Regulation
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What Victorian London’s Oyster Crisis Can Teach Us about Environmental Regulation
Before defaulting to edicts and bans, we might first ask what is keeping private solutions from emerging.
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Shooting the American Dream in the Foot?
An expanding, interventionist state is crushing the atmosphere of opportunity that once allowed the middle class to build itself up.
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A Government Shutdown Is Less Scary Than Dysfunction-As-Usual
Shutdowns get the spotlight, but the greater failure is Congress’s reliance on stopgap spending bills that cripple planning and invite waste.
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Universal Childcare: Real Problem, Wrong Solution
New Mexico’s universal childcare experiment will likely worsen shortages and raise costs. Families will pay – if they can get care at all.
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FDR and the Quashing of Free Radio
Roosevelt used regulation and licensing to control dissenting voices on the radio. Our freedom of speech has never recovered.
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Rent Control Will Make the Housing Crisis Worse
The frequently proposed “solution” deepens the crisis by choking supply, deterring maintenance, and driving up prices for everyone else.
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The Big Chill: Mamdani’s Rent-Freeze Fantasy
Reduced rents for some tenants aren’t worth reducing the supply and quality of housing for everyone else in the city.
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‘Surveillance Pricing’ Is Just Pricing
Seniors pay less for movies, students pay less for software. Tailored pricing is still disciplined by competitors and consumers, and it often means you’ll pay less.
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‘Abundance’ of Contradiction: Progressives Discover Public Choice
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson admit government is a tangle of competing interests. But they still want more of it.
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Seven Minutes Outside: The Collapse of Childhood Play
Kids are getting just 4-7 minutes a day of unstructured outdoor play. Overscheduling and anxiety are wreaking havoc on America’s youngest generation.
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What Victorian London’s Oyster Crisis Can Teach Us about Environmental Regulation
Before defaulting to edicts and bans, we might first ask what is keeping private solutions from emerging.
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•
Shooting the American Dream in the Foot?
An expanding, interventionist state is crushing the atmosphere of opportunity that once allowed the middle class to build itself up.
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•
A Government Shutdown Is Less Scary Than Dysfunction-As-Usual
Shutdowns get the spotlight, but the greater failure is Congress’s reliance on stopgap spending bills that cripple planning and invite waste.
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Universal Childcare: Real Problem, Wrong Solution
New Mexico’s universal childcare experiment will likely worsen shortages and raise costs. Families will pay – if they can get care at all.
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FDR and the Quashing of Free Radio
Roosevelt used regulation and licensing to control dissenting voices on the radio. Our freedom of speech has never recovered.
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Rent Control Will Make the Housing Crisis Worse
The frequently proposed “solution” deepens the crisis by choking supply, deterring maintenance, and driving up prices for everyone else.
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The Big Chill: Mamdani’s Rent-Freeze Fantasy
Reduced rents for some tenants aren’t worth reducing the supply and quality of housing for everyone else in the city.
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‘Surveillance Pricing’ Is Just Pricing
Seniors pay less for movies, students pay less for software. Tailored pricing is still disciplined by competitors and consumers, and it often means you’ll pay less.
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‘Abundance’ of Contradiction: Progressives Discover Public Choice
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson admit government is a tangle of competing interests. But they still want more of it.
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•
Seven Minutes Outside: The Collapse of Childhood Play
Kids are getting just 4-7 minutes a day of unstructured outdoor play. Overscheduling and anxiety are wreaking havoc on America’s youngest generation.