The U.S. Economy Is Ready To Grow Again—If Washington Lets It

Consumer products manufactured by Kimberly-Clark. (Photo Illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Getty ImagesOver the last few years Washington tried to micromanage the economy—and the results speak for themselves. When regulators second-guess business decisions, slow-walk mergers and erect new barriers to growth, innovation doesn’t just stall; it starts to reverse.That’s exactly what happened under the Biden administration’s increasingly aggressive approach to corporate mergers. Instead of viewing M&A as ...