From the Cover

Health & Medicine

The Potential Pitfalls of Combating Surprise Billing

By Ike Brannon and David Kemp
PDF

A “baseball‐​style” arbitration process has shown promise in New York state

Comment

By David A. Hyman and Benedic Ippolito
PDF

How Should Antibiotics Be Regulated?

By Jonathan Anomaly
PDF

Overuse of antibiotics is a public goods problem.

Energy & Natural Resources

Good Money after Bad?

By Lawrence Haar
PDF

Is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve vital to U.S. energy security?

A Reset for the Renewable Fuels Standard?

By Arthur R. Wardle
PDF

The environmental record for biofuels is bleak, but upcoming regulatory reviews offer a chance to change course.

Features

Regulatory Reform

Changing Speed Bumps into Guardrails

By Michael Archbold, Hollis Hart, and Joseph Minarik
PDF

For the Record

College Admissions Preferences Are Not Justified

By George C. Leef
PDF

Response

By Dennis L. Weisman
PDF

Briefly Noted

Time for Radiation Regulation to Evolve

By Brant A. Ulsh and Edward J. Calabrese
PDF

Would a U.S. Carbon Tax Change Things?

By Kenneth W. Costello
PDF

The FDA Needs More Accountability, Not More Independence

By Henry I. Miller
PDF

What Does the OMB Memo Mean for Review of Independent Agency Actions?

By Sam Batkins and Ike Brannon
PDF

The Pursuit of Nuttiness

By Pierre Lemieux
PDF

In Review

Bending the Rules

By Sam Batkins
PDF

The Panic of 1819

By Vern McKinley
PDF

Emissions Trading Schemes under International Economic Law

By Greg Kaza
PDF

Modern Energy Market Manipulation

By Timothy J. Brennan
PDF

On the Private and Public Virtues of an Honorable Entrepreneur

By Phil Murray
PDF

Honorable Business

By Art Carden
PDF

What Should Economists Do?

By Pierre Lemieux
PDF

Not Working

By Ryan Bourne
PDF

The Myth of Capitalism

By Thomas A. Hemphill
PDF

Economics in Two Lessons

By David R. Henderson
PDF

Against the Grain

By Art Carden
PDF

Merger Masters

By Greg Kaza
PDF

The Big Four

By Vern McKinley
PDF

The Power of Capitalism

By Pierre Lemieux
PDF

Working Papers

By Peter Van Doren
PDF

Final Word

The New Trustbusters

By Tim Rowland
PDF