Regulation
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Markets and Prosperity, Not Police, Will Fix the Crime Problem
We need more markets, not more government, to discourage and prevent crime. One need not assume that unionized, militarized, and unpopular policemen are the only option for keeping the peace and keeping Americans safe.
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The Antidote to Parking Oversupply
Reforming parking policy is an important local issue. Current politics encourages a general oversupply of parking and with it high parking costs per household as it sits empty.
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How Not to Regulate Drones
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, commonly known as drones, are increasingly part of our urban landscapes. The number of drones employed for commercial use in the United States will surpass 420,000 in 2021, according to the US Federal Aviation Administration.
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Should You Quit Your Job?
If we freed the market, tight labor markets would be the norm. The beautiful and empowering act of quitting (and moving on to something better) would be an expected feature of professional life.
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Unions and Firms Share the Blame for Montreal’s Traffic Disaster
There’s plenty here to satisfy both union-hating conservatives and progressives decrying corporate greed. But the common element seems to be that friction point where big business or big labor meets big government — you know, the thing endowed with the wealth and power to hand out billions of dollars in contracts?
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The Over-Codification of Financial Regulation
Thomas M. Hoenig warns that regulators are trying to run regulated businesses rather than police them.
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AT&T/Time Warner Decision Casts Doubt on Economic Models in the Courtroom
When you combine the evidentiary standards of the courtroom with the theoretical abstractions of the classroom, things get weird.
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Czarist America Looks to Conquer Crypto
Get ready, crypto community, because the czars are coming for you! On Monday, June 4, the Securities and Exchange Commission appointed Valerie Szczepanik to a new position: “associate director of the Division of Corporation Finance and senior advisor for digital assets and innovation,” known informally as the “crypto czar.”
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Why Your Inbox Is Being Spammed with Privacy-Policy Updates
After two decades of working toward solutions to the problem of email spam, government just caused the worst flurry in years – by mandate.
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Seven Facts About the Financial Crisis
A recent NBER paper calls into question the standard narrative of the financial crisis.
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These Drinking-Age Crackdowns Are Not Helping
The choice between virtue and vice is a human choice. Relying on the government to make this choice for us disables the social order’s internal mechanisms for bringing about and rewarding responsible behavior. It seems like a paradox, but it is true: The only path toward restoring sanity in teenage drinking is greater liberty. Arresting…
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Government Regulation Causes Prescription Drug Names to Keep Getting Weirder
Bizarre prescription drug names emerge from the perfect storm that can only be created when complex government regulation, big corporations, and high-priced consultants come together.
