Daren Bakst is the director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
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A former Obama administration official has written a new agricultural study that is critical of The Heritage Foundation’s publication “Farms and Free Enterprise: A Blueprint… Read More
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In an apparent philosophical shift, the Food and Drug Administration is taking a new tack when it comes to tobacco regulation: It is embracing the… Read More
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What are Senate appropriators doing to address two new farm programs whose costs are spiraling out of control? They are increasing the costs even more…. Read More
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Policymakers too often think that big government is the only solution to creating opportunity and reducing poverty. They fail to ask how government might be… Read More
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The House and Senate agriculture committees, as evidenced by their recent farm bill hearings and complaints about wanting more handouts, seem to be focused on… Read More
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A highly controversial rule from the Obama administration may finally be on its way out. On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is going… Read More
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As Congress and the Trump administration develop their budget plans for the fiscal year 2018 budget and beyond, there’s one area that can provide them… Read More
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The taxpayer-subsidized “safety net” for agricultural producers represents a long-standing policy failure that would make a Soviet central planner blush. The current “safety net” doesn’t… Read More
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This week, Congress returns to Washington to address government funding. Unfortunately, two costly corporate welfare programs could be expanded. In the 2014 farm bill, Congress… Read More
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Advocates for big government often equate expanding government with concern for the poor. But reality speaks to the contrary: Expanding government often has very harmful… Read More
