Pizza Parlor Owners Face Prison Time
Teaser: Pizza makers could face fines and prison time under a new Food and Drug Administration rule for failing to provide calorie counts for their billions of combinations of pizza orders. Under FDA...
View ArticleKeep the Ex-Im Bank Dead
Teaser: Last month the Ex-Im bank’s charter expired after a nearly two-year fight to avoid reauthorization by free-market Republicans. However, their efforts could be for nothing because of Senate...
View ArticleEqual Export Rights for U.S. and Iranian Oil Companies
Teaser: Many outdated federal laws and regulations contribute to increasing regulatory red tape. One example is the ban on exporting domestically produced crude oil. Refined oil such as gasoline is...
View ArticleBritain's Socialist Revolution? Not Gonna Happen
Teaser: A bizarre thing is happening in Britain's Labour Party.A bizarre thing is happening in Labour, Britain’s main left-wing party. After the humiliating defeat of Ed Miliband, Labour’s center-left...
View ArticleInterior Design Doesn’t Kill, But Regulating It Does
Teaser: The only thing interior design kills is jobs and economic opportunities—when it’s subject to absurd licensing requirements.This article originally appeared in The Federalist.Interior design...
View ArticleDC Bureaucrats Upend Franchise Businesses
Teaser: What the Board fails to note is that franchises and subcontractors have come about as the most efficient way of providing particular services.Under a National Labor Relations Board decision...
View ArticleTwenty-Five Basis Points That Could Shake the World
Teaser: If I were a Fed official, I would give greater weight to the markets' consensus forecast than to the predictions of an econometric model.Never has so much been said by so many about so...
View ArticleChallenging the Fed in Jackson Hole
Teaser: As the stock market waited anxiously through the Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole Summit this weekend for clues to future monetary actions, another conference was held just miles away. The...
View ArticleMinimum Wage: Ben Carson Has a Point
Teaser: Carson may be on to one of those rare policy ideas with both political and economic benefits.This article originally appeared on RealClearPolicyAt last night's two Republican debates, economic...
View ArticleIt’s Time To Reconsider the Fed’s Dual Mandate
Teaser: Dissenting views to the FOMC’s consensus should be welcomed in an era of low growth. The best place to start moving towards a sound monetary policy system is by reevaluating the Fed’s...
View ArticleUnder Arro, Uber Will Still Beat Taxis
Teaser: A fancy app alone will not be enough to adjust the taxi status quo back to a focus on meeting customers’ needs. Policymakers need to relax caps on the number of government-approved taxis and...
View ArticleVW Diesel Buyers Could Have Discovered Cheating Before the EPA Did
Teaser: Once upon a time people could fix their own cars. They could change their oil, replace the spark plugs and do a basic tune-up. As a teen I could start my manual-transmission car when its...
View ArticleWhy Health Care Is Not a Right
Teaser: Last week's first Democratic debate featured five candidates offering lots of free stuff. From health care to tuition to paid family leave, the Democrats, with the exception of former Virginia...
View ArticleUndergraduates Buck the Law of Supply
Teaser: A better-paying major doesn't always mean a more popular one.The “free college” drumbeat rolls on, with Vice President Joe Biden joining the chorus last week in his call for sixteen years of...
View ArticleSanders Explains 'Democratic Socialism,' Students Smitten
Teaser: With his second-place standing in the polls solidified, many are wondering what would happen in a Sanders economy, and what exactly is democratic socialism.Democratic presidential candidate...
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