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# Summer 2014 

Vol. 37 No. 2 

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##### From the Cover 

### [Do Coastal Building Codes Make Stronger Houses? ](/regulation/summer-2014/do-coastal-building-codes-make-stronger-houses)

By Carolyn A. Dehring and Martin A. Halek 

Houses built under FEMA guidelines suffer more damage than pre-guidelines houses.

### [Climate Change Regulation and Prediction Markets ](/regulation/summer-2014/climate-change-regulation-prediction-markets)

By Shi-Ling Hsu 

An impartial party — the market — can weigh in on the climate’s future. 

### [Tesla and the Car Dealers’ Lobby ](/regulation/summer-2014/tesla-car-dealers-lobby)

By Daniel A. Crane 

Will an innovative, new carmaker bring about a long-overdue change to the automobile industry?

### [From Minimum Wages to Maximum Politics ](/regulation/summer-2014/minimum-wages-maximum-politics)

By Pierre Lemieux 

Why is there such a difference of opinion on the employment effects of a minimum wage increase?

##### Features 

#### [Why California Dissolved Its RDAs ](/regulation/summer-2014/why-california-dissolved-its-rdas)

By [Shirley Svorny](https://www.cato.org/people/shirley-svorny) 

Abuse finally brought down this vehicle to skirt constitutional limits and fiscal responsibility.

#### [Should Penny Auctions Be Regulated under Gaming Law? ](/regulation/summer-2014/should-penny-auctions-be-regulated-under-gaming-law)

By Michael Caldara 

Experimental evidence indicates the auctions are gimmicks, not gambles.

#### [A Federal Minimum Wage and the States ](/regulation/summer-2014/federal-minimum-wage-states)

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

How many jobs will the individual states lose if Congress raises the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour?

#### [The Questionable call for Common Carriage ](/regulation/summer-2014/questionable-call-common-carriage)

By Christopher S. Yoo 

Is there a role for common carriage in an Internet-based world?

#### [FDA’s Animal Food Regulation Is for the Birds ](/regulation/summer-2014/fdas-animal-food-regulation-birds)

By Jerry Ellig and Richard A. Williams 

Will this costly new rule produce net benefits?

##### Briefly Noted 

##### [A Rent-Seekers Tax? ](/regulation/summer-2014/rent-seekers-tax)

By Ryan Murphy 

##### [Why Regulatory Reform? ](/regulation/summer-2014/why-regulatory-reform)

By Stuart Shapiro and Debra Borie-Holtz 

##### [The Obamacare Regulatory Rush ](/regulation/summer-2014/obamacare-regulatory-rush)

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

##### [The Benefit Corporation: Statutory Barriers to Adoption ](/regulation/summer-2014/benefit-corporation-statutory-barriers-adoption)

By Thomas A. Hemphill and Francine Cullari 

##### In Review 

##### [Pinging the Robot Next Door ](/regulation/summer-2014/pinging-robot-next-door)

By Pierre Lemieux 

##### [More Evidence for a Dichotomous Debate ](/regulation/summer-2014/more-evidence-dichotomous-debate)

By Sam Batkins 

##### [Why Isn’t Peter Schuck a Libertarian? ](/regulation/summer-2014/why-isnt-peter-schuck-libertarian)

By David R. Henderson 

##### [Much to Criticize, Much Left Uncriticized ](/regulation/summer-2014/much-criticize-much-left-uncriticized)

By Pierre Lemieux 

##### [Can Macroeconomics Be Saved — or Understood? ](/regulation/summer-2014/can-macroeconomics-be-saved-or-understood)

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

##### [The Man of System’s Fatal Conceit ](/regulation/summer-2014/man-systems-fatal-conceit)

By Art Carden 

##### [Working Papers ](/regulation/summer-2014/working-papers)

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

##### Final Word 

##### [I’m with Stupid ](/regulation/summer-2014/im-stupid)

By A. Barton Hinkle 

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