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Yaël Ossowski

Consumer advocate, policy analyst, and writer covering technology, privacy, energy, legal reform, and lifestyle freedom.

Deputy Director, Consumer Choice CenterFellow, Bitcoin Policy Institute

Nov 10, 202610 min read

First Class For All: The policy fixes to upgrade the flying experience

Making Flying Great Again means embracing competition, ousting TSA, reducing taxes, and opening the skies.

Yaël Ossowski

airlines

The Upgrade

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Nov 9, 20264 min read

Forget a new lease: Charlotte airport should be privatized

On Monday, the Charlotte City Council will vote on the new lease agreement at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), a $2.1 billion contract and investment plan with hub …

Yaël Ossowski

Carolina Journal

Nov 9, 20263 min read

RFK Jr.’s ultra-processed foods definition gives trial lawyers a leg up

The scourge of “ultra-processed foods” is a headline topic and concern in MAHA America, but it suffers from a simple deficiency: no one knows how to define them. …

Yaël Ossowski

535 News

Oct 20, 20264 min read

Europe needs open-source to flourish

Europe needs to let its builders build. The bloc’s edge in AI isn’t making frontier models, it’s building on them, and open source is how. The ever-elusive pursuit of creating European champions in …

Yaël Ossowski

EU Tech Loop

Oct 6, 20265 min read

How Europe Can Talk Donald Trump Out of a Diesel Export Ban

Instead of lobbying against a US diesel export ban, Brussels should offer to scrap the sustainability reporting rules that burden American energy exporters. Europe’s energy woes are hitting a breaking …

Yaël Ossowski

Energy

The National Interest

Oct 5, 20261 min read

Quebec voters wanted rid of clientélisme and a smaller state. They get their wish in a big way

On Forum News Daily, Yaël Ossowski gives an overview of the 2026 Quebec provincial election, as the Parti Québécois leads a minority government and the Parti Conservateur du Québec makes its grand …

Yaël Ossowski

Quebec

Interviews

Oct 5, 20264 min read

Inside The Billion-Dollar Battle To Tax Your Predictions

Prediction markets are inching closer to SCOTUS intervention with a new circuit court ruling. When you take a position on the next Oscar winner for Best Actor or the Super Bowl MVP, who sets the rules …

Yaël Ossowski

Daily Wire