Topic: Regulation

Cryptocurrency, Financial Markets, Regulation

A Tale of Two Documents: How the Bitcoin White Paper Outperformed Dodd-Frank

– November 8, 2022

“As policymakers look to further regulate the crypto ecosystem itself, they should keep top of mind the capacity of private innovation to not only achieve broad policy goals but also to get there before regulations do.” ~ Jack Solowey

Economic Education, Government, International, Regulation

Politicians and Their Reasons

– November 5, 2022

“In reality, policy choices are always multifaceted and tend strongly to align with political incentives: capturing, consolidating, and expanding the reach of political influence.” ~ Peter C. Earle & April Liu

Economic Education, Government, Regulation

Schrodinger’s Demand Curve: Elastic or Inelastic?

– November 2, 2022

“Elizabeth Warren may be right that immigration has been a ‘vital source of American strength.’ But if so, minimum wage hikes only serve to undermine that vitality.” ~ Zachary Shuter

Financial Markets, Government, Regulation

Consumers Stand to Lose From Swipe Card Regulations

– October 31, 2022

“Consumers stand to lose from fewer choices, less credit access, less secure transactions, and the evaporation of reward programs and other benefits.” ~ Satya Marar

Free Markets, Government, Regulation

Ramping Up Government’s War on Savings

– October 30, 2022

“Truly addressing the savings problem doesn’t require more government involvement; it only requires that the government stop undermining our incentives to save in all the ways it does now.” ~ Gary M. Galles

Cryptocurrency, Government, Regulation

Treasury and DOJ Seek Greater Financial Surveillance Around Cryptocurrency

– October 27, 2022

“Instead of continuing down this path of ever-increasing financial surveillance, the US government should start listening to the public’s concerns. It’s time to end the 50-year erosion of financial privacy in the United States, not jumpstart it in the digital era.” ~ Nicholas Anthony

Free Markets, Government, Regulation, Technology

As Meta Searches For the Future, Lina Khan Aims to Suffocate It

– October 26, 2022

“Whatever Meta discovers through its intrepid search for tomorrow, we’ll all be smarter for it having ventured a vision unlike the present. Too bad Lina Khan is so eager to blind us to the essential knowledge Meta is trying to create.” ~ John Tamny

Government, Healthcare, Regulation

Don’t Let the FDA Tell You What’s Healthy

– October 25, 2022

“Determining what is healthy or unhealthy is complex. Complex problems rarely have entirely right or wrong answers. The FDA is trying (again) to provide this, but there is a slim chance it will succeed.” ~ Raymond J. March

Free Markets, Government, Regulation

Proposition 12, the Constitution, and Good Government

– October 25, 2022

“Proposition 12 not only oversteps California’s regulatory powers under the U.S. Constitution, it also violates the political principle that those who will be forced to abide by laws should have a voice in them.” ~ Gary M. Galles

Government, Regulation, Technology

Consumer Privacy Laws Aren’t About the Public

– October 24, 2022

“Privacy laws do nothing to prevent the government from accessing information collected in the private sphere. Instead, businesses are burdened with red tape while government agents enjoy easy access to the databases they want to tap.” ~ April Liu & Leslie Corbly

Free Markets, Government, Regulation

Progressive Policies Destroy Capitalism’s Prosperity

– October 23, 2022

“To pull America away from the grips of a recession and the shackles of inflation, the government must get out of the way of the productive private sector.” ~ Vance Ginn

Free Markets, Government, Regulation

Can Granny Flats Make California Affordable?

– October 21, 2022

“The century-old fetishization of single-family homes on orderly lots had badly distorted the housing supply, and Californians both want housing and want to build housing. All the government had to do was get out of the way.” ~ Laura Williams