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Instead, policy should allow the entire market to move above ground by reducing costly and time‐consuming regulation.

Blogbeitrag#220. Mai 2024

Are Government Prohibitions Effective?

When prohibitions fail to suppress the thing they prohibit, they make no sense whatsoever. One alternative — "sin" taxation — has its own potential negatives, but in moderation is far more likely to move outcomes in desired directions, with fewer adverse effects.

Blogbeitrag#329. April 2024

Mixed Evidence on Charter Schools

So absent strong evidence that school choice has non‐trivial negatives, shouldn't more choice be the default?

Blogbeitrag#415. April 2024

Another Negative of Occupational Licenses

What's the solution? Elimination of licenses. Short of elimination, states should recognize licenses issued by other states.

Blogbeitrag#51. April 2024

The War on Prices Continues: Biden's Misguided Rent Control Cap

Policymakers should heed the lessons from economic theory and real‐world evidence. Rent control, even in its more moderate forms, is a flawed tool that creates more problems than it solves.

Blogbeitrag#629. März 2024

Are Policy Nudges Cost Effective?

A key question, however, is whether nudges achieve their goals, and at what cost. On that score, the evidence is mixed.

Blogbeitrag#74. März 2024

Unintended Consequences of Vaccine Mandates: Good Intentions Are Not Enough

"This research supports the notion that governmental restrictions in the form of vaccination mandates can have unintended negative consequences, not necessarily by reducing uptake of the mandated vaccine, but by reducing adoption of other voluntary vaccines."

Blogbeitrag#828. Februar 2024

Should the Federal Government Subsidize Student Loans?

Federal subsidy implies federal definition and control of higher education, which opens the door to thought control and political manipulation (e.g., via debt cancellation).

Blogbeitrag#913. Februar 2024

Decriminalization vs. Legalization

The history of alcohol in the United States is a perfect illustration; violence in the alcohol trade was absent both before and after Prohibition, and accidental overdoses soared during Prohibition.

Blogbeitrag#1013. Februar 2024

Section 3 of the 14th Amendment

And if Section 3 keeps a popular candidate off the ballot, that will likely increase polarization and resentment amongst the candidate's supporters, perhaps to the point of further, and worse, insurrection.

Blogbeitrag#1129. Januar 2024

Reducing Illegal Immigration

Libertarians believe more legal immigration would benefit the United States, the sending countries, and the immigrants.

Blogbeitrag#1222. Januar 2024

Clean Energy Subsidies vs. A Carbon Tax

Emissions taxes are likely the least bad way to reduce emissions. Exceptions are possible, but clean energy subsidies deserve careful scrutiny, even if political constraints make emissions taxes impossible. Sometimes doing nothing is better than the feasible alternatives.

Blogbeitrag#1322. Dezember 2023

Prioritize Marijuana Licenses for Past Offenders? No, Just Eliminate Licenses

In Libertarian Land, government imposes few if any restrictions on starting a business, of any kind. That should apply to marijuana legalization.

Blogbeitrag#144. Dezember 2023

Will AI Cause Unemployment?

But the lesson from centuries of incorrect predictions about technological unemployment is that demand for human labor will continue.

Blogbeitrag#152. November 2023

Don't Expand the Border Wall. Instead, Fix Existing Policies That Increase Immigration

The Biden administration recently announced its intention to expand the border wall between Mexico and the United States; the goal is to limit illegal immigration. This effort will fail.