Regulation
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A Tale of Two Squeezes
“Securities and derivative exchanges are woefully far from free markets, worst of all when unrestrained pricing is needed most. And once again, the increasingly distant tendrils of pandemic policies are disrupting the present order, two years on.” ~ Peter C. Earle
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All Housing is Affordable Housing
“If developers build cheap housing, the price of all housing except the very most luxurious will fall. Alternatively, if we build more luxury housing, then the price of all housing will fall, as there will be less pressure for gentrification or ‘teardowns.’” ~ Michael Munger
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Solar Tariffs Are a Mistake
“Tariff extensions burden the US solar market with slowed growth and exemplify yet another case against outdated trade policies. In the words of Gabriella Beaumont-Smith, the US should ‘let the sun set on solar tariffs.'” ~ Dorothy Chan
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Not So Fast on the Fast Act
“The fact that so many workers in the industry have been unwilling to voluntarily ‘buy’ the union agenda for themselves is not a reason for giving unions more power, but is reason to question their claims that they will improve workers’ lives.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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Spain – Like Most European Countries – Is Choked by Labor Market Regulations
“In the dual labor market system many workers take on temporary contracts that are consistently prone to economic shocks and downturns. Freeing up the labor market would reduce the gap between temporary and permanent work.” ~ Michael N. Peterson
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Climate Tyrants’ New Tactics
“Just because climate change is the hottest topic in progressive policy circles today doesn’t mean that other issues won’t command similar attention in the future, as anti-nuclear and anti-firearms campaigns have in the past.” ~ Richard Morrison
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What An Economist Knows About Crony Vaccines
“With effective treatments, fear would be diminished, and vaccines would be judiciously deployed to those who demand them. Blocking discovery, via crony liability shields, costs lives.” ~ Barry Brownstein
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FDA’s Non Solution
“HACCP is not a solution; it’s an instruction to find a solution. In this case, water contamination on farms, the FDA should admit it doesn’t have a solution. Sometimes, that’s the answer and the best possible thing they can do is to do nothing.” ~ Richard Williams
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Freedom and Whisky Go Together Like Tyranny and Oppression
“Burns hails whisky as the drink of the ‘freeborn, martial boys’ of Scotland, and he readily sees the ‘foe’ as government: ‘royal George’s will.’ His final lines are well founded. If tyranny is linked to the oppression of distilling, then it follows that ‘Freedom and whisky go together'” ~ Jon Sanders
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Africa Needs Carbon Fuels
“It’s time to end environmental colonialism. Let Africa develop – quickly – and they, like people elsewhere, will choose more environmental protection as they grow wealthier.” ~ James E. Hanley
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A Tale of Two Squeezes
“Securities and derivative exchanges are woefully far from free markets, worst of all when unrestrained pricing is needed most. And once again, the increasingly distant tendrils of pandemic policies are disrupting the present order, two years on.” ~ Peter C. Earle
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All Housing is Affordable Housing
“If developers build cheap housing, the price of all housing except the very most luxurious will fall. Alternatively, if we build more luxury housing, then the price of all housing will fall, as there will be less pressure for gentrification or ‘teardowns.’” ~ Michael Munger
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Solar Tariffs Are a Mistake
“Tariff extensions burden the US solar market with slowed growth and exemplify yet another case against outdated trade policies. In the words of Gabriella Beaumont-Smith, the US should ‘let the sun set on solar tariffs.'” ~ Dorothy Chan
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Not So Fast on the Fast Act
“The fact that so many workers in the industry have been unwilling to voluntarily ‘buy’ the union agenda for themselves is not a reason for giving unions more power, but is reason to question their claims that they will improve workers’ lives.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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Spain – Like Most European Countries – Is Choked by Labor Market Regulations
“In the dual labor market system many workers take on temporary contracts that are consistently prone to economic shocks and downturns. Freeing up the labor market would reduce the gap between temporary and permanent work.” ~ Michael N. Peterson
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Climate Tyrants’ New Tactics
“Just because climate change is the hottest topic in progressive policy circles today doesn’t mean that other issues won’t command similar attention in the future, as anti-nuclear and anti-firearms campaigns have in the past.” ~ Richard Morrison
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What An Economist Knows About Crony Vaccines
“With effective treatments, fear would be diminished, and vaccines would be judiciously deployed to those who demand them. Blocking discovery, via crony liability shields, costs lives.” ~ Barry Brownstein
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FDA’s Non Solution
“HACCP is not a solution; it’s an instruction to find a solution. In this case, water contamination on farms, the FDA should admit it doesn’t have a solution. Sometimes, that’s the answer and the best possible thing they can do is to do nothing.” ~ Richard Williams
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Freedom and Whisky Go Together Like Tyranny and Oppression
“Burns hails whisky as the drink of the ‘freeborn, martial boys’ of Scotland, and he readily sees the ‘foe’ as government: ‘royal George’s will.’ His final lines are well founded. If tyranny is linked to the oppression of distilling, then it follows that ‘Freedom and whisky go together'” ~ Jon Sanders
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Africa Needs Carbon Fuels
“It’s time to end environmental colonialism. Let Africa develop – quickly – and they, like people elsewhere, will choose more environmental protection as they grow wealthier.” ~ James E. Hanley