From the Cover
A New “Fresh Hell” for Surprise Medical Bills
Five years after the federal No Surprises Act, its arbitration system is driving up everyone’s premiums.
Behind the Issue
Unintended Consequences
The Podcast of Regulation
Abundance is a tempting goal as Americans face shortages of housing and rising energy prices. But there are government regulations and interest groups that fight efforts to build more housing and energy infrastructure. In this episode, Paul and Peter discuss Jonathan Adler’s review for Regulation of Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s best-selling book Abundance, the need for further regulatory reform, and whether the movement would benefit from a fuller embrace of public choice economics.
Features
The New Mercantilism’s Old Mistake
Fear of China has revived the case for protectionism, which rests on a collectivist, instead of a liberal-individualist, view of trade.
The Unconstitutional Compact to Nullify the Electoral College
The NPVIC violates the basic principles and simple text of the US Constitution.
What Happens After Sunset?
A half-century of state sunset laws indicates which models work, which do not, and which are extraneous.
AI: How Safe Is Safe Enough?
Risk assessment of artificial intelligence using proportionality and foresight, not government overregulation, maximizes benefits and minimizes risks.
Comment on “AI: How Safe Is Safe Enough?”
AI has become the new villain in many policy narratives that focus only on its potential downsides rather than on the benefits it is already delivering.
For the Record
Briefly Noted
Final Word
Politicians, Markets, and Cheap Food
Product recalls, once the province of Detroit automakers, are now as common in leafy greens as vitamin K.
