State-directed capitalism, bank competition policy, and the administration’s antitrust agenda — joining us to discuss it all is AAF Director of Competition Policy Fred Ashton.

AAF products mentioned in today’s episode:   

• In “The Push Toward State-directed Capitalism Undermines Market Competition,” Ashton explains how the Trump Administration’s 9.9-percent stake in Intel could be laying the groundwork for a new economic model that supplants market competition with a state-managed system.  

• In “The Bank Competition Modernization Act: Some Good, Some Bad,” Ashton walks through where the Bank Competition Modernization Act bill would improve the bank merger process and where it falls short.  

• In “The Anticompetitive Effects of Tariffs,” Ashton and Trade Policy Analyst Jacob Jensen discuss how the administration’s trade agenda works against its deregulatory efforts.