Regulation
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Is ‘Ethical’ Coffee Morally Superior? Information Problems Haunt Conscious Consumers
Fair trade, organic, reef-safe, rainforest friendly, cruelty-free: are ethical labels useful signals, or simply morality as marketing?
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Can Stock Indexes Afford to Ignore SpaceX?
Firms that grow large before going public raise questions about whether index membership rules shape market reality rather than merely reflect it.
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Bessent’s Neo-Mercantilism: New Podium, Old Mistakes
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and others argue that tariffs and industrial policy can restore America’s strength. In reality, diversified supply chains and open markets provide greater resilience than economic nationalism.
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The Bitter Lessons of Sugar Control in World War I
Herbert Hoover’s wartime sugar program generated shortages that led to expanding rationing systems and increasingly centralized control over the allocation of sugar.
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Controlled Commerce: The March of a New Global Economic Order
Washington, Beijing, and Brussels are all moving toward state-managed commerce and geopolitical trade blocs. The recent US-China summit accelerates the shift.
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The Feudal Economics of Modern Healthcare: How Regulation Turned Medicine into a Fiefdom
Government-created healthcare monopolies are forcing physicians into a kind of serfdom, gobbling up private practices to extract doctors’ labor.
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Decades of Bad Energy Policy Left Oil Markets Vulnerable to Iran Shock
Current energy prices reflect the delayed costs of regulatory priorities that misallocated investment and undermined energy resilience.
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The Endless Search for Emergency Tariff Authority
Courts have now rejected multiple attempts to justify sweeping tariffs. The next “emergency” justification (Section 338) may not fare any better.
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Mass Transit in the Sky: How Air Travel Went from Elite to Affordable
The golden age of airline service was also an era of restriction and high prices. From deregulation to the downfall of no-frills Spirit, competition exposes what travelers are truly willing to pay for.
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Is Housing Less Affordable Than Ever? Sort Of
Home prices and financing costs are still high, but several indicators suggest the market has moved past peak distortion.
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Is ‘Ethical’ Coffee Morally Superior? Information Problems Haunt Conscious Consumers
Fair trade, organic, reef-safe, rainforest friendly, cruelty-free: are ethical labels useful signals, or simply morality as marketing?
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•
Can Stock Indexes Afford to Ignore SpaceX?
Firms that grow large before going public raise questions about whether index membership rules shape market reality rather than merely reflect it.
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Bessent’s Neo-Mercantilism: New Podium, Old Mistakes
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and others argue that tariffs and industrial policy can restore America’s strength. In reality, diversified supply chains and open markets provide greater resilience than economic nationalism.
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•
The Bitter Lessons of Sugar Control in World War I
Herbert Hoover’s wartime sugar program generated shortages that led to expanding rationing systems and increasingly centralized control over the allocation of sugar.
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•
Controlled Commerce: The March of a New Global Economic Order
Washington, Beijing, and Brussels are all moving toward state-managed commerce and geopolitical trade blocs. The recent US-China summit accelerates the shift.
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•
The Feudal Economics of Modern Healthcare: How Regulation Turned Medicine into a Fiefdom
Government-created healthcare monopolies are forcing physicians into a kind of serfdom, gobbling up private practices to extract doctors’ labor.
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•
Decades of Bad Energy Policy Left Oil Markets Vulnerable to Iran Shock
Current energy prices reflect the delayed costs of regulatory priorities that misallocated investment and undermined energy resilience.
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•
The Endless Search for Emergency Tariff Authority
Courts have now rejected multiple attempts to justify sweeping tariffs. The next “emergency” justification (Section 338) may not fare any better.
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•
Mass Transit in the Sky: How Air Travel Went from Elite to Affordable
The golden age of airline service was also an era of restriction and high prices. From deregulation to the downfall of no-frills Spirit, competition exposes what travelers are truly willing to pay for.
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•
Is Housing Less Affordable Than Ever? Sort Of
Home prices and financing costs are still high, but several indicators suggest the market has moved past peak distortion.