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# Winter 2015–2016 

Vol. 38 No. 4 

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##### From the Cover 

### [Free Speech for You and Me, but Not for Professionals ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/free-speech-you-me-not-professionals)

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

In this information age, the Supreme Court should make clear that censoring professionals is intolerable.

### [When Law and Economics Was a Dangerous Subject ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/when-law-economics-was-dangerous-subject)

By Nicola Giocoli 

How the early 20th century controversy over railroad regulation embarrassed the University of Chicago and ruined an economist’s career.

### [Is More Antitrust the Answer to Wealth Inequality? ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/more-antitrust-answer-wealth-inequality)

By Daniel A. Crane 

Market power often serves progressive aims.

##### Features 

#### [Stunted Harvest ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/stunted-harvest)

By John J. Cohrssen and Henry I. Miller 

Regulatory reform for biotechnology is a tough row to hoe.

#### [Using Delegation to Promote Deregulation ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/using-delegation-promote-deregulation)

By Michael B. Rappaport 

Instead of trying to restrain agencies’ rulemaking power, why not create an agency with the authority and incentive to deregulate?

#### [The Federal Experiment with Evidence-Based Funding ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/federal-experiment-evidence-based-funding)

By Philip G. Peters Jr. 

Standards for the Home Visiting Program are a good first step toward helping children, but even higher standards are needed.

##### For the Record 

##### [Master Plans and Rent Seeking ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/master-plans-rent-seeking)

By William A. Fischel 

##### [Neighborhood Collectives Instead of Central Planners ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/neighborhood-collectives-instead-central-planners)

By Robert H. Nelson 

##### [Sarasota: A Solution to the Taxicab — Uber Wars ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/sarasota-solution-taxicab-uber-wars)

By Paul H. Rubin 

##### Briefly Noted 

##### [Helping Low-Latitude, Poor Countries with Climate Change ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/helping-low-latitude-poor-countries-climate-change)

By S. Niggol Seo 

##### [CAFE and the Tension between Optimization and Competition in Rulemaking ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/cafe-tension-between-optimization-competition-rulemaking)

By Brian F. Mannix 

##### [Transportation Cost-Benefit Analysis Can Be Highly Misleading ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/transportation-cost-benefit-analysis-can-be-highly-misleading)

By Robert Krol 

##### [What Regulatory “Ossification”? ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/what-regulatory-ossification)

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

##### [Pharmaceutical Marketing, the FDA, and Free Speech ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/pharmaceutical-marketing-fda-free-speech)

By Thomas A. Hemphill 

##### [Reinforcing Reproducibility: What Role for the Federal Government? ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/reinforcing-reproducibility-what-role-federal-government)

By Randall Lutter and David Zorn 

##### In Review 

##### [When the Price Is Wrong ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/flaws-ceilings)

By George C. Leef 

##### [Can the Fed Safely Pop Bubbles? ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/wall-street-federal-reserve-stock-market-speculation)

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

##### [Shaky Housing Policy Logic ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/shaky-ground)

By Vern McKinley 

##### [Sociology for the South and Cannibals All! ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/sociology-south-cannibals-all)

By Pierre Lemieux 

##### [The Essence of Hayek ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/essence-hayek)

By David R. Henderson 

##### [The Power of Private Ordering ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/private-governance)

By Thomas A. Hemphill 

##### [Cowboys and Entrepreneurs in the Cattle Kingdom ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/chisholm-trail)

By Pierre Lemieux 

##### [Nailing the Mouse, but Missing the Elephant ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/rule-nobody)

By Dwight R. Lee 

##### [Egad, Geoengineering! ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/climate-shock)

By David R. Henderson 

##### [The Politician–Public Sector Unionism Complex ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/government-against-itself)

By George C. Leef 

##### [Working Papers ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/working-papers)

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

##### Final Word 

##### [Being in Government Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry ](/regulation/winter-2015-2016/being-government-means-never-having-say-youre-sorry)

By A. Barton Hinkle 

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