Regulation
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Hypocrisy Is Baked Into the Policy Process
Inconsistencies are visible when politicians claim that war is the best way to peace, and when they admit that prohibition of alcohol failed in the 1930s even as they insist that the prohibition of drugs today will somehow work.
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Regulators Are Not What Makes Food Safe
It’s one of the most puzzling claims of the pro-regulation ideology: food makers and sellers have a weak incentive to make sure their food is safe for consumption. The briefest look at the dynamics of this food panic reveals the opposite.
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The Inconvenient Truth About the Green New Deal
Nowhere has our public discourse failed us more egregiously than on the environment and climate change.
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The Imperial Presidency Embodies Political and Economic Hubris
What is needed is a much smaller government so that free individuals can be freer to make more of their own decisions in guiding their own lives rather than a big government with an “imperial” president arrogantly attempting to command and control them.
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Indiana Residents’ Proposed Cigarette Tax Hike Will Only Boost the Black Market
But despite the campaigners’ enthusiasm for the idea, smokers are known for not smoking fewer cigarettes when prices rise. Instead, they either ignore the hikes or find different ways to get their hands on nicotine products — and that includes resorting to the black market.
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Why Your White Clothing Is No Longer White
All the essential tools for making clothing super white have been deprecated, mostly by government regulations.
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Marijuana and Midterms
Tuesday’s outcome was good for the freedom to consume and not to be jailed for your consumption choices.
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The Horrifying Cronyism of Sugar Production
When people think about Halloween, they think about candy, children in costumes, and scary decorations. I think about all these things too, obviously, but I find myself thinking also about sugar subsidies.
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The Job Guarantee: A Critical Analysis (Executive Summary)
A federal job guarantee would be monumentally expensive, return only limited value from the participants’ work, entail administrative challenges nearly impossible to solve, and be potentially disastrous for economic growth and the private labor market.
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Out-of-Control Government: How, Why, and What to Do
“It seems almost impossible to rein in government. It keeps growing in size and scope in one direction after another. Why? And is there any way to reverse it?” ~ Richard Ebeling
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Hypocrisy Is Baked Into the Policy Process
Inconsistencies are visible when politicians claim that war is the best way to peace, and when they admit that prohibition of alcohol failed in the 1930s even as they insist that the prohibition of drugs today will somehow work.
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Regulators Are Not What Makes Food Safe
It’s one of the most puzzling claims of the pro-regulation ideology: food makers and sellers have a weak incentive to make sure their food is safe for consumption. The briefest look at the dynamics of this food panic reveals the opposite.
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The Inconvenient Truth About the Green New Deal
Nowhere has our public discourse failed us more egregiously than on the environment and climate change.
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The Imperial Presidency Embodies Political and Economic Hubris
What is needed is a much smaller government so that free individuals can be freer to make more of their own decisions in guiding their own lives rather than a big government with an “imperial” president arrogantly attempting to command and control them.
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Indiana Residents’ Proposed Cigarette Tax Hike Will Only Boost the Black Market
But despite the campaigners’ enthusiasm for the idea, smokers are known for not smoking fewer cigarettes when prices rise. Instead, they either ignore the hikes or find different ways to get their hands on nicotine products — and that includes resorting to the black market.
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Why Your White Clothing Is No Longer White
All the essential tools for making clothing super white have been deprecated, mostly by government regulations.
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Marijuana and Midterms
Tuesday’s outcome was good for the freedom to consume and not to be jailed for your consumption choices.
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•
The Horrifying Cronyism of Sugar Production
When people think about Halloween, they think about candy, children in costumes, and scary decorations. I think about all these things too, obviously, but I find myself thinking also about sugar subsidies.
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The Job Guarantee: A Critical Analysis (Executive Summary)
A federal job guarantee would be monumentally expensive, return only limited value from the participants’ work, entail administrative challenges nearly impossible to solve, and be potentially disastrous for economic growth and the private labor market.
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•
Out-of-Control Government: How, Why, and What to Do
“It seems almost impossible to rein in government. It keeps growing in size and scope in one direction after another. Why? And is there any way to reverse it?” ~ Richard Ebeling