When the Government Creates Mandatory Shortages
Don’t let regulators and their cronies suppress competition.
Don’t let regulators and their cronies suppress competition.
35 states have laws that let established businesses block new businesses. This hurts consumers.
The state's largest hospital chain didn't want the competition.
Everybody’s going after Google and Facebook. But how do you prove they’re harming consumers?
The black market still dominates. And more enforcement and fines aren’t going to fix it.
Left and right are joining forces under the banner of “hipster antitrust.”
Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook are all in the federal government’s crosshairs.
Consolidation in hospital markets is one cause of rising healthcare costs.
Being a big company is not a crime. What problem are we trying to fix?
The ruling says it's acceptable for cities to use ordinances to protect some businesses from competitors.
Restaurateurs get protection from small competitors. It’s the citizens who lose out on delicious food choices.
How a risk-averse bureaucracy across the ocean may decide what you say and do online.
Home sharing competes with hotels, of course, but it's not a zero-sum game. Hosts on platforms like Airbnb are responsive to market conditions.
Forty years after the Civil Aeronautics Board was abolished, look how far we've come.
The FDA chief's mixed, moderate record has surprised both his champions and his critics.
Some cities have warmed to them, but protectionist policies still oppress.
Exclusive city-mandated monopolies lead to sky-high prices and crappy service. Who could have predicted it?
A judge suspends oppressive city regulations as too vague, but the fight's probably not over.
What will really keep drug (and any other) prices lower? Competition.
Dental therapists can provide access to more care, but the American Dental Association keeps trying to stop them.
A South Carolina Supreme Court decision rejects rules based on economic protectionism.
Make pharmaceutical competition great again.
The lethal consequences of a common, obscure hospital licensing law
A new bill not surprisingly has several Wisconsin lawmakers' support.
Another illustration of how hospitals use Certificate of Need laws to limit competition, and why those laws are bad for patients.
State faces lawsuit over new rule requiring in-person visits to refill prescriptions for eyeglasses and contact lenses.
Bill would subvert legal interpretation of Wire Act.
A pair of orchestrated hit pieces from media outlets has spurred the city to hand out massive fines.
Capitalism isn't to blame. It's the exact opposite.
Curriculum changes and marketing strategies.
The private sector strives to improve, while the government agency makes excuses.
Can the FCC bring "choice" and "competition" to your TV? Don't count on it.
Screwed over in fees, when not being turned away due to racism.
Home bakers sue for the right to sell their wares.
Studies showing city folk getting better treatment.
Those who insist that market anarchism cannot work because it lacks a monopolistic court of final jurisdiction are wrong.
These projects aren't fiscally responsible, but the FCC has given them a thumbs up.
An extremely predictable lesson in consequences
Cronyism, not the free market, is what makes income inequality harmful.
Depression-era law used to screw with competitors.
Challenging the municipal corporate state
Lawsuit to allow private religious ceremonies to sell pretty carved rocks
Imagining an effective strategy aimed at social transformation is an intrinsically complex matter, and no single method will succeed.
An industry that has struggled in the past may have good reasons for its decisions.