Regulation
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Why ESG Ratings Are like Netflix’s Inventing Anna
“ESG is intertwined within the upper crust of global institutions, and despite the exposure of data discrepancies within intergovernmental organizations or mounting concerns regarding ESG efficacy, the UN isn’t about to give up its plans.” ~ Kimberlee Josephson
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Fear of Hobgoblins Doesn’t Justify Zoning
“Zoning gives government massive power, which has been used arbitrarily. Self-interest, self-selection and differing transportation and infrastructure needs resolve many scare stories when property rights are defended.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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Do Voters Make Poor Choices?
“The choices individuals make do not affect election outcomes. They make the choices that make them feel the best—and its difficult to say that by doing that, they are making bad choices.” ~ Randall G. Holcombe
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How “Buy American” Means Not Buying American
“The Jones Act has produced something much more like extinction than preservation of critical capacities, making American ocean shipping capacity a seeming candidate for the Endangered Species Act.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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The Politicization of Vaping Studies
“Vaping is shrouded in misinformation and more and more governments and regulatory agencies around the world are bringing the hammer down on vaping. It is doing immeasurable damage to public health and our most basic liberties.” ~ Jason Reed
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Lessons from the Pandemic on Deregulation
“Pandemic deregulation’s most enduring benefit may prove to be exposing bogus rationales for rules benefitting one group of businesses over another at the expense or inconvenience of consumers.” ~ Daniel Sutter
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This Is What a Good University President Looks Like
“To me, the top award for American higher education innovation must go to Mitch Daniels, who is just beginning his tenth year as the president of Purdue University.” ~ Richard K. Vedder
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Taxes and State Competitiveness
“Politicians in New York must be upset that there’s no way for them to drop lower than #50. But at least they can take comfort in the fact that they are worse than California.” ~ Daniel J. Mitchell
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Questioning Policy Miracles
“Proponents may be so committed to their policy conclusions (typically because they advance their own self-interest) that they go to great lengths to avoid careful thinking about the supposed miracles their arguments need.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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How Government Meddling Ruined Higher Education, Part 2
“We must preserve the autonomy of the small number of colleges that don’t take federal money and are not under Washington’s thumb and try to establish new, non-governmental colleges that can offer students true education at lower cost.” ~ George Leef
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Why ESG Ratings Are like Netflix’s Inventing Anna
“ESG is intertwined within the upper crust of global institutions, and despite the exposure of data discrepancies within intergovernmental organizations or mounting concerns regarding ESG efficacy, the UN isn’t about to give up its plans.” ~ Kimberlee Josephson
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Fear of Hobgoblins Doesn’t Justify Zoning
“Zoning gives government massive power, which has been used arbitrarily. Self-interest, self-selection and differing transportation and infrastructure needs resolve many scare stories when property rights are defended.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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Do Voters Make Poor Choices?
“The choices individuals make do not affect election outcomes. They make the choices that make them feel the best—and its difficult to say that by doing that, they are making bad choices.” ~ Randall G. Holcombe
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How “Buy American” Means Not Buying American
“The Jones Act has produced something much more like extinction than preservation of critical capacities, making American ocean shipping capacity a seeming candidate for the Endangered Species Act.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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The Politicization of Vaping Studies
“Vaping is shrouded in misinformation and more and more governments and regulatory agencies around the world are bringing the hammer down on vaping. It is doing immeasurable damage to public health and our most basic liberties.” ~ Jason Reed
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Lessons from the Pandemic on Deregulation
“Pandemic deregulation’s most enduring benefit may prove to be exposing bogus rationales for rules benefitting one group of businesses over another at the expense or inconvenience of consumers.” ~ Daniel Sutter
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This Is What a Good University President Looks Like
“To me, the top award for American higher education innovation must go to Mitch Daniels, who is just beginning his tenth year as the president of Purdue University.” ~ Richard K. Vedder
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Taxes and State Competitiveness
“Politicians in New York must be upset that there’s no way for them to drop lower than #50. But at least they can take comfort in the fact that they are worse than California.” ~ Daniel J. Mitchell
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Questioning Policy Miracles
“Proponents may be so committed to their policy conclusions (typically because they advance their own self-interest) that they go to great lengths to avoid careful thinking about the supposed miracles their arguments need.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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How Government Meddling Ruined Higher Education, Part 2
“We must preserve the autonomy of the small number of colleges that don’t take federal money and are not under Washington’s thumb and try to establish new, non-governmental colleges that can offer students true education at lower cost.” ~ George Leef