By Vincent Geloso Last week, a California court ruled that a vegan butter producer could use the word “butter” to describe his product. Agricultural regulators had, back in December 2019, claimed that this producer (Miyoko’s Creamery) was attempting to fool consumers by implying that he was producing a dairy food item. In recent years, a wide variety of new food items that … [Read more...] about Vegan Butter and the History of Regulatory Capture
Vincent Geloso
The Link Between Prosperity and Freedom Is Even Stronger than You Think
By Vincent Geloso For some decades now, economists have assembled data measuring “economic freedom” in order to create an index that can be tracked over time. The idea of an index of economic freedom is to measure the extent to which individuals are free to pursue their self-interest and how secure are the fruits of this pursuit. Some 400 articles have been written using … [Read more...] about The Link Between Prosperity and Freedom Is Even Stronger than You Think