In this week THE Round table on the reasonsEditors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman weigh in on the Justice Department’s senseless antitrust case against Apple before turning their attention to Donald Trump’s $464 million bond payment deadline in his civil fraud case in New York.
00:41—Bonkers antitrust lawsuit against Apple
8:27pm—Congress approves $1.2 trillion spending package
29:54 — Weekly listener question
42:20 — Trump disputes $464 million bond payment in civil fraud case in New York
50:52—This week’s cultural tips
Mentioned in this podcast:
“Apple’s Absurd Antitrust Lawsuit,” by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
“The European Union’s artificial intelligence law will heavily regulate a technology that lawmakers don’t understand,” by Varad Raigaonkar
“Antitrust’s Greatest Hits,” by David B. Kopel and Joseph Bast
“Competition, Not Antitrust, Is Humiliating Tech Giants,” by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
“Don’t Let EU Bureaucrats Design American Technology,” by Jennifer Huddleston
“Joe Biden’s Endless River of Debt and Regulation,” by Nick Gillespie
“Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces measure to oust Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House,” by Joe Lancaster
“A Republican plan to raise the retirement age reveals how unserious Washington is about Social Security,” by Eric Boehm
“The National Debt is a Matter of National Security,” by Eric Boehm
“Emergency Spending is Out of Control,” by Eric Boehm
“3 Reasons to Abolish Social Security Now!” by Nick Gillespie
“3 Reasons to Fix Social Security Now!” by Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg
“Brian Riedl: Who Bankrupted Us More: Trump or Biden?” by Nick Gillespie
“Science fiction fans are fighting over politics. It’s not the end of the universe.” by Peter Sudermann
Nick Gillespie’s take on X on Trump’s latest award:
Yet I continue to place money at the annual NICK GILLESPIE AWARDS held at the Nick Gillespie Apartment and voted for by Nick Gillespie. Congratulations, Donald, congratulations. pic.twitter.com/nF0tB1vac6
— Nick Gillespie (@nickgillespie) March 25, 2024
Send your questions to roundtable@reason.com. Be sure to include your social media account and the correct pronunciation of your name.
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Audio production by Ian Keyser; AHunt Beaty’s production assistant.
Music: “Angeline”, by the Steve brothers