Events

On Thursday, November 13 at 11:00 a.m. ET, The Capitol Forum will host Patrick Thomas, reporter at The Wall Street Journal, for a conference call with Executive Editor Teddy Downey. The discussion will explore insights from Thomas’s recent article, How the Lowly Soybean Got Trapped in the Crossfire of the U.S.-China Trade Wars, examining how U.S. soybean farmers have become entangled in the high-stakes politics of global trade, bailouts, and commodity dominance.

The Capitol Forum will host Brian Shearer, Director of Competition and Regulatory Policy at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator for Political Economy and Regulation, for a conference call with Executive Editor Teddy Downey. The conversation will explore insights from Shearer’s recent paper, Price Gouging Captive Customers which outlines how companies exploit consumers in captive markets—like stadiums, airports, hospitals, and prisons—and how existing laws can be used to combat these practices.