Regulation
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The SEC’s Illegal War on Crypto
“SEC officials have relied on opaque and discretionary enforcement actions. They have charged companies for not complying with the law without clearly stating what the law is.” ~ Thomas L. Hogan
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Appropriately Measuring Inflation and Deflation Teaches Humility!
“Had we used the true price index, we would have found a larger contraction due to lockdowns. That means that we understated the cost of lockdowns.” ~ Vincent Geloso
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The Supreme Court’s ‘303 Creative’ Decision – Right Result but Not for the Best Reasons
“Freedom of contract, property rights, and economic liberties in general became disfavored as advocates of big government got their way. That is why cases like 303 Creative have to be litigated under the First Amendment.” ~ George Leef
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Canary in a Cigarette Smuggling Coal Mine
“Banning menthol cigarettes would only exacerbate America’s substantial trade in cigarette tax evasion and avoidance, this time with an assist from transnational crime syndicates.” ~ Michael LaFaive and Todd Nesbit
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Liberty Curious, with Kate Wand and Tom Hogan
“The SEC has charged crypto exchanges Binance and Coinbase with facilitating the trade of unregistered securities. Yet the opacity of the statute as it pertains to crypto and the SEC’s arbitrary and contradictory application have made compliance with the law impossible.”
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Regulatory Alphabet Soup and the Visible Foot of Government
“What is a wonder is that the financial and administrative costs are so invisible in daily life. The juggernaut of federal involvement in the economy is typically hidden behind a corporate veil.” ~ Nikolai Wenzel
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On the Mercantilist and Monarchial Origins of the Concept of the ‘Balance of Trade’
“Unlike a profit-seeking company, an economy doesn’t exist to maximize the amount of money it brings in, net of its costs, on sales of its outputs.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux
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The Zoning Laws Cometh For Dollar General
“Rather than allowing their friends, neighbors, and the broader community to use their wallets to decide who can sell laundry detergent and tacky lawn decor, they have taken it upon themselves to decide on the community’s behalf.” ~ Lauren Frazier
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Picking Winners Before the Green Flag is Waved
“Is it possible that by placing bets on who will win the race early on, government officials actually end up fixing the race so the best car doesn’t always win?” ~ Sean Mulholland and Anthony Gill
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Punishing the Punishers
“If, though, the FBI, NEA, NPR, or the ‘Ministry of Truth’ receives an allocation of, say, only $10, the punishment for incompetence or venality has been fairly meted out, has it not? What could be more democratic than direct dollar democracy?” ~ Robert E. Wright
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American Economic Renewal: Demand-Side Foundations of Supply-Side Prosperity
“The economic might of the United States is built on free enterprise. The assaults on private property and the rule of law by Washington insiders threaten the system on which our prosperity depends.” ~ Alexander W. Salter
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Why We Need Acquisitions and Why Khan’s Concerns are Bad for Business
“Antitrust cases cost a great deal of time and money, and yet Lina Khan asserts that FTC will be looking more closely at M&As both past and present — and this assertion should be of concern to any entrepreneur and any corporate investor.” ~Kimberlee Josephson
