Regulation
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‘The Last Generation of Freedom’? The Quiet Growth of Global Surveillance Culture
Democracies are adopting authoritarian tools and cracking down on dissent. Technologies that once empowered citizens are now consolidating control.
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The Regulatory Pendulum: Why Financial Rules Keep Missing the Mark
Until policymakers accept that financial regulation shifts risk rather than eliminates it, we will keep cycling through crisis, overreaction, unintended consequences, and the next crisis.
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The Nationalization of AI Threatens Innovation and the American Mind
Artificial intelligence will not destroy us. But fear-driven regulation might.
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Keeping the Towers Open When Government Closes
The skies stay safe when operations are insulated from political chaos. The shutdown served as a warning: the US air traffic control system is too important to be turned off by legislative impasse.
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Privacy for the Powerful, Surveillance for the Rest: EU’s Proposed Tech Regulation Goes Too Far
Protecting kids is a weak pretext for total digital surveillance. What’s worse, the EU’s monitoring exempted its own politicians from scrutiny. Their privacy matters, but not yours.
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We Learned Leadership Flipping Burgers: Don’t Close America’s On-Ramp
Inflating entry-level pay risks shutting young workers out of the most reliable path to skill development and long-term earnings.
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The Cities with the Fastest Declining Rent Have This in Common
Austin and Atlanta have pulled off something rare: rent declines. Their rapid construction and intentional growth offer a model for the rest of the country.
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Shutdown Lessons on Institutional Fragility
FAA system outages underscore the risk of concentrating critical infrastructure in a single federal agency. Decentralized alternatives offer resilience that centralized systems struggle to match.
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Burned by Bureaucracy: Why Other Countries Have Better Sunscreen
Europe and Asia use superior formulas, but the FDA hasn’t approved a new UV filter since the 1990s, exposing Americans to preventable cancer. Now, tariffs are pushing up prices on the few foreign options available.
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The Truth About Those ‘High Minimum Wage’ Countries
Headline wages in Finland and Australia exempt millions of workers, and the loopholes tell us a lot about labor market realities.
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‘The Last Generation of Freedom’? The Quiet Growth of Global Surveillance Culture
Democracies are adopting authoritarian tools and cracking down on dissent. Technologies that once empowered citizens are now consolidating control.
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•
The Regulatory Pendulum: Why Financial Rules Keep Missing the Mark
Until policymakers accept that financial regulation shifts risk rather than eliminates it, we will keep cycling through crisis, overreaction, unintended consequences, and the next crisis.
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•
The Nationalization of AI Threatens Innovation and the American Mind
Artificial intelligence will not destroy us. But fear-driven regulation might.
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Keeping the Towers Open When Government Closes
The skies stay safe when operations are insulated from political chaos. The shutdown served as a warning: the US air traffic control system is too important to be turned off by legislative impasse.
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Privacy for the Powerful, Surveillance for the Rest: EU’s Proposed Tech Regulation Goes Too Far
Protecting kids is a weak pretext for total digital surveillance. What’s worse, the EU’s monitoring exempted its own politicians from scrutiny. Their privacy matters, but not yours.
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We Learned Leadership Flipping Burgers: Don’t Close America’s On-Ramp
Inflating entry-level pay risks shutting young workers out of the most reliable path to skill development and long-term earnings.
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•
The Cities with the Fastest Declining Rent Have This in Common
Austin and Atlanta have pulled off something rare: rent declines. Their rapid construction and intentional growth offer a model for the rest of the country.
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•
Shutdown Lessons on Institutional Fragility
FAA system outages underscore the risk of concentrating critical infrastructure in a single federal agency. Decentralized alternatives offer resilience that centralized systems struggle to match.
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•
Burned by Bureaucracy: Why Other Countries Have Better Sunscreen
Europe and Asia use superior formulas, but the FDA hasn’t approved a new UV filter since the 1990s, exposing Americans to preventable cancer. Now, tariffs are pushing up prices on the few foreign options available.
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The Truth About Those ‘High Minimum Wage’ Countries
Headline wages in Finland and Australia exempt millions of workers, and the loopholes tell us a lot about labor market realities.