Bloomberg View Editorial
Illegal fishing a security threat
As China, Russia and the U.S. ramp up their naval deployments, there’s no shortage of conflicts waiting to happen in the world’s oceans. Yet...
Protect small businesses from predatory lending
If you knew what you were doing, would you sign a contract allowing a company to sue you and take your money whenever it...
Workers trapped by noncompetes
Why have wages been so slow to rise at a time when demand for workers has pushed the U.S. unemployment rate to its lowest...
Making capitalism work better for workers
For years, economists have puzzled over a question crucial to the well-being of American workers: Why does the law of supply and demand no...
Make tech companies earn trust
We all agree, they said. Please make more rules for us, they said. Give more money to our regulators, they said. When an assemblage...
Does FEC care about campaign violations?
The Federal Election Commission would prefer not to know. On a party-line vote, the FEC has voted not to pursue enforcement action against the...
Climate fight can’t be slowed, even by EPA
The best that can be said for the Environmental Protection Agency’s new plan to loosen restrictions on coal-fired power plants is that it will...
Rebranding NAFTA is better than dismantling it
After threatening for months to blow up the North American Free Trade Agreement, President Donald Trump seems to have settled for a modest rebranding...
Let’s get smart on college outcomes
Americans with bachelor’s degrees stand to make $1 million more in their careers than those with just high school diplomas. Meanwhile, the sticker prices...
Time to help student debtors
For decades, the U.S. system of higher education has operated on a unique premise: To make college affordable for a broad swathe of Americans,...