Regulation
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The High Cost of Regulating Child Care
Even the most well-intentioned top-down regulation of child care will inevitably increase its costs and likely stifle innovation while having limited impact on the ultimate quality of the care provided.
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The Nightmare Fairyland of the Green New Dealers
If the Green New Dealers have their way, the interventionist state will be taken to an entirely new and more destructive level as one great plan for global salvation is imposed on everyone, everywhere, with no avenues of escape in our age of electronic Big Brother surveillance and control.
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The Childcare Shortage Is Not a Mystery
Daycare for all is a great idea. A new government program is the worst possible way to get there.
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Lighthouses Were Always Private, Until Government Took Them Over
There was nothing inherent to the lighthouse that made it a public good. It was a public good because government regulation made it so.
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Beyond the Size of Government
People favor expansive government for different reasons and will want that government to do very different things, depending on their ultimate beliefs. Those beliefs will also typically lead them to support a government that is active in one area but not others.
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How A Super Bowl Ad Could Help Unravel Government Farm Subsidies
Super Bowl commercials are one of the last bastions of truly mass media – where a 30-second spot can start a national conversation. The ads from Anheuser-Busch alleging that its competitors Coors Light and Miller Lite use corn syrup while it does not just might be a moment that gets people talking about government’s role…
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These Shutdowns Devastate the Credibility of Government
The problem is not a single program or regulation. It’s the complete paradigm of a state that knows no limits to its power. That paradigm has gradually faded. Another will take its place.
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The Downsides and Dangers of Mission Making
Mission making turns economic decision-making into a political conflict of interest groups possessing bargaining power in the halls of government to determine what gets done, in what ways, and for whose benefit.
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The Real Problem Is the Politicization of Everything
To regain civility in human interactions and finally treat other human beings as human beings again, we would do well to get politics out of human affairs.
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The Secret History of Tamales Offers a Lesson in Humility
The history of tamales offers a powerful historical lesson about humility: most of the time, we don’t understand why rules are good, and we certainly should doubt our ability to choose reforms that will be better.
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The High Cost of Regulating Child Care
Even the most well-intentioned top-down regulation of child care will inevitably increase its costs and likely stifle innovation while having limited impact on the ultimate quality of the care provided.
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•
The Nightmare Fairyland of the Green New Dealers
If the Green New Dealers have their way, the interventionist state will be taken to an entirely new and more destructive level as one great plan for global salvation is imposed on everyone, everywhere, with no avenues of escape in our age of electronic Big Brother surveillance and control.
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•
The Childcare Shortage Is Not a Mystery
Daycare for all is a great idea. A new government program is the worst possible way to get there.
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•
Lighthouses Were Always Private, Until Government Took Them Over
There was nothing inherent to the lighthouse that made it a public good. It was a public good because government regulation made it so.
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•
Beyond the Size of Government
People favor expansive government for different reasons and will want that government to do very different things, depending on their ultimate beliefs. Those beliefs will also typically lead them to support a government that is active in one area but not others.
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•
How A Super Bowl Ad Could Help Unravel Government Farm Subsidies
Super Bowl commercials are one of the last bastions of truly mass media – where a 30-second spot can start a national conversation. The ads from Anheuser-Busch alleging that its competitors Coors Light and Miller Lite use corn syrup while it does not just might be a moment that gets people talking about government’s role…
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•
These Shutdowns Devastate the Credibility of Government
The problem is not a single program or regulation. It’s the complete paradigm of a state that knows no limits to its power. That paradigm has gradually faded. Another will take its place.
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•
The Downsides and Dangers of Mission Making
Mission making turns economic decision-making into a political conflict of interest groups possessing bargaining power in the halls of government to determine what gets done, in what ways, and for whose benefit.
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•
The Real Problem Is the Politicization of Everything
To regain civility in human interactions and finally treat other human beings as human beings again, we would do well to get politics out of human affairs.
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•
The Secret History of Tamales Offers a Lesson in Humility
The history of tamales offers a powerful historical lesson about humility: most of the time, we don’t understand why rules are good, and we certainly should doubt our ability to choose reforms that will be better.