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# Summer 2011 

Vol. 34 No. 2 

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##### From the Cover 

### [CON Job ](/regulation/summer-2011/con-job)

By [Timothy Sandefur](https://www.cato.org/people/timothy-sandefur) 

State “certificate of necessity” laws protect firms, not consumers. 

### [Would the REINS Act Rein In Federal Regulation? ](/regulation/summer-2011/would-reins-act-rein-federal-regulation)

By Jonathan H. Adler 

Congress makes another effort to regain control of regulation. 

### [Optimal Weight ](/regulation/summer-2011/optimal-weight)

By Michael L. Marlow and Alden F. Shiers 

Are government goals for reducing weight sensible? 

##### Features 

#### [The USDA’s Anti-Science Activism ](/regulation/summer-2011/usdas-anti-science-activism)

By Henry I. Miller and Gregory Conko 

Politics are hijacking the regulatory process. 

#### [Everything Old Is New Again ](/regulation/summer-2011/everything-old-new-again)

By Pankaj K. Jain and Thomas H. McInish 

Rule 201’s restrictions on short selling will do little to avoid future crises. 

#### [Will There Be Whistleblowers? ](/regulation/summer-2011/will-there-be-whistleblowers)

By Denise Dickins and Jonathan L. Awner 

Despite offers of substantial reward, the use of federal whistleblower programs is not high. 

##### Briefly Noted 

##### [Are Federal Agencies the Sole Judges of Their Own Authority? ](/regulation/summer-2011/are-federal-agencies-sole-judges-their-own-authority)

By [Ilya Shapiro](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro) and Caitlyn W. McCarthy 

##### [Forty Years on the Regulatory Commons ](/regulation/summer-2011/forty-years-regulatory-commons)

By Bruce Yandle 

##### [Obfuscation at the EPA ](/regulation/summer-2011/obfuscation-epa)

By [Ike Brannon](https://www.cato.org/people/ike-brannon) 

##### For the Record 

##### [Reducing Soda Consumption ](/regulation/summer-2011/reducing-soda-consumption)

By David S. Ludwig and Steven Gortmaker 

##### [Response ](/regulation/summer-2011/response)

By Eric Helland and Jonathan Klick 

##### In Review 

##### [Lure of the Big City ](/regulation/summer-2011/book-review-triumph-city-how-our-greatest-invention-makes-us-richer-smarter)

By [Ike Brannon](https://www.cato.org/people/ike-brannon) 

##### [Paved with Good Intentions ](/regulation/summer-2011/book-review-great-philanthropic-mistakes)

By George C. Leef 

##### [Tyler Cowen’s Unpersuasive Case ](/regulation/summer-2011/book-review-great-stagnation-how-america-ate-all-low-hanging-fruit-modern)

By David R. Henderson 

##### [Working Papers ](/regulation/summer-2011/working-papers)

By [Peter Van Doren](https://www.cato.org/people/peter-van-doren) 

##### Final Word 

##### [A Philosophy Lesson ](/regulation/summer-2011/philosophy-lesson)

By A. Barton Hinkle 

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