Op-Ed by Mitchell Nemeth The Internet has provided humanity with so much content that in many ways, we are overloaded with information. Our smartphones are constantly buzzing with notifications about the latest podcast upload or commercial email marketing the newest product at our favorite store. We take this for granted, but it has occurred, in part, because the Internet … [Read more...] about The Hidden Costs of Free Social Media
Regulations
How Regulation Wrecks Innovation
By Adam Thierer Even in an age of hyper-partisanship, people still like a good underdog story and few are better than the small start-ups taking on the giants of industry. Entrepreneurialism helps create jobs, innovations, and other economic and social opportunities. It’s a story everyone can get behind. Everybody, that is, except the incumbents and their political … [Read more...] about How Regulation Wrecks Innovation
The Plague of Meddling Political Busybodies
By Richard M. Ebeling Who knows what might be better or best for you? You or those in the government? We all make mistakes and misjudgments, but who is most likely to have a wider and deeper appreciation of your wants and desires, you or a bureaucrat in an often-faraway government agency? Who is more likely to have an insight into the options and opportunities for achieving … [Read more...] about The Plague of Meddling Political Busybodies
The Regulatory-Industrial Complex
By Llewellyn H. Rockwell [This article was originally printed in the Free Market, September 1990. It was reprinted in The Left, the Right, and the State (2008).] Socialists want socialism for everyone else, but capitalism for themselves, while capitalists want capitalism for everyone else, but socialism for themselves. Neither Ted Kennedy nor Jane Fonda practices a … [Read more...] about The Regulatory-Industrial Complex
Philadelphia’s Sweetened Drink Sales Drop 38% After Beverage Tax
PHILADELPHIA - One year after Philadelphia passed its beverage tax, sales of sugary and artificially sweetened beverages dropped by 38 percent in chain food retailers, according to Penn Medicine researchers who conducted one of the largest studies examining the impacts of a beverage tax. The results, published this week in JAMA, translate to almost one billion fewer ounces of … [Read more...] about Philadelphia’s Sweetened Drink Sales Drop 38% After Beverage Tax