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Eric Adams’ Emergency Price Controls on Baby Formula Will Make the City’s Shortage Worse

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 by Christian Britschgi

The country’s ongoing shortage of infant formula has been exacerbated and prolonged by a long list of counterproductive government interventions: from tariffs and trade restrictions to price-distorting subsidies and nonsensical …

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FDA Will Ease Enforcement of Baby Formula Regulations To Address Shortage

May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Easing labeling and WIC rules is expected to get more baby formula to consumers. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has emerged as one major impediment to ending America’s current …

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Bad Policy Creates Inflation and Opens the Door to Even Worse Ideas

May 16, 2022 by J.D. Tuccille

It’s no surprise to anybody who regularly buys groceries or puts gas in a car that prices are going up. Inflation is running at the hottest rate in 40 years, …

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Business Tax on Freelance Writers Heads to Virginia Supreme Court

April 22, 2022April 22, 2022 by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

“Democratic accountability is very important where taxes are concerned.” In 2018, Charlottesville, Virginia, decided that freelance writers needed a business license. The local government levied thousands of dollars in back …

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Occupational Licensing Hurts the Vulnerable Without Helping the Public

March 21, 2022March 21, 2022 by J.D. Tuccille

The main point of occupational licensing is, we’re told, to protect the public from incompetent and crooked practitioners in various trades and professions. That licensing more often protects the licensed …

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The Great Resignation Shows What Empowered Workers Really Look Like

March 11, 2022March 11, 2022 by J.D. Tuccille

Some politicians insist that workers are so beleaguered governments should push them into labor unions and mandate a national $15 per hour minimum wage. But then economic and cultural conditions …

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Free the Art! Sell the Art!

February 6, 2022 by Crispin Sartwell

Deaccession is a classic euphemism. When I first heard it, I assumed it was a parody of bureaucracy-speak or a flimsy attempt at linguistic camouflage, like getting a break-up note …

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Congress’ Latest Attempt To Rein In Big Tech Will Hurt Consumers

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 by Veronique de Rugy

Does anyone truly believe that our government—which consistently creates monopoly privileges for companies with its own cronyism—can be trusted to ensure that private markets remain competitive? Apparently so. Consider the …

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Anti-Tech Antitrust Bill Draws Criticism From All Sides

January 21, 2022 by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

A slapdash antitrust bill in the Senate has drawn criticism across the political spectrum. Unfortunately, it’s also drawn support from both major parties, as Democrats and Republicans compete to see …

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Facebook Faces Federal Monopoly Lawsuit Again

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

The federal government’s monopoly lawsuit against Facebook is back. The past few years have made it abundantly clear that the feds have it out for Facebook, what with the plethora …

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