Consumer Issues

• Third Summer of Recovery Is Already Over, Tim Cavanaugh, April 16, 2012
• Vending, Vidi, Vici: U.S. Vending Machines Get More Creative, Nick Sibilla, March 2, 2012
• University Sells Plan B in Vending Machine, Katherine Mangu-Ward, February 7, 2012
• The Debit Card Fee Debacle: More Totally Foreseeable Unintended Consequences, Katherine Mangu-Ward, December 8, 2011
• Attorneys General Demand Smaller Four Loko Cans, Jacob Sullum, November 17, 2011
• Reason.tv: Evolutionary Psychologist Gad Saad on Consumerism, Sex, Advertising, and Human Nature, Zach Weissmueller, November 15, 2011
• Happy Halloween from the CPSC: Your Costume Can Kill You. Your Candy Can Kill You. Strangers Can Kill You. You Know What? Just Stay Home, OK?, Katherine Mangu-Ward, October 27, 2011
• CPSC Cribs, Katherine Mangu-Ward, June 29, 2011
• Survey Says?¡?! Owning a house is "Dumb", Tim Cavanaugh, May 25, 2011
• Reason.tv: The War on Walmart, Jim Epstein & Nick Gillespie, April 28, 2011
• Reason.tv: Buzz Bowl I - Four Loko vs Joose, Austin Bragg, Meredith Bragg & Nick Gillespie, February 3, 2011
• Reason.tv: In Defense of Payday Lending, Jim Epstein & Nick Gillespie, November 10, 2010
• New York vs. Consumer Choice, Part 3,492,238, Armin Rosen, September 27, 2010
• Spain Gets a Meat Vending Machine, Katherine Mangu-Ward, June 17, 2010
• Why Does Chris Dodd Want To Put the Fed In Charge of Consumer Protection?, Tim Cavanaugh, March 15, 2010
• You Might Die in Your Toyota. It Happens., Katherine Mangu-Ward, March 10, 2010
• Cell Phone Warning Labels in San Francisco?, Brian Doherty, March 9, 2010
• Zombies Wrongfully Detained, Have Free Speech Rights, Katherine Mangu-Ward, February 26, 2010
• Jeweler Hits Up D.C.'s Gays For Three Months Salary. That's What I Call Progress., Katherine Mangu-Ward, February 19, 2010
• Finally, a Freedom Tray That Holds Freedom Fries and Freedom Nachos, Katherine Mangu-Ward, December 1, 2009
• Reason.tv: Light Bulbs Vs. The Nanny State, October 6, 2009
• Reason.tv: Sam L. Savage on "The Flaw of Averages"—Why we underestimate risk in the face of certainty, September 11, 2009
• Real Men Know That Shoes Are More Important Than Trade Quotas, Matt Welch, September 3, 2009
• The Crusade Against Playground Predators With Sugar-Filled Treats, Jacob Sullum, August 20, 2009
• Pricing Wedge Rides Right Up National Crack, Tim Cavanaugh, August 6, 2009
• State-by-State E-Cigarette Bans?, Jacob Sullum, August 3, 2009
• 'We Do Not Advocate Attempting to Glue the Leader of the Free World to His Chair', Jacob Sullum, July 17, 2009
• GM Rolls Downhill, with Aid of Wind, Taxpayer, Into Bankruptcy, Nick Gillespie, June 1, 2009
• Reason.tv: Throw-Pillow Fight—Is your interior designer really putting your life at risk?, April 2, 2009
• Don't Go Federal Nuts Over Those Tainted Pistachios!, Nick Gillespie, April 1, 2009
• When Poor People Save, Katherine Mangu-Ward, February 3, 2009
• Stop Us, Before We Open Again, Radley Balko, December 9, 2008
• Target Settles ADA Lawsuit Over Its Website, Jacob Sullum, August 28, 2008
• Paper or Plastic: Either Way, You Pay, Jacob Sullum, July 30, 2008
• Lights Out at Guerilla Radio, Mike Riggs, July 18, 2008
• Dead Over a DVD, Mike Riggs, July 12, 2008
• Woo Hoo, a Sparkler!, Jacob Sullum, July 4, 2008
• Murdering Hookers Is One Thing, but Having Sex With Them..., Jacob Sullum, June 26, 2008
• Warning: Your Calories May Vary, Jacob Sullum, June 13, 2008
• 'The Ethos of Organic Food': Worrying About Things That Don't Matter?, Jacob Sullum, May 21, 2008
• Class Action Lawyers Get Creative, Jacob Sullum, May 1, 2008
• Now Playing at Reason.tv: What We Saw at the Mortgage Bailout Demonstration, Nick Gillespie, April 22, 2008
• I've Got Two Words for You: Lawn Darts, Jacob Sullum, April 16, 2008
• FCC Approves XM-Sirius Merger, Radley Balko, March 24, 2008
• I'm Not Going to Pay a Lot for That Gasoline, Jacob Sullum, March 20, 2008
• There Oughta Be a Law, Radley Balko, March 9, 2008
• Is Anyone Torn Between the Troegenator Double Bock and Bud Light?, Jacob Sullum, March 5, 2008
• Elmo Knows Your Name...and Where You Live, Jacob Sullum, February 28, 2008
• Some Businesses Are Inherently Public, Says Washington State Supreme Court, Brian Doherty, February 21, 2008
• California Wine From Texas, Jacob Sullum, January 16, 2008
• Stuck in the Middle by You, Jacob Sullum, January 10, 2008
• Wilhelm Reich: 50 Years in Hell and/or Heaven, Brian Doherty, November 5, 2007
• MoveOn.Org Lets Sen. Susan Collins be Sen. Susan Collins, Brian Doherty, October 16, 2007
• The DEA's Regard for Safety, Jacob Sullum, September 26, 2007
• The Wired Age, Jacob Sullum, September 6, 2007
• Mr. Fancy Pants May Lose His Job, Jacob Sullum, August 3, 2007
• Bad Credit, Missed Payments, Imminent Foreclosure? No Problem!, Jacob Sullum, July 12, 2007
• How to Convert a Chicken Into a Blood-Spurting Pistol in One Easy Step, Katherine Mangu-Ward, July 3, 2007
• ATMs Turn 40, Celebrate by Charging Me $2 For My Own Darn Money, Katherine Mangu-Ward, June 28, 2007
• Suitable End to Suit Suit, Jacob Sullum, June 25, 2007
• Faking Real Income, Brian Doherty, May 31, 2007
• The Great E-Gold Robbery, Brian Doherty, May 15, 2007
• E-Gold Tarnished by Feds, Brian Doherty, April 30, 2007
• Joseph Schumpeter Drinks Deep at Starbucks Coffee, Nick Gillespie, April 23, 2007
• Let a Pro Tell You What That House Is Worth. Really, You Must., Brian Doherty, April 18, 2007
• America Needs More Credit, Not More Debt!, Brian Doherty, March 19, 2007
• Forget About Opening that Sex Toys 'R' Us Franchise in Alabama Anytime Soon, Nick Gillespie, February 16, 2007
• Copy Protection Joins Castro on Deathbed?, Katherine Mangu-Ward, February 13, 2007
• A Szaszian Rorschach Test, Brian Doherty, February 5, 2007
• Another in the "Can They Really Get Away With That?" File..., Brian Doherty, February 5, 2007