The symposium focuses on Brink Lindsey and Steve Teles' important new book describing how several forms of government regulation slow economic growth, increase inequality, and reduce opportunities for the poor.
Cited for building the treehouse without a proper permit, the family must now file for permits to tear it down.
Slowing the flood of new rules and rolling back old ones keep some Americans in the president's corner.
When it comes to the FDA and USDA, where's the scaling back of rules?
Economy advances while administrative state recedes; lefty commentators hardest hit.
Appeals to what 'economists say' is used to coat liberal policy positions with a veneer of scientific certitude.
We rounded up the year's best writing, reporting, and research on erotic industries, those who work in them, and how they're getting screwed by U.S. authorities and laws.
Carlos Carrion has been growing bamboo in his yard for three decades; suddenly it's a crime.
If government officials didn't want us to smuggle goods, they'd lower taxes to make the business less profitable.
A ban could be in effect by 2021.
Regulations that limit food truck operations are a protectionist scam.
Smaller government has the possibility to be more honest government.
The city council is considering a mammoth package of new rules that threaten Tampa bathhouses and those who visit them.
Recreational marijuana arrives with a million strings attached.
"Bikinis can convey the very type of political speech that lies at the core of the First Amendment," writes federal judge.
Smuggling some Kinder Surprise Eggs into America could still earn you a fine of $2,500 per chocolate egg.
According to federal regulations, they are. But Congress is now subjecting that rule to scrutiny.
A TaxPayers' Alliance report says EU farm subsidies, tariffs, and overly strict regulations have made food in Britain seventeen percent costlier.
With occupational licensing rules that benefit favored friends, state governments raise barriers to prosperity for millions and raise costs for the rest of us.
The USDA just dumped Obama administration's proposed ridiculous biotech crop regulations; the FDA should quickly follow suit.
A couple of busted windows can result in a bill for thousands-even tens of thousands-of dollars.
Pruning back regulation doesn't have to be a partisan issue.
A false sense of security is worse than no sense of security at all.
No vehicle is truly self-driving if a "safety driver" is still sitting in the front seat
FDA head Scott Gottlieb overturns Obama's ban on direct-to-consumer genetic testing.
Simplifying the rules could save lives on the highway.
The panel wants to make prescription analgesics even harder to obtain.
A potential Supreme Court case challenges federal protection of an intrastate species with no commercial value.
Virginia should eliminate Certificates of Public Need.
Transportation innovation is seeing more people flee outdated public transit.
Regulators, for once, are pushing back.
Choose education over regulation when food companies abuse terms like "local" and "sustainable."
Chicago considers banning businesses that won't accept cash payments.
The city's leaders try desperately to reset relations with the company while it searches for a new headquarters.
With the latest breakthroughs in the life sciences, who needs a lab or degree?
Mark Hamill's ill-conceived effort at getting the state to crackdown on autographed memorabilia ends, predictably, in failure.
Columbia's Philip Hamburger says this "monarchical" system of government grew in power just as blacks and women saw an expansion of their voting rights.
What's wrong with the other 55 percent?
Should your life insurance company be prohibited from requiring you to take the test?
What will really keep drug (and any other) prices lower? Competition.
Suggestions from a New York real estate attorney
Environmental Protection Agency
Is the plan actually necessary for bringing emissions down?
Despite a May ruling declaring the ban unconstitutional, Wisconsin continued to target home bakers.
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