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RICHARD RAHN: Regulations will ruin the economy – Washington Times

ANALYSIS/OPINION: The successful parasite does not kill its host. But the federal regulatory parasite is in the process of killing the golden goose upon which it feeds. Several studies from highly reputable institutions have been released in the last number of days, all with similar alarming conclusions — namely, the number and costs of federal Read More

Corporativismo – Wikipedia

Da Wikipedia, l’enciclopedia libera. Il corporativismo è un tipo di organizzazione sociopolitica di una società sulla base dei gruppi di maggiori interessi, o “corpi sociali”, cioè le associazioni intermedie tra cittadino e autorità politica che formano la società civile, come gruppi su base agricola, affaristica, etnica, del lavoro, militare, scientifica, sulla base di interessi comuni. Read More
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Too Many Laws, Too Much Regulation | Cato Institute

This article appeared on National Review (Online) on March 2, 2016. Amid the many crucial issues facing this country, lawmakers in some 30 states turned last month to a matter of grave national import: regulating fantasy sports betting. Depending on the state, lawmakers variously seek to ban the popular pastime, to permit it, or to Read More
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Inclusionary Zoning Is Rent Control 2.0 – Forbes

Rent control is considered by most cities a measure that distorts and inflates housing markets. But many are embracing a similar price control called "inclusionary zoning." Despite prevailing in a few cities, rent control policies have declined across America, for reasons I mentioned in a previous post. They have been found—perhaps counterintuitively—to increase housing costs, Read More

Want to Make Housing Affordable? Ditch Urban-Growth Boundaries | Cato Institute

This article appeared in The Oregonian on March 1, 2016. A lot of terrible ideas are coming out of Oregon this year. Although Portland, Bend and other Oregon cities face housing affordability crises, most proposals to fix the problem will actually make it worse. These proposals suffer from a complete lack of common sense. For Read More
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Elections Aren’t as Democratic as Markets | Foundation for Economic Education

The presidential campaign is just a few months old, but it already feels like years. Luckily, according to the calendar, less than a year remains. The end will come. Listening to the preposterous and outrageous promises of presidential candidates offers a reminder that politics is a truly awful way to make decisions. Tell people who Read More
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Planned Parenthood’s Right to Bear Arms | Cato Institute

Last week, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., was attacked in Colorado Springs. Although many details about the perpetrator, who killed three people and wounded nine, are still unclear, Colorado Springs mayor John Suthers said that the attacker’s motive could be inferred from the location he chose. Violence against clinics raises an important legal Read More
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Rai Tivù: oltre il canone c’è di più – LeoniBlog

E’ stato recentemente pubblicato da IBL un interessante paper di Serena Sileoni, molto puntuale e chiaro, sulla proposta di inserimento del canone RAI nella bolletta dell’energia elettrica. Sottolineo in particolare, un passaggio: “Il canone, infatti, ha natura di imposta. (…) La bolletta, invece, riflette il prezzo di un servizio, pur gravato di una molteplicità di Read More
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Perché in Cina gli automobilisti uccidono volontariamente i pedoni che investono

Se venite investiti da un’auto nelle strade di Pechino non chiedete aiuto e non aspettate i soccorsi, ma alzatevi e scappate Milano. Se venite investiti da un’auto nelle strade di Pechino non chiedete aiuto e non aspettate i soccorsi, ma alzatevi e scappate. Perché probabilmente l’autista che vi ha stirato tenterà in ogni modo di Read More
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La pagliuzza nell’occhio di Volkswagen e la trave dei regolatori onnipotenti

. Dalle auto alle medicine, passando per gli aspirapolvere. Ragioni per non cedere al mantra “servono regole più stringenti” Milano. Lo scandalo Volkswagen nella sua gravità e banalità – un software riduce le emissioni durante i test – viene trattato prevalentemente come un caso morale e su queste basi ha travolto i vertici della Casa Read More
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The Bait-and-Switch Behind Economic Populism | Mises Daily

Argentina will hold elections this year, and a number of provinces will be electing governors. Buenos Aires, the capital city, is holding elections for mayor, and Mauricio Macri, who is stepping down as mayor, is a favorite to become the next president. Toward the end of the year, a presidential election will be held and Read More
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Latin America Grapples With Two Styles of Economies – WSJ

Jan. 3, 2014 7:55 p.m. ET There are two Latin Americas right now. The first is a bloc of countries—including Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela—that faces the Atlantic Ocean, mistrusts globalization and gives the state a large role in the economy. The second—made up of countries that face the Pacific such as Mexico, Peru, Chile and Read More
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Robert Shiller Is Shilling for Socialism | Mises Daily

The Nobel Prize just gets cheaper and cheaper. Recent laureate Bob Shiller graces the New York Times with his latest rant that free-markets stink, bolstering his argument by making stuff up. For starters, Shiller writes that America’s wealth “can be attributed” to regulation. Well, sure, it “can be attributed” to Zeus. Or sunspots. In the Read More