Topic: Regulation

FDA’s Non Solution

– February 9, 2022

“HACCP is not a solution; it’s an instruction to find a solution. In this case, water contamination on farms, the FDA should admit it doesn’t have a solution. Sometimes, that’s the answer and the best possible thing they can do is to do nothing.” ~ Richard Williams

Art and Culture, Government, History, Regulation

Freedom and Whisky Go Together Like Tyranny and Oppression

– January 25, 2022

“Burns hails whisky as the drink of the ‘freeborn, martial boys’ of Scotland, and he readily sees the ‘foe’ as government: ‘royal George’s will.’ His final lines are well founded. If tyranny is linked to the oppression of distilling, then it follows that ‘Freedom and whisky go together'” ~ Jon Sanders

Environmentalism, Free Markets, International, Regulation

Africa Needs Carbon Fuels

– January 23, 2022

“It’s time to end environmental colonialism. Let Africa develop – quickly – and they, like people elsewhere, will choose more environmental protection as they grow wealthier.” ~ James E. Hanley

Economic Education, Government, Regulation

The Only ‘Antitrust’ Policy That’s Needed is Freedom of Entry

– January 10, 2022

“Antitrust stymies the competitive process. It does so by substituting the meager knowledge and imaginations of economists, lawyers, courts, bureaucrats, and politicians for the actual, creative head-to-head competition that occurs within markets.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux

Economic Education, Government, Regulation

Let’s “Curb” Our Enthusiasm for Urban Planning

– January 9, 2022

“America does not have the ‘luxury’ of waiting for governments to produce a housing revolution. Instead, by freeing real estate from the boot of urban planners, let’s create the conditions that allow people to thrive!” ~ Isadore Johnson

Crisis, Economic Education, Environmentalism, Regulation

Self-Defeating Environmental Activism

– January 7, 2022

“Policies should be based on a reasonable standard by which marginal preferences for environmental amenities are weighed against preferences for things like dividends, salaries, innovation, and growth.” ~ Richard Morrison

Crisis, Government, Healthcare, Regulation

The Build Back Better Act Would Seriously Harm the Generic Drug Industry

– December 14, 2021

“The provisions of H.R. 3 being included in the BBBA will only make matters worse, fail to fix the underlying conditions that have distorted the marketplace, and devastate America’s robust and competitive biopharmaceutical marketplace.” ~ Elizabeth Wright

Economic Education, Energy, Government, Regulation

Energy Pros Dismiss Liz Warren’s Complaints: ‘It’s Econ 101, Not Rocket Science’

– December 13, 2021

“In Warren’s home state of Massachusetts, policies blocking the expansion of natural gas pipelines have resulted in Russian LNG tankers in Boston Harbor bringing fuel to the Bay State.” ~ Chris Woodward

Free Markets, Government, Regulation

“Free” Sugar Protectionism Is Not As Sweet As It Sounds

– December 10, 2021

“It is past time for Americans to think carefully enough to see through the sugar lobby’s flimsy smokescreens, and demand an end to this inefficient, inequitable and regressive program that raises food prices across a wide spectrum.” ~ Gary M. Galles

Economic Education, Financial Markets, Government, Regulation

Financial Regulators Ignore the Costs of Regulation

– December 8, 2021

“According to the main evidence cited by the bank regulators themselves, the NSFR will create a net cost to the U.S. financial system, not a net benefit.” ~ Thomas L. Hogan

Cryptocurrency, Financial Markets, Government, Regulation

Stablecoin Regulation

– December 7, 2021

“All the risks that accompany the danger of overregulation like rent-seeking and regulatory capture is magnified in the event of regulatory failure.” ~ Donovan Choy & Joakim Book

Books, Economic Education, Government, Regulation

Fixing Food: An FDA Insider Unravels the Myths and the Solutions

– December 1, 2021

“It’s time to readjust our perspectives on food and our misconceptions about the FDA. Just because one approach worked in 1906 for addressing different problems doesn’t mean that those same approaches will work today.” ~ Richard A. Williams