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Access to the Internet: Regulation or Markets?
Source: Hands off the Internet / The Heartland Institute
Author: David B. Kopel
Country: United States

Cable companies are spending billions to provide broadband access to the Internet. Some local phone companies, ISPs, and content providers want government to declare an "open access" policy to these high-speed networks. This report is in HTML and PDF format. (9/24/99)

Will the net turn car dealers into dinosaurs?
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Solveig Singleton
Country: United States

"Protectionist laws that make it harder to compete with traditional [car] dealers harm consumers and will simply lead to stagnation. States should repeal laws that restrict online automobile sales before the Internet economy leaves their citizens behind." This report is available in Adobe PDF. (7/25/00)

An Employee's Guide to Union Dues and Religious Do Nots
Source: National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.
Country: United States

What do employees do when their jobs conflict with sincere religious beliefs? This guide explains employees' rights and how to exercise them. (3/99)

Regulating Private Mail Boxes
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Dr. Edward L. Hudgins
Country: United States

Dr. Edward L. Hudgins of the Cato Institute testifies before the House Small Business Subcommittee on new Postal Service regulations and how they are hurting small businesses. (10/19/99)

A 10-point agenda for comprehensive telecom reform
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Adam Thierer
Country: United States

Thierer lays out his plan for true telecom reform saying that "Congress and the FCC should adopt a fresh approach based on deregulation and free markets." This report is available in Adobe PDF. (05/08/01)

Are hourly employees working more than in the past?
Source: Employment Policy Foundation
Country: United States
E-mail: info@epf.org

In spite of recent high-profile labor disputes about overtime, the amount of overtime Americans work, as well as the number of hours theywork per week, has not dramatically changed since 1979, according to this analysis by the Employment Policy Foundation. (10/11/00)

The relative compensation of part-time and full-time workers
Source: Employment Policies Institute
Author: Barry T. Hirsch
Country: United States
E-mail: epi@epionline.org

Critics say that employers get away with paying less to part-time workers, but the study's author concludes, "Virtually all of the part-time wage disadvantage can be accounted for by what are lower worker-specific skills among part-time than full-time worker ..." (7/00)

The Case Against A New Social Accountability Code
Source: Heartland Institute
Author: Murray Weidenbaum
Country: United States

The voluntary adoption of industry codes or standards, such as the recent quality standard ISO 9000, has a long and honorable history. However, a new effort to impose a "social accountability" standard on private companies is a fundamental departure from the constructive codes previously developed under the International Standards Organization. (8/99)

Federal Internet report: hands off is best
Source: Hands Off the Internet
Country: United States

This FCC report recommends a "hands off" approach to Internet services. The phenomenal growth of the Internet "is occurring so quickly, the FCC concludes that it is impossible to determine what, if any Internet technology will emerge as a market leader." The report is available in PDF format. (10/13/99)

Congress and FASB ignore business realities
Source: Cato Institute
Author: T. J. Rodgers
Country: United States

Rodgers argues that the new regulations put forth by Congress and the Financial Accounting Standards Board will do more harm than good to the accuracy of financial statements. (10/25/02)

The effect of New Jersey's minimum wage increase on fast-food employment: A re-evaluation using payroll records
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research
Author: David Neumark, William Wascher
Country: United States

"[E]stimates based on the payroll data suggest that the New Jersey minimum wage increase led to a 4.6 percent decrease in employment in New Jersey relative to the Pennsylvania control group." (Adobe Acrobat) (8/97)

Do minimum wages fight poverty?
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research
Author: David Neumark, William Wascher
Country: United States

"On net, the various tradeoffs created by minimum wage increases more closely resemble income redistribution among low-income families than income redistribution from high- to low-income families. Given these findings it is difficult to make a distributional or equity argument for minimum wages." (Adobe Acrobat) (8/97)

The employment effects of recent minimum wage increases
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research
Author: David Neumark
Country: United States

"Despite the limited data to which the pre-specified research design can be applied, evidence of disemployment effects of minimum wages is often found where we would most expect it -- for younger, less-skilled workers." (Adobe Acrobat) (6/99)

