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Oct. 2, 2025

Federal Intervention in Business: Industrial Policy or Presidential Ego?

Federal Intervention in Business: Industrial Policy or Presidential Ego?
Federal Intervention in Business: Industrial Policy or Presidential Ego?
Profit, Power, and Policy
Federal Intervention in Business: Industrial Policy or Presidential Ego?

For decades conservative economists have railed against government intervention in business, actions that undercut a laissez-faire philosophy. Where are their complaints now? In this podcast we look at the current and apparently continuing intervention of the White House in business operations - taking ownership, demanding royalties, even halting or changing operational decisions. Is this new industrial policy? Or is this something else?

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