Adam Thierer
Articles
Ridiculous Liquor Regulations
“The good news is that evasive entrepreneurs and an increasingly technologically-empowered public will keep pushing back and hopefully whittle away at the continuing vestiges of Prohibition Era stupidity. Where there’s a will, there’s a way, and when people want a drink, crafty entrepreneurs will usually find a way to deliver.” ~ Adam Thierer
Innovation and the Trouble with the Precautionary Principle
Policies that frown upon entrepreneurial risk-taking actively disincentivize the building of new and better things. We must remove political barriers to productive entrepreneurialism or else we will never get back to being the builders we once were.
How the US Botched Coronavirus Testing
Highly restrictive procedures for virus testing have had the unintended consequence of shutting down tests that could detect outbreaks and save lives. Going by the book apparently mattered more than getting good results.
San Fran’s Plan to Smother Innovation With Permission Slips
The surest way to discourage innovators is to treat them and their inventions as guilty until proven innocent.
The Worst Regulation Ever Proposed
It would let bureaucrats at the new Federal Automation and Worker Protection Agency sit in judgment of what constitutes beneficial forms of innovation and ask them to predict or plan our technological future.
Is There a Science of Progress?
Even if it proves to be an inexact science, the effort is worth undertaking.
How Regulation Wrecks Innovation
Many laws and regulations create direct or indirect barriers to the emergence of new ideas and organizations.
Sen. Hawley’s Moral Panic Over Social Media
Forcing social media sites to “disappear” or be broken up is one of the worst ways to deal with these concerns.
Spring Cleaning for the Regulatory State
Statutes and regulations continue to accumulate, layer by layer, until they suffocate not only economic opportunity, but also the effective administration of government itself.
How To Defend a Culture of Innovation During the Technopanic
We need a vision and set of principles to fight back against neo-Luddites and their proposals to slow or stop technological change.
