Topic: Regulation

The New-Normaling of Blackouts

– December 28, 2022

“Before, rolling blackouts were a California problem, then they also became a Texas problem. Blackouts are spreading faster than even Imperial College London modelers would find believable.” ~ Jon Sanders

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Climate Conferences Fail on Deforestation

– December 21, 2022

“No matter what virtue-signalers claim, we would be shooting ourselves in the foot by trying to mitigate the effects of industry on the environment by reversing technological advancement.” ~ Jason Reed

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The Many Ways Bad Policy Worsens Your Daily Commute

– December 17, 2022

“Removing sand from the country’s collective transportation gears will also require more imaginative solutions such as congestion pricing, privatization, zoning reforms, and transportation options beyond cars.” ~ Colin Grabow

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The CHIP Act Is a Blip

– December 16, 2022

“The political proposals will be flashy and brief. The market forces making every chip, and powering our modern world, operate on a much longer timeline. ” ~ Laura Williams

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Protectionism in Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act Harms Consumers and Domestic Industries

– December 11, 2022

“The only jobs protected are those in the politically favored companies whose inefficiencies are protected from competition at the expense of other domestic jobs lost and higher prices on consumers.” ~ Brian Balfour

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Here Is How the FDA Made the RSV Wave More Dangerous

– December 9, 2022

“As a result of the FDA’s warning letter, the latest version of the Smart Sock no longer monitors an infant’s heart or lungs. The FDA drove parents’ best option to carefully monitor their baby’s vital organ function off the market.” ~ Raymond J. March

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Henry Clay’s “American System” Is Bad News for the American Economy

– December 8, 2022

“The American System’s modern rehabilitators conveniently leave out the fact that every time it was tried in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Clay’s program unleashed a torrent of preventable policy disasters.” ~ Phillip W. Magness & James R. Harrigan

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Real Progressives Would Support Bitcoin and the Crypto Economy, Not Regulate It Away

– December 4, 2022

“Using the failures and crimes of politically connected crypto-exchanges like FTX to effectively chill innovation in this sector and regulate it away would deprive many Americans of new economic technology that could change lives for the better.” ~ Yaël Ossowski

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Why Business Should Dispense with ESG

– December 4, 2022

“It is not a stretch to imagine how executives could appeal to their higher ESG responsibilities to justify lower returns to investors. Nor is it hard to see companies using these broad ESG commitments to curry favor with political leaders who prioritize specific causes.” ~ Samuel Gregg

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Chipping Away at Corporate Welfare

– November 29, 2022

“Not only does increasing economic freedom cost far less than subsidizing chip manufacturing, it will aid US manufacturers in all areas, including the increasingly important telecom sector.” ~ April Liu & Robert E. Wright

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2022: The Year the “Lodger Evil” Came to Kansas and Made Housing Less Affordable

– November 26, 2022

“If we’re serious about more affordable housing, we will cut the red tape by doing away with building restrictions and parking requirements. Until then, chatter about ‘affordable housing’ is just a lot of words.” ~ Art Carden

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Industrial Policy Returns, Prior Pratfalls Notwithstanding

– November 22, 2022

“Letting politicians pick winners is the surest recipe for shafting consumers and every unsubsidized business. Unfortunately, there will always be enough pundits who failed Econ 101 to whoop up every boneheaded intervention.” ~ James Bovard

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