Occupational Licenses Are Killing Minority Entrepreneurship
February 4, 2023 – Alfredo Ortiz …… With fewer government hurdles, minority entrepreneurs can overcome racial economic gaps. Continue reading →
Food Truck Owners Sue North Carolina Town over Anti-competitive Regulations
January 30, 2023 – Patrick Carroll …… Protecting established firms from competition isn’t just unfair, it’s economically harmful. Continue reading →
Jordan Peterson’s License Fiasco Highlights Why Government Licensing Should Be Abolished
January 16, 2023 – Patrick Carroll …… There’s an alternative to government licensing, and it already exists. Continue reading →
No, You Don’t Need to be “Qualified” to Homeschool Your Children
November 9, 2021 – Hannah Frankman …… If you can do these three simple things, you’re already qualified to be a homeschooling parent. Continue reading →
Harvard Study Finds Consumers Don’t Care if Businesses Are Licensed, but Do Consider Customer Reviews and Pricing
April 6, 2020 – Ross Marchand …… A recent study by MIT, Harvard, Stanford, and Boston University found that consumers care far more about reviews and prices than government-mandated credentials. Continue reading →
The Deception behind Government Licensing Laws
January 22, 2020 – Murray Rothbard …… How much licensing requirements are designed to “protect” the health of the public, and how much to restrict competition, may be gauged from the fact that giving medical advice free without a license is rarely a legal offense. Only the sale of medical advice requires a license. Continue reading →
How Cronyism Created New York City’s Taxi Medallion Bubble
December 23, 2019 – Daniel Kowalski …… The vast majority of those who find themselves underwater financially because of the burst of the taxi medallion bubble are the people who created that bubble in the first place. Continue reading →
The State’s War on Student Debtors Is Heating Up
July 21, 2018 – Douglas French …… The government is using increasingly hostile tactics and illogical methods to get student loans repaid. Continue reading →
Ride-Sharing Services Aren’t a Problem, They’re a Solution
July 19, 2018 – Aeon Skoble …… The New York Times editorial board has it all wrong. Continue reading →
London, Ontario’s Sting Operation Against a 58-year old Cancer Survivor Has not been Properly Reported . . . Until Now
June 30, 2018 – Lee Friday …… We cannot (reasonably) claim to live in a highly civilized society when some people (e.g. the government) grant themselves legal authority to forcibly prevent other people from voluntarily interacting with each other, as with cancer survivor Ethel Tari and her customers. Continue reading →