Vol. 34, No. 2, Summer 2011

Cover Stories

CON Job State "certificate of necessity" laws protect firms, not consumers. By Timothy Sandefur (PDF, 795K)

Would the REINS Act Rein In Federal Regulation? Congress makes another effort to regain control of regulation. By Jonathan H. Adler (PDF, 658K)

Optimal Weight Are government goals for reducing weight sensible? By Michael L. Marlow and Alden F. Shiers (PDF, 658K)

Features

Agriculture

The USDA's Anti-Science Activism Politics are hijacking the regulatory process. By Henry I. Miller and Gregory Conko (PDF, 124K)

Banking & Finance

Everything Old Is New Again Rule 201's restrictions on short selling will do little to avoid future crises. By Chinmay Jain, Pankaj K. Jain, and Thomas H. McInish (PDF, 465K)

Corporate Governance

Will There Be Whistleblowers? Despite offers of substantial reward, the use of federal whistleblower programs is not high. By Jonathan L. Awner, and Denise Dickins (PDF, 405K)

In Review

Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier, reviewed by Ike Brannon | Great Philanthropic Mistakes, reviewed by George C. Leef | The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better, reviewed by David R. Henderson

Working Papers, reviewed by Peter Van Doren

Briefly Noted

Are Federal Agencies the Sole Judges of Their Own Authority?, by Ilya Shapiro and Caitlyn W. McCarthy | Forty Years on the Regulatory Commons, by Bruce Yandle | Obfuscation at the EPA, by Ike Brannon

For the Record

Reducing Soda Consumption by David S. Ludwig and Steven Gortmaker | Response by Eric Helland and Jonathan Klick

Final Word

A Philosophy Lesson by A. Barton Hinkle