The FDA is about to get a lesson in how prohibition fails
The FDA is quickly getting back to normal now that it appears the worst of the coronavirus waves have passed. And by getting back to normal, we mean plunging headlong…
Progressives barking up the “profiteering” tree
Gas prices are up, and among the loudest voices decrying the rise are progressive politicians who are convinced it’s all due to big il companies profiting off Putin’s war against…
Seattle soda tax encourages switch to beer
Taxes can change behavior. Economists have known this for decades, but politicians…not so much. An example of how taxes can change behavior comes from Seattle, where local pols decided to…
Elizabeth Warren’s economic illiteracy is showing (again)
It’s no secret that many members of the political class have no idea how markets work, let alone the factors that influence and determine prices. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth warren demonstrated…
Biden administration doubles down on industrial policy
The Biden administration is redoubling its efforts to win House approval of legislation that would offer tens of billions of dollars of federal subsidies to semiconductor makers who relocate their…
Rent control rears its ugly head
Bad economic ideas can be found just about everywhere. Truly destructive economic ideas are still, mercifully, less common. But one of those truly destructive ideas is having a sudden burst…
Congressional Democrats botch marijuana legalization
Congress is considering Democratic bill that would, supposedly, legalize marijuana throughout the country. While pursuing legalization is a good thing, the legislative path Democrats have chosen is so tangled and…
There’s no such thing as a free government program
One apparent loser in the internal Democratic tug-of-war over just how big to make government is something of a surprise: the idea of so-called free community college. Why a surprise?…
The war on dishwashers
The Trump administration had a policy of trying to get federal regulators out of our bathrooms and kitchens, and laundry rooms. One change they made: allowing companies to make, and…
Proof that politicians don’t set foot in grocery stores
In another example of bipartisanship proving itself to be a window into the economic illiteracy, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Chuck Grassley are pushing legislation to ban companies like Amazon and…
