EconomyCommentary
New Study Shows Licensure Laws Kill Jobs in All 50 States
In America, everyone who can is expected to work. We don’t think of work as some kind of punishment but as an element of a… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In America, everyone who can is expected to work. We don’t think of work as some kind of punishment but as an element of a… Read More
EconomyNews
A new director, short or long term, won’t be enough to address accountability problems at the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, critics said as a… Read More
LawCommentary
The 21st Amendment ended Prohibition on Dec. 5, 1933. Still, some laws that were enacted to enforce Prohibition remain on the books, binding businesses today… Read More
EconomyCommentary
On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission—led by Chairman Ajit Pai—put a long-overdue end to a set of FCC rules that limit ownership of media outlets… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Time magazine’s cover story for the week of Nov. 6 is a classic. It blares: “The Wrecking Crew: How Trump’s Cabinet Is Dismantling Government As… Read More
EconomyCommentary
January marked the start of the first serious effort at federal deregulation in decades. Yet the massive pile of Dodd-Frank rules has remained largely untouched—until… Read More
EconomyNews
President Barack Obama’s Justice Department created a “slush fund” of nearly $1 billion using legal settlements with banks and steered those funds to political allies… Read More
LawCommentary
When environmental pressure groups can promote their agendas through closed-door rule-making with the Environmental Protection Agency, something has gone seriously wrong with the regulatory process…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
A new National Bureau of Economic Research study has quantified the impact of America’s generation-long decline in business startups, and the results are not pretty…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
If you’re an American living overseas, Uncle Sam is making life hard for you—and he’s probably giving your bank a headache, too. For one, the… Read More