Author Archives: Paul Steidler
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Trump Should Champion Perestroika In The EU (From RealClearMarkets)
December 16, 2024- Paul Steidler Left unchecked, the U.S. is on an economic collision course with the European Union (EU) that will significantly harm both parties, undoing decades of cooperation that has helped fuel immense growth and prosperity. The chief culprit in this mess is [Read More...] -
Machiavelli Would Enjoy Today’s FTC
December 11, 2024- Paul Steidler By Paul Steidler: Congratulations on your promotion. We look forward to working with you, are jealous, and hope you fail. The above summarizes an open letter of “congratulations” that Federal Trade Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter issued last [Read More...] -
President Trump’s Big Antitrust News
December 4, 2024- Paul Steidler By Paul Steidler: President-elect Donald J. Trump announced today that he will nominate Gail Slater as Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. The choice is unsurprising. Ms. Slater is an accomplished, deliberate, thoughtful, [Read More...] -
FTC Block of iRobot Deal Means 105 More Lost Jobs
November 18, 2024- Paul Steidler By Paul Steidler: The job cuts keep mounting at iRobot, the Massachusetts-based maker of the popular Roomba robot vacuum. In a November 6 10-Q filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, iRobot announced 105 additional layoffs, which amount to [Read More...] -
Urgent Steps That President-elect Trump’s FTC Must Take (From RealClearMarkets)
November 13, 2024- Paul Steidler President-elect Donald J. Trump has burst onto the transition scene with energy and important pronouncements, including naming Gail Slater to head up transition efforts on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). That is an excellent, if unsurprising, choice. Ms. Slater served [Read More...] -
Fix The Wasteful, Sloppy, Presidential Appointments Process (From RealClearMarkets)
November 4, 2024- Paul Steidler Here is one measure of how broken and slow-moving Washington is: Left unchecked, the next President-elect will have to wait an average of six months to have appointments requiring U.S. Senate confirmation to get an up or down vote. The [Read More...] -
Five Ways The Tech Sector’s Embrace Of Nuclear Power Benefits America (From RealClearEnergy)
October 31, 2024- Paul Steidler Recent announcements by Amazon, Google, and Microsoft that they are dedicating billions of dollars to consume nuclear power and invest in the next generation of this non-emitting energy source will provide significant benefits to the United States. Nuclear power is [Read More...] -
White House Memorandum on Advancing U.S. AI Leadership
October 31, 2024- Paul Steidler By Paul Steidler: On October 24, the White House issued an ambitious and comprehensive National Security Memorandum (NSM) on artificial intelligence (AI). The NSM aims to advance U.S. AI leadership by providing “further direction on appropriately harnessing AI models and [Read More...] -
Lame Duck AI Legislation Gets Some Life
October 24, 2024- Paul Steidler By Paul Steidler: “Congressional leaders in the House and Senate are privately negotiating a deal to address increasing concerns about artificial intelligence, and they’re hoping to move a bill in the lame-duck period,” reported POLITICO on October 18. The discussions [Read More...] -
The FTC Must Be Held Accountable For Its Widespread Leaks Of Confidential Data (From The Hill)
October 19, 2024- Paul Steidler Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan, an audacious and polarizing progressive pushing many of the Biden Administration’s most aggressive anti-business actions, has been lionized by the press, including 60 Minutes. This makes a recent report from the FTC’s Office [Read More...]