Because the sources and targets of regulation are diverse, the language complex and often opaque, and the volume overwhelming, much regulatory activity escapes public notice and debate with little discussion of costs or alternative methods for achieving the same ends. Our immediate purpose is to provide information and analysis about specific issues. Our longer‐range goal is to make regulation as sensible, cost‐effective, and least restrictive as possible.
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Entrepreneurs and Regulations: Removing State and Local Barriers to New Businesses
To speed economic recovery and support long‐term growth, governments should remove regulatory barriers to startups.
Airlines – Not the TSA – Should Manage Mask Mandates
Allowing private businesses and individuals to determine their preferences and actions on masks and vaccine passports is the right approach, not unnecessary regulation.
The Johnson & Johnson‐Vaccine Fiasco Is Business as Usual For the FDA
The regulatory agency regularly hamstrings the development and use of essential medicines.
Congress Preps to End Cannabis Prohibition
As Democrats prepare to roll out the end of federal cannabis prohibition, it’s worth taking stock of where cannabis legality stands today. Erin Partin details how states have moved over the past decade, and how the feds ought to move forward.
Overregulation and California’s Childcare Crisis
Childcare in California is hard to come by. Nearly 60% of families do not have adequate access to childcare. Those that do must pay a high price. Childcare centers average $17,000 a year per infant in the Golden State. That’s about 25% of earnings in a $70,000 a year household. The supply of childcare providers is declining. Since 2014, over 57,000 childcare providers have shuttered in California. Excessive regulations increase overhead expenses for providers, making it harder to get off the ground and stay afloat. The solution? Deregulate childcare services.