A good thing about America having 50 states is that when states fail, we can learn from their mistakes. People defeated by California’s rules move to Nevada or Texas. But if the federal government adopts California’s rules, where can we move?
Regulation
Personal Liberty Sacrificed at the Altar of Covid Public Safety
If science had been followed in 2020 – in all fields – we’d be much healthier and wealthier than we now are. But control freaks have used Covid-19 to justify still more government controls, still more statism.
California’s Anti-Capitalism AB5 Law Shutdowns Uber, Lyft and The Gig Economy
The elephant in the room is that government interventions like California’s AB5 make Uber, Lyft and their drivers worse off because it imposes an outcome on them that they would not have voluntarily chosen.
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Paying Ransom for a Building Permit
Seattle’s ironically-named ‘Housing Affordability’ law makes renovating a modest home prohibitively expensive for middle-income homeowners.
Government Regulation Does Not Make us Safe—Capitalism Does
So which is more effective in keeping us—as customers and employees—safe: the government bureaucrat with no personal incentive, or the businessman, whose profits and reputation depend on the safety and satisfaction of his employees and customers?
Regulators Helping To Make Pandemics Worse
Politicians and bureaucrats continue to push and implement the most infuriating and misguided regulations and policies they can dream up.
Crackdown on ‘Price Gouging’ Benefits Politicians and The Media
So-called “price gouging” is a gimmick used by politicians and the media to rally supporters and viewers.
Controls Breed More Controls
How government regulation (controls) turned the COVID-19 health issue into a full-blown pandemic.
Politicians Not Letting The Coronavirus Crisis Go To Waste
In normal times the government supports many bad, irresponsible, and unjust policies, driven in part by perverse incentives. Not the least of these is an imprudent eagerness to please special interests. Emergencies and the resulting panic only further loosen whatever weak restraints there normally are against government misbehavior and malfunction.
Anti-Gig-Work Laws Benefit Politicians and Punish Freelance Workers
Freelance jobs are "feudalism," says California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez. She persuaded California's legislature to pass a new law reclassifying freelance workers as employees. That means many people who hire them must now give them benefits like overtime,...
Licensing vs. Freedom of Compeition
Licensing requirements generally restrict the supply of services in the licensed industry by prohibiting some perfectly competent workers from working as providers.
Uber Resists So-Called “Gig Work” Law
The government’s restricting Uber’s, its drivers’ and riders’ freedom of choice is immoral.
State Licensing Regulations Limit Competition
Byzantine state laws demand you get a state-approved license before you may become a hairdresser, tour guide, travel agent, house painter and all sorts of other jobs where customer happiness should be the guide.
Trump’s Promise on Deregulation: Repeal 22 Regulations for Every New One
Every excessive rule repealed is a step in the right direction: toward freedom.
The Government Bureaucrat Bullies of Dunedin Florida vs. The Eighth Amendment
The Founding Fathers, says Bargil, “recognized that the ability to fine is the ability to cripple. It’s one of the ways, other than incarceration, that government can really oppress.”
Paid Family Leave Mandated By Government
Can’t we just leave government out of it and let employers and employees work this out to meet individual needs?
Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Kisses The Rings of Regulators
The lesson is that if you don’t want politicians destroying your business, you must go to Washington to give them money. Kiss their rings.
Canadian Government Should Abolish Import Tariffs and “Supply Management” Regulations
Those most harmed by the government initiation of force which the supply management represents, are the Canadian consumers.
The Ethics of Legalizing Recreational Drugs
Cannabis companies, like alcohol producers, voluntarily trade with others, including their customers who want to consume their products.
Government Regulations Protect Bad Banks From Competition
The best way to spur ethical conduct by banks—trading value for value with their customers—is to deregulate banking.
The Perils of Financial Over-Regulation
Financial systems, like economies generally, are organic entities. They must be allowed to flourish in a natural way.
Government Regulation of Business: Protection or Harm?
Government should get out of regulating business at all, including regulations on product safety, emissions, and dealing with industrial waste.
Profit motive and private property—keys to preventing forest fire damage
While it is too late to prevent the damage in Fort McMurray now, the solution to minimizing losses from fires in the future is to sell the government forests and let private owners manage them for long-term profitability—by protecting their own property and respecting the property rights of others (through good property management to reduce the fire hazard).
Taxi Deregulation Is On a Roll
The taxi lobby had called for everyone to be equally regulated. Instead, the commissioners made everyone equally free.