Topic: Regulation

Does Market Concentration Signal Monopoly?

– May 3, 2024

“The Coasean theory of the firm is noticeably absent from antitrust discussions. Failure to understand that firms arise to lower costs can lead to incorrect conclusions.” ~Jon Murphy

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Florida’s Faux-Meat Ban Slaughtered Free Enterprise 

– May 3, 2024

“The public interest is served when fraud, deception, and misleading labeling are prevented. Unfortunately, the Florida legislature has gone far beyond this, at the behest of the ranchers’ lobby.” ~Paul Mueller

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They Can Afford It!

– May 1, 2024

“Even companies with unusually high net worth cannot, in fact, afford to pay workers more than those workers contribute to the companies’ bottom lines.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux

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Sanders’s 4-Day Week Will Kill Flexible Jobs

– April 29, 2024

“Many Americans juggle multiple or part-time jobs to make ends meet. This policy would add another layer of complexity and constraint in a market that requires more flexibility, not less.” ~Vance Ginn

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Parity in Labor Transparency

– April 24, 2024

“If workers are going to grant a labor union the extensive powers over them that federal law has authorized, workers should be able to know whether the ‘coworkers’ advocating the union are paid representatives of Big Labor. ” ~Michael Watson

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Competition Can’t Be Perfect

– April 22, 2024

“Since if something is perfect, it must be desirable, a new generation of attorneys is attempting a wholesale takeover of antitrust enforcement.” ~Michael Munger

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ESG Puppeteers

– April 18, 2024

“Climate financiers are not capitalists. They are corporatists who think the government should direct private industry. They want to work with government officials to benefit themselves and hamstring their competition.” ~ Paul Mueller

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Biden Redoubles Effort to Crush Crypto With EIA’s Mining Survey 

– April 12, 2024

“Historically, the EIA has been viewed as an agency without a political agenda, but this survey suggests otherwise.” ~James Broughel and John Berlau

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The Middleman Is a Public Servant

– April 10, 2024

“Letting people make their own choices is an important part of respecting one another as free equals… We don’t help people by prohibiting the choices they actually make.” ~Art Carden

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Preserve Architectural History with Incentives, Not Bans 

– April 9, 2024

“Removing government from the process by changing dated zoning regulations is the best path forward to solving the housing shortage. A small piece of the puzzle should be historic landmarks and district reform.” ~Jason Sorens and Thomas Savidge

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EPA Phase Out of Gas-Powered Cars Has Ominous Historic Echoes 

– April 8, 2024

“Forcing automobile companies to expand production of their least-profitable product lines at the expense of their best-performing ones is economic madness.” ~Jon Miltimore

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Biden’s ‘Strike Force’ Recalls Nixon’s Economic Plan

– March 29, 2024

“The so-called Strike Force is likely to act as a bludgeon for government attacks on private interests, and in particular, those viewed as adversaries to the administration.” ~Peter C. Earle

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