Markets

Special report

The Rules That Cost Money

Most of the law a company complies with was written by agencies, not legislatures. How rules are made, what competition law actually prohibits, and who really pays a tariff.

  • Helen Sorbara

    What Antitrust Law Actually Prohibits

    Being large is not illegal. The statutes target specific conduct, and the gap between public expectation and legal standard is wide.

  • Helen Sorbara

    How Tariffs Work, and Who Pays Them

    A tariff is a tax collected at the border from the importer. What happens next — how it splits between prices, margins and suppliers — is the part that matters.