Topic: Regulation

Golden Eggs and the Challenge of Our Time

– March 21, 2019

We must find ways to unrig the system where it has been rigged by special interest interaction with politics, to decentralize decisions so that accountability is more vivid and accessible, and to avoid empowering politicians and their appointees to pick winners and monopolize markets.

Regulation

Abolish the Barber Board

– March 13, 2019

If getting rid of the regulations would be of such unambiguous benefit to Arkansans, why doesn’t it happen swiftly?

Regulation

Yes You Can Be Too Careful

– March 12, 2019

Just because something is possible doesn’t mean it’s likely, though — or worth more than cursory attention.

Environmentalism, Regulation

That Fake Poll on the Green New Deal

– March 11, 2019

Given the way that they skewed their poll results toward the GND with biased and loaded questioning, it’s reasonable to ask whether their research output crossed the ethical line separating scholarship from politically motivated advocacy.

Regulation

Break Up Government, Not Tech Companies

– March 11, 2019

Elizabeth Warren knows the real problem is that watching and controlling people’s lives is a natural monopoly, and should be the exclusive realm of government.

Regulation

With Zuckerberg’s Shift, Social Media Is Growing Up

– March 7, 2019

It’s too little, too late, but Facebook has now promised to adapt. Open and public? Forget it. Smaller groups, closed, and private is the new way.

Regulation

The Socialists Always Come For the Kids, Eventually

– March 5, 2019

Beware, my friends. Socialists may start off believing that they are for the well being of all. But once they turn their attention to matters of control, they eventually discover that controlling demographics is essential to making all their dreams come true. That’s when they come after a fundamental human right.

Regulation

Vaping Is Saving Lives

– March 4, 2019

Sadly, the FDA has frozen the marketplace by saying that existing products could remain on the market pending approval (they still have not clarified how to get approval) but that no new products would be allowed to enter the market after 2016 and no changes could be made to existing products.

Economic Education, Regulation

Your Recycling Might Be Poisoning Poor Communities

– March 3, 2019

China no longer wants your leftover pizza box. Nor your empty 2-liter bottle of Mountain Dew. They are being burned in the US instead.

Regulation

Why Does Child Care in Massachusetts Cost Four Times What it Does in Mississippi?

– February 28, 2019

In the discussion of the nation’s problem with child care costs, a crucial factor has gone mostly unmentioned. This is one of the most regulated industries. These regulations are driving up costs. Adding more government control of the industry risks making a bad situation even worse.

Regulation

Lobbying Is Like Robbing a Record Store

– February 26, 2019

Society is worse off to the tune of what these firms would have produced had they actually devoted those resources to creating wealth rather than simply redistributing it.

Regulation

The High Cost of Regulating Child Care

– February 22, 2019

Even the most well-intentioned top-down regulation of child care will inevitably increase its costs and likely stifle innovation while having limited impact on the ultimate quality of the care provided.