Topic: Regulation

Authoritarianism, Environmentalism, Government, Regulation

The Rise of ESG, Replacing Profits with Paternalism, and Strategy with Standards

– August 28, 2022

“It seems likely that any standardized framework will be based on the UN’s postulates when all is said and done, and this will have all transpired in front of our eyes and by use of our own pocketbooks.” ~ Kimberlee Josephson

Government, Healthcare, Regulation

Risk Analysis for Children’s Health

– August 26, 2022

“Given that the benefits to children from lowering exposure to any of the FDA or EPA chemicals may be negligible to non-existent, we would likely be better off addressing more serious concerns for children.” ~ Richard Williams

Authoritarianism, Cryptocurrency, Regulation

Criminal Code

– August 26, 2022

“The Tornado Cash ban is very disappointing. Rather than bolstering financial privacy, the U.S. government is making financial privacy a crime.” ~ Joshua R. Hendrickson & William J. Luther

Government, Regulation, Technology

Why Political Interference in Big Tech Continues To Be a Big Mistake

– August 25, 2022

“The government’s meddling in social media matters is not only a waste of time and resources for both the public and private spheres, but also a big mistake for promoting the progress of user services and options.” ~ Kimberlee Josephson

Government, Healthcare, Regulation

Blame the Federal Diabetic Assault

– August 24, 2022

“History is full of politicians claiming ‘market failure,’ and offering pet policies as solutions, when they are really government failures created by previous pet policies, because the results are reflected in changed market behavior.” ~ Gary M. Galles

Crisis, Fiscal Policy, Government, Regulation

What Happened to Reducing Inflation?

– August 24, 2022

“The NBC News poll asked what impact voters believed the new law, whatever it is called, will have on them personally. Just 26 percent said it would make things better; 35 percent said it would make things worse.” ~ Michael Graham

Environmentalism, Government, Regulation

How the Supreme Court Changed the Calculus for Hyperregulation

– August 23, 2022

“The administrative state’s cynical calculus has been upended. It can no longer count on courts to bless their claims of discovering hitherto unnoticed devastating powers tucked away in ‘gap filler’ statutory language.” ~ Jon Sanders

Fiscal Policy, Government, Regulation

Raising Corporate Taxes Does Not Help Workers

– August 19, 2022

“Members of Congress should not be in the business of punishing people when they make voluntary financial decisions that members emotionally don’t like.” ~ Norbert J. Michel

Government, Regulation, Science

An Infrared Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

– August 18, 2022

“When dealing with those who want to ignore the proven bias in the data and only focus on the conclusions the corrupted data supposedly supports, an infrared picture is worth a thousand words.” ~ Gary M. Galles

Economic Education, Government, Regulation

Self-Driving Cars and the Nirvana Fallacy

– August 17, 2022

“While these cars may not be perfect, that would only mean they are well-suited for planet earth, where perfection only exists among the Platonic forms—and in the minds of D.C. regulators.” ~ Caleb S. Fuller

Government, Healthcare, Regulation

Government Is the Scourge of Diabetics, Not Their Savior

– August 17, 2022

“The fact that congressional Democrats and the rest of the federal government will not give up even a little bit of their power in order to help diabetics tells you where their hearts really lie.” ~ Michael F. Cannon

Environmentalism, Government, Regulation

Is the Inflation Reduction Act Really a Climate Policy Game-Changer?

– August 16, 2022

“On the actual policy level, the gains appear to be much more marginal than revolutionary. That’s not because of the oil lease mandates, but because of the marginal nature of the policies themselves.” ~ James E. Hanley