The effects of minimum wages throughout the wage distribution
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research
Author: David Neumark, Mark Schweitzer, William Wascher
Country: United States

"[W]orkers initially earning near the minimum wage are adversely affected by minimum wage increases, while, not surprisingly, higher-wage workers are little affected. Although wages of low-wage workers increase, their hours and employment decline, and the combined effect of these changes is a decline in earned income." (Adobe Acrobat) (2/00)

Milking the Sacred Cow: A Case for Eliminating the Federal Dairy Program
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Kevin McNew
Country: United States

Thanks to Depression-era legislation, Americans are being "milked" with higher dairy prices. "Congress could help consumers and efficient farmers by eliminating the federal dairy program." This report is in Adobe PDF. (12/99)

Securities markets regulation: time to move to a market-based approach
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Dale Arthur Oesterle
Country: United States

Depression-era securities regulation has "outlived whatever usefulness it may have once had" because of competition and new trading technology. This report shows that a new, market-based approach is needed. It is available in Adobe PDF. (6/21/00)

Minimum wage laws and the distribution of employment
Source: Employment Policies Institute
Author: Dr. Kevin Lang
Country: United States

"Boston University research demonstrated that mandated wage hikes 'induce a shift towards teenagers and students ... The competition from [these] higher quality workers makes low-skill workers worse off.'" (Adobe Acrobat) (1/95)

Barriers to entrepreneurship: How government undermines economic opportunity
Source: Institute for Policy Innovation
Country: United States

"The vast majority of job creation is occurring in small business. At the same time, government regulation at the federal, state and local level impacts small business to a much greater degree than larger businesses." (Adobe Acrobat plugin required) (6/15/99)

Candidates for corrections day: The ten worst regulations of the federal government
Source: Institute for Policy Innovation
Country: United States

"The Institute for Policy Innovation and the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution asked leading experts on government regulation for examples of the worst government regulations. The result is a rogue's gallery of the worst examples of government regulation based on pork politics, bad science, bureaucratic inefficiency, and invasion of privacy." (Adobe Acrobat plugin required) (6/1/96)

Access to the Internet: regulation or markets?
Source: Heartland Institute
Author: David B. Kopel
Country: United States

"A group of ISPs, content providers, and local phone companies is demanding access to cable networks on terms as favorable as those that the cable companies offer to their own Internet affiliates and subsidiaries. Granting their demands would endanger future investments in broadband systems, pose insurmountable technical problems, and harm rather than benefit consumers." (9/24/99)

Small business survival index 2001: ranking the policy environment for entrepreneurship across the nation
Source: Small Business Survival Committee
Author: Raymond J. Keating
Country: United States
E-mail: rkeat614@aol.com

"The Small Business Survival Index ranks the 50 states and the District of Columbia according to some of the major government-imposed or related costs impacting investment, entrepreneurship, and business." Nevada came in first, D.C. last. (07/01)

From welfare to work: The transition of an illiterate population
Source: Employment Policies Institute
Author: Dr. David Macpherson
Country: United States

Higher mandated minimum wages and "living" wages threaten to bar the entry of largely illiterate former welfare recipients into the workforce. (Adobe Acrobat) (2/97)

The crippling flaws in the New Jersey fast food study, 2nd edition
Source: Employment Policies Institute
Country: United States

The infamous New Jersey study purporting to find that boosting the minimum wage did not increase unemployement is thoroughly discredited by re-examining the data. (Adobe Acrobat) (4/96)

Labor law discriminates against women
Source: NCPA
Author: Denise Venable
Country: United States

"The Fair Labor Standards Act discriminates against lower-income women workers because it has not been adjusted to account for an evolving society. Efforts to reform the FLSA have been made in the past, but opposition from labor unions has prevented improvements. Congress, however, needs to institute specific reforms." (08/06/01)

Why Silicon Valley Should Not Normalize Relations With Washington, D.C.
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: T. J. Rodgers
Country: United States

T.J. Rodgers writes about Silicon Valley's new obsession with Washington. He says that "the collectivism that big government espouses undermines capitalism and therefore the fundamental wealth-producing process of Silicon Valley." He also advises his fellow CEOs to defend companies like Microsoft against political persecution. This paper is available in Adobe PDF. (2/00)

Regulating Internet access: an idea whose time never came
Source: Hands off the Internet / The Alexis de Tocqueville Institute
Country: United States
E-mail: kenbrown@erols.com

"Is the push to regulate Internet access dead? If not, then it's clearly on life support." MS Word or Adobe PDF. (3/6/00)

SBSC scorecard for 106th Congress
Source: Small Business Survival Committee
Country: United States
E-mail: cwysocki@sbsc.org

Find out how your representatives in Congress scored on issues of importance to small business, such as taxes and regulations. (2000)

OSHA’s ergonomics litigation record: three strikes and it's out
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Eugene Scalia
Country: United States

This study examines the problems with OSHA's ergonomic standards. It can be viewed with Adobe PDF. (5/15/00)

A reform agenda for the new FCC
Source: The Progress and Freedom Foundation
Author: Randolph J. May
Country: United States

May suggests that in order to carry out the professed "pro-competitive" vision of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 the new FCC must push more deregulation. The report is available in Adobe PDF. (06/13/01)

Open access, private interests, and the emerging broadband market
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: William E. Lee
Country: United States

This report examines the First Amendment problems, as well as the economic issues regarding broadband Internet access regulations. It is available in Adobe PDF. (8/29/00)

Small Business Survival Index
Source: Small Business Survival Committee
Author: Raymond J. Keating
Country: United States
E-mail: cwysocki@sbsc.org

Provides general information on how friendly or unfriendly each state is to small business. Even though it's not a state, the District of Columbia still finished last. (9/25/00)

Constitutional and antitrust violations of the Multistate Tobacco Settlement
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Thomas C. O’Brien
Country: United States

"In collaboration with state attorneys general and the four leading tobacco companies, [contingency fee lawyers] concocted a scheme that forces all tobacco companies to engage in a program of price fixing and monopolization." Thomas O'Brien shows why the tobacco settlement is unconstitutional. The report is available in Adobe PDF. (5/18/00)

Ergonomics by OSHA ... ergo, outgo by business
Source: Heartland Institute/CSAB
Author: Richard J. Mahoney and Milka S. Kirova
Country: United States

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's new obsession with ergonomics spells more bad news for business. (3/00)

Ten Thousand Commandments
Source: Competitive Enterprise Institute
Country: United States

CEI’s  2001 compendium of information on the size and scope of the regulatory state, in PDF format.

The economics of the Tauzin-Dingell bill
Source: TechCentralStation
Author: James K. Glassman
Country: United States

"The bill will harm the prospects for competition, and, with competition reduced or eliminated, consumer choice will atrophy. Prices will rise, high-speed access to the Internet will be significantly deterred and even stricter regulation will be necessary." (06/12/01)

Prices, profits and prescriptions: The pharmatech industry in the New Economy
Source: Institute for Policy Innovation
Author: Merrill Matthews
Country: United States

"There have been many complaints about prescription drug prices lately; critics seem to think they are too high, and point to drug company profits as proof." This report examines the nature of such profits and the question of whether government intervention would make things better or worse? It is available in Adobe PDF. (10/16/00)

Expanding economic opportunity in America’s urban centers
Source: RPPI
Author: Samuel R. Staley, Howard Husock, David J. Bobb, H. Sterling Burnett
Country: United States

"Case studies of Boston, Dallas, Atlanta, and Los Angeles help illuminate the complexity and detail of regulatory barriers to entrepreneurship and identify programs and other efforts to encourage neighborhood-based development." (02/01)

Electricity Market Design and Structure
Source: Reason Public Policy Institute
Author: L. Lynne Kiesling
Country: United States

This report examines the deregulation of the electricity industry, and in particular how the transmission of electricity should be structured. Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed. (04/02)

Do living wage ordinances reduce urban poverty?
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research
Author: David Neumark and Scott Adams
Country: United States

"Our findings indicate that living wage ordinances boost wages of low-wage workers. The estimated elasticities are small, however ... In addition to the wage effects, we find weak negative hours effects of living wage ordinances on low-wage workers, and strong negative employment effects." ($5.00) (3/00)

Eliminating state barriers to e-commerce
Source: Georgia Public Policy Foundation
Author: Hans A. von Spakovsky
Country: United States

The author examines state regulation that would prohibit Internet commerce and argues that any such regulation violates the intent of the Constitution’s commerce clause, which was designed to prevent states from erecting trade barriers that inhibit the flow of interstate commerce in a national economy." (10/15/00)

Minimum wage escalation
Source: Ross Nordeen
Author: Thomas Sowell
Country: United States
E-mail: webmaster@amatecon.com

Published in 1977 by the Hoover Institute, this monograph by Thomas Sowell examines legislation that would automatically escalate the minimum wage based on earnings elsewhere in the economy.

Who's afraid of pharmaceutical advertising?
Source: Institute for Policy Innovation
Author: Merrill Matthews
Country: United States

"As health care shifts from a physician-directed to a patient-directed system, pharmaceutical companies are changing their marketing focus from doctors to patients." This report concludes that there is nothing to fear from this trend. It is available in Adobe PDF. (05/17/01)

Old law vs. the new economy
Source: Reason
Author: James V. DeLong
Country: United States

"[T]he centralized structures and fixed schedules of the modern workplace are dictated by something other than economic efficiency. They are compelled by federal and state government rules, and it is far from clear that these will permit the changes necessary to produce possible gains." (08/13/01)

$91 billion ergonomics proposal nears final action
Source: Employment Policy Foundation
Author: Ronald E. Bird
Country: United States

The evidence is overwhelming that The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's controversial proposed Ergonomics Program Standard will impose costs far in excess of benefits. (Adobe Acrobat) (9/20/00)

Economic deregulation and customer choice: lessons for the electric industry
Source: The Mercatus Center
Author: Robert Crandall and Jerry Ellig
Country: United States
E-mail: mercatus@gmu.edu

Examines the impact of economic deregulation in five network industries (natural gas, telecommunications, airlines, trucking, and railroads) and draws implications for the electric industry. Executive summary available online.

Demand-driven spectrum reform at the FCC
Source: Competitive Enterprise Institute
Author: Solveig Singleton
Country: United States

The FCC recently announced its intent to allow for secondary markets in the allocations of portions of the electromagnetic spectrum used in the wireless communications industry. (11/17/00)

Getting deregulation right: How other states and nations have avoided California’s mistakes
Source: Reason Public Policy Institute
Author: Lynne Kiesling
Country: United States

This report looks at the success of electricity deregulation in various states and nations in comparison to California's mistakes. It also proposes policy recommendations on how other states should go about deregulating their electricity industries. It is available in Adobe PDF. (04/01)

Federal regulations total $800 billion
Source: Competitive Enterprise Institute
Country: United States

A new CEI report shows that second to housing expenditures, Americans spend the largest share of their incomes supporting the regulatory state. Available in Adobe PDF format(05/21/01)

Ship the wine in its time
Source: Pacific Research Institute
Author: K. Lloyd Billingsly
Country: United States

The case for ending the ban on direct shipment of wines over the internet. (PDF file) (08/02)

'Big Oil' at the public trough? An examination of petroleum subsidies
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Ronald J. Sutherland
Country: United States

This study examines the charge that the oil industry is a beneficiary of government subsidies. In fact the "industry is more harmed than helped by government intervention in energy markets." The report is available in Adobe PDF. (2/1/01)

Policy brief: post office smuggling
Source: ATR
Author: Peter J. Ferrara
Country: United States

Why is the United State Postal Service delivering packages internationally, when such private firms as UPS and Federal Express exist to do the very same thing? Peter J. Ferrara of Americans for Tax Reform explores this and other questions and asks if the USPS isn't technically guilty of "smuggling" ... (Adobe Acrobat PDF file) (03/28/01)

Policy brief: post office socialism
Source: ATR
Author: Peter J. Ferrara
Country: United States

Is there a valid reason why the United State Postal Service wants to extend its government-enforced monopoly beyond first-class mail delivery? Peter J. Ferrara of Americans for Tax Reform explores this and other questions and asks if the USPS foray into long distance phone cards, bill paymenet processing, etc., isn't just "galloping socialism" ... (Adobe Acrobat PDF file) (03/28/01)

Proposed rules for registration of security futures broker-dealers
Source: Mercatus Center
Country: United States

This report looks at the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 and shows that it "would result in time-consuming duplication of registration procedures for futures commission merchants," as well as other roadblocks for securities dealers. (07/26/01)

Why canning 'spam' is a bad idea
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.
Country: United States

"The regulation of spam would make it all too easy to impede solicited mail, unsolicited mail that is nonetheless welcome, legitimate commerce, emerging Internet innovations, and even free speech." This report is available in Adobe PDF. (07/26/01)

Report to Congress on the costs and benefits of federal regulations
Source: Mercatus Center
Author: Susan Dudley, Joseph Johnson, and Jay Cochran
Country: United States

"Regulations impose a hidden tax on American citizens, yet, unlike the federal budget, the money spent and opportunities foregone to comply with government rules and regulations are not well-understood." This report is available in Microsoft Word format. (08/14/01)

Internet privacy and self-regulation: Lessons from the Porn Wars
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Tom W. Bell
Country: United States

"Much like the 'self-help' software that allows parents to filter offensive content, a wide rage of free or low cost privacy protection software is available." This report is available in Adobe PDF. (08/09/01)

How FDA regulation and injury litigation cripple the medical device industry
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Charles A. Homsy
Country: United States

"Manufacturers of medical devices face a triple threat in their efforts to develop products to alleviate pain and suffering. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration can drive manufacturers out of business, even when the FDA itself certifies their devices." This report is available in Adobe PDF. (08/28/01)

A review and synthesis of the cost of workplace regulations
Source: Mercatus Center
Author: Joseph M. Johnson
Country: United States

This report "sheds new light on the hidden tax [estimated to be $91 billion] that regulations impose on American citizens." It is available in Adobe PDF. (08/30/01)

Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.
Country: United States

"For the past six years, Cato scholar Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. has compiled a respected tally of the cost of regulation to the American economy. This year's edition ... shows that the first year of the Bush administration has seen a decrease in the amount of regulation foisted on Americans." (PDF file) (06/11/02)

The Digital Dirty Dozen: The Most Destructive High-Tech Legislative Measures of the 107th Congress
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Wayne Crews and Adam Thierer
Country: United States

This report examines the "12 most destructive pieces of technology legislation introduced in the 107th Congress." It is available in Adobe PDF. (02/04/02)

Help passenger rail by privatizing Amtrak
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Joseph Vranich and Edward L. Hudgins
Country: United States

This report examines the financial troubles of Amtrak and recommends to Congress the process of restructuring and liquidation. It is available in Adobe PDF. (11/01/01)

The impact of regulatory costs on small firms
Source: Mercatus Center
Author: W. Mark Crain and Thomas D. Hopkins
Country: United States

This report is available in Adobe PDF. (10/01)

Major policy lessons from the collapse of Enron
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: William A. Niskanen
Country: United States

Niskanen looks at what policy lessons can be gleaned from the Enron scandal. (PDF file) (07/02)

Protecting consumers or building attorneys' nest eggs?
Source: NLCPI
Country: United States

The National Legal Center for the Public Interest issues a monograph examining whether consumer protection statutes are actually performing their intended function, or just keeping litigators wealthy. (Adobe Acrobat Reader required) (09/01/01)

Rx for a healthy drug industry
Source: Pacific Research Institute
Author: Laura Dykes
Country: United States

A new PRI report takes an in-depth look at how government attempts to micromanage the pharmaceutical industry have completely failed abroad, and the federal and state government efforts that threaten our health care future here at home. (Adobe Acrobat) (11/01)

The First Amendment and Securities Laws
Source: The Federalist Society
Author: The SEC and First Amendment Working Group
Country: United States

"Even though the Enron matter is not specifically dealt with in this white paper, it does provide an interesting context in which to consider questions concerning the applicability of the First Amendment to the SEC's regulations." The report is available in Adobe PDF. (03/02)

A libertarian analysis of the Pullman strike
Source: Libertarian Alliance
Author: Chris Matthew Sciabarra
Country: United States

Republication, with an interesting introduction added, of Sciabarra's undergraduate honors thesis.

Telecrisis
Source: PRI
Author: Sonia Arrison (editor)
Country: United States

High-speed internet access has the potential to transform the daily lives of Americans, but regulatory paralysis and political roadblocks stifle the rollout of new broadband services, according to PRI's latest study. (PDF file) (12/06/02)

Written submission of the Competitive Enterprise Insititute regarding the telecom & high tech manufacturing sector
Source: Competitive Enterprise Institute
Author: Solveig Singleton
Country: United States

"These comments further describe the role that regulation has played in the slowdown of the telecommunications manufacturing sector. We address ... the impact of the Federal Communications Commission's regulations concerning unbundled network elements, or UNE's, adopted in proceedings concerning local telephone competition and recently revisited in the FCC's 'Triennial Review.'" (08/26/03)

Improving airport passenger screening
Source: Reason Public Policy Institute
Author: Robert W. Poole, Jr.
Country: United States

Policy study calling for an expansion of a pilot program that would allow airports to seek innovative alternatives to federalized airport screeners and help alleviate the Transportation Security Administration's ongoing struggles to get qualified personnel by its deadlines. (PDF file) (09/02)

Rethinking Checked-Baggage Screening
Source: Reason Public Policy Institute
Author: Viggo Butler and Robert W. Poole, Jr.
Country: United States

This report "finds the nation's current airport security plan focuses too many resources on baggage screening and questions the decision to pour billions of dollars into error-prone, labor-intensive explosive detection and trace machines." (PDF file) (07/11/02)

Public Interest Comment on Meat Pizza Identity Standards
Source: Mercatus Center
Author: Jennifer Zambone
Country: United States

The report examines the USDA's removal of standards that were used to identity "pizza with meat" and "pizza with sausage." It is available in Adobe PDF. (01/02/02)

Growth restrictions contribute to increased housing costs
Source: RPPI
Author: G. Donald Jud and Daniel T. Winkler
Country: United States

Results of a study on metropolitan housing prices indicate that "local growth restrictions impede housing growth and lead to a larger appreciation in housing prices." (2/17/03)

Compliance costs of workplace regulations: survey results for U.S. manufacturers
Source: Mercatus Center
Author: W. Mark Crain and Joseph M. Johnson
Country: United States

This study examines the costs of federal regulations on U.S. manufacturers. It "shows that U.S. manufacturers paid $28 billion in 2000 to comply with federal workplace regulations. That's an average of $2.2 million per firm to comply with the regulations, or approximately $1,700 per employee." The report is available in Adober PDF. (12/01)

Saving lives or wasting resources?
Source: Cato Institute
Author: C. Gregory Ruffennach
Country: United States

Ruffennach examines the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and concludes that "there are substantial incentives in place that encourage mine operators to make investments in safety." He recommends that the Act be repealed. (Full report a PDF file) (09/19/02)

The effects of bargain wholesale prices on local telephone competition
Source: CEI
Author: Stephen B Pociask
Country: United States

Study investigating effects of price controls on telecom, concluding that their economic costs far outstrip any consumer financial benefit. (PDF file) ((6/03)

Local telephone competition: Unbundling the FCC's rules
Source: Heritage Foundation
Author: James L. Gattuso
Country: United States

"The FCC is expected to vote this week on new rules governing competition for local telephone service. ... