco Mega-Merger Threatens Local Restaurants, and more.
Apr 10
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