Trump Private Sector Meddling Veers Into Russian Style Government Paternalism
Donald Trump is signaling that he intends to lord over the private sector with a heavy-handed Russian-style paternalism that will reward, or punish, corporations based on the degree they support his broader political objectives. Far from freeing the private sector from government shackles, the new Trump administration appears intent on meddling, at will, with business decisions that once were the reserve of corporate executives and their boards...