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Lina Khan, the youngest F.T.C. chair in history, reset U.S. antitrust policy by thwarting mega-mergers and other monopolistic behavior. This... more

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Even with a new rat czar, an arsenal of poisons, and a fleet of new garbage trucks, it won’t be... more

A brief meditation on loss, relativity, and the vagaries of show business.

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Licensing began with medicine and law; now it extends to 20 percent of the U.S. workforce, including hair stylists and... more

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