Protectionism

Policy

Colorado Regulators Target Uber

Protectionist efforts to stave off taxi competition

Reason Staff | 1.31.2013 12:23 PM

Policy

Fed's Fiscal Intervention Not a Boon for the Little Guys

Reserve's behavior more protection for big business

Reason Staff | 1.16.2013 6:00 PM

Politics

Trade Deficits: People Still Being Told They Are "Draining the Wealth of the Country"

Brian Doherty | 12.27.2012 12:23 PM

Policy

End the Food Protectionism Racket

Food protectionism is harmful, rampant, and stupid.

Baylen Linnekin | 12.22.2012 8:00 AM

Politics

Los Angeles City Council Grinches Screw Over Super-Sized Food Trucks

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.21.2012 3:32 PM

Policy

New York City Approves Taxi Apps

Government permission needed to hail cabs the way users might want to

Reason Staff | 12.13.2012 7:00 PM

Policy

Unions Look to Block Chinese Miners in Canada

Protectionism north of the border

Reason Staff | 12.10.2012 7:30 PM

Policy

Cop Who Punched Handcuffed Woman in the Face Reinstated

Milwaukee Police's termination reversed

Reason Staff | 12.6.2012 1:08 PM

Policy

Uber Now Officially Legal in DC

Let's see if traditional taxi driver behavior improves

Reason Staff | 12.4.2012 8:00 PM

Policy

Were Those Reasonable Teamsters Really the Bad Guys in Hostess Fight?

Distribution rules a significant financial problem

Scott Shackford | 11.21.2012 6:21 PM

Policy

Who Killed Hostess?

Unions, management and the market all had their swings at the former snack giant

Scott Shackford | 11.19.2012 6:02 PM

Policy

Taxi Alternative Startups Hit with Fines in California

You will be regulated or else!

Reason Staff | 11.14.2012 8:37 PM

Policy

Post-Sandy Price Gouging by Uber?: Econ 101, in Twitter Form

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.31.2012 3:10 PM

Politics

Romney Is the Most Protectionist GOP Candidate in Living Memory

The Republican presidential hopeful is at odds with his party's free-trade beliefs.

Shikha Dalmia | 10.30.2012 10:30 AM

Politics

Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia on the Bipartisan Protectionism On Display this Election Season

Reason Staff | 10.26.2012 12:45 PM

Policy

Minnesota Decides Not to Suck After All, Legalizes Free Online College Courses

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.19.2012 8:56 PM

Policy

Minnesota Bans Free Online College Courses from Coursera. I Give Up.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.19.2012 10:04 AM

Policy

With a Straight Face, Taxi and Limo Trade Group Warns of the Dangers of Car-Hailing Apps Like Uber

Lucy Steigerwald | 9.7.2012 3:02 PM

Politics

Where Free-Market Economists Go Wrong

Subsidies, stimulus, regulations, protectionism, trade restrictions, government-bank collusion, zoning, bailouts and more do not equal a "free" market.

Sheldon Richman | 8.19.2012 10:10 AM

Politics

Michigan Mayor Who Shut Kid's Hot Dog Stand Is Sad Because the Media Are Mean to Him

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 8.16.2012 12:02 PM

Policy

Hot Dog Kid's Family Is Now Homeless. Restaurateurs Who Pay Extra Taxes Are Safe, Though.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 8.10.2012 9:46 AM

Nanny State

Kid's Hot Dog Stand Shut Down by City Officials Before It Even Opens

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.26.2012 4:20 PM

Politics

Destroying Latin America: Journalist Mary O'Grady on Populism, Protectionism, and Prohibition

Zach Weissmueller | 4.28.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Destroying Latin America: Journalist Mary O'Grady on Populism, Protectionism, and Prohibition

Zach Weissmueller | 4.28.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Portland Protects Passengers From Prompt Pickups and Popular Prices

Jacob Sullum | 4.26.2012 5:07 PM

Politics

Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia on Obama's Insourcing Follies

Reason Staff | 1.26.2012 10:34 AM

Politics

Norway Has an "Acute Butter Shortage"

Seth McKelvey | 12.13.2011 2:15 PM

Politics

America Waking to Light of Chinese Sun?

Pot calls kettle green in solar dumping petition.

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.4.2011 6:00 PM

Politics

Back On Earth, Actual 99% Doing Better Than Ever

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.26.2011 3:41 PM

Politics

Obama's Schizophrenic Trade Policy

Shikha Dalmia | 10.11.2011 8:00 AM

Politics

Thanks a Lot, Jerry Brown: Amazon Cancels California Contracts

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.29.2011 3:55 PM

Politics

Reason.tv: Bernie Sanders' War on Chinese Bobbleheads!

Coming soon to a museum gift shop near you.

Joshua Swain | 4.6.2011 2:45 PM

Politics

The Beer Distribution Oligopoly Bravely Resists the Competition That Could Lead to a Monopoly

Jacob Sullum | 2.22.2011 6:13 PM

Politics

Alcohol Wholesalers: We Must Protect Our Profits the Public

Jacob Sullum | 2.9.2011 3:22 PM

Politics

Roger Milliken, R.I.P.

Brian Doherty | 1.3.2011 7:16 PM

Politics

The President's Rotten Record on Trade

Why George W. Bush is the most protectionist president since Herbert Hoover

Bruce Bartlett | 6.1.2006 12:00 AM