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Sen. Joe Manchin, the conservative Democrat-turned-independent who had toyed with a presidential run and has long been a thorn in the side of the left, has been mum about the candidate he’s ...

Are the world’s most powerful corporations buying the brains of economists and legal scholars? It certainly sounds that way if you listen to the chief antitrust enforcer at the Department of ...

13” The Paris Review, Issue 13 (Summer 1956). Peter Coy is a writer for the Opinion section of The Times, covering economics and business. Email him at [email protected]. @petercoy ...