Nearly half a year into Donald Trump’s second term in office, America’s farmers are justified in being frustrated with the president’s policies. Tariffs and an HHS chief that seeks to meddle in the affairs of the Agriculture Department threaten the bottom line of an otherwise efficient farm system. Consumers pay the price, with a 3 percent increase in food […]
For Consumer Choice Center I am making a new podcast series called Control Freaks. It will into individuals that seek control over our decisions. Season One — Enemy of the Truth — will take a close look at Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Health and Human Services under Trump Administration. Here’s the trailer: You can […]
I was a guest on Tony Katz Today WIBC 93.1 FM to discuss food regulations under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The entire interview is below:
By trying too hard to control sports betting, some state governments are achieving the opposite of their goals: they are empowering black market operators, putting consumers at risk, and turning away tax revenue that could be collected from a robust legal industry. The intentions may be good — protecting consumers, preventing addiction, keeping crime out — but when policy […]
Tout remède sérieux aux difficultés budgétaires de l’OMS doit d’abord réduire les privilèges exécutifs inutiles. L’avenir de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) est plus incertain que jamais. La demande officielle des États-Unis de se retirer de l’organisation le 20 janvier 2025 et de cesser tout financement futur a privé l’OMS de 1,28 milliard de dollars, […]
Across the United States, several emerging policies are putting both medical innovation and patient access to lifesaving drugs at risk. Although these measures are often promoted as efforts to reduce healthcare costs and assert greater national control, they could end up limiting access to new treatments and slowing scienitific progress. Patients have strong reasons to […]
Partisan du principe de précaution à l’européenne, le ministre de la Santé américain s’attaque à la FDA et freine l’innovation médicale et agricole. Une vision méfiante envers la science industrielle qui pourrait coûter cher à l’économie américaine. Depuis que Robert Kennedy Jr. a pris ses fonctions de ministre de la Santé, il agit exactement comme […]
I was back on FOX 5 DC to discuss the latest developments on Surgeon General appointee Casey Means and Trump’s drug pricing executive order. You can watch the entire interview below:
Alors que la guerre commerciale insensée de Donald Trump fait des ravages sur les marchés internationaux et que le Canada reste la cible de tarifs douaniers d’envergure, le législateur québécois doit réévaluer la lourdeur de la réglementation qu’il a appliquée au cours des dernières décennies. Ce sont surtout les producteurs régionaux du Bas-Saint-Laurent, du Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue, de Chaudière-Appalaches, qui seront les plus durement touchés par la concurrence, car ils sont […]
In this week’s episode, Justin Leventhal, Senior Policy Analyst at the American Consumer Institute and our own Research Manager Emil Panzaru join us to discuss sports betting regulation and implications in both Europe and the United States. May 1, 2025 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
Bill Wirtz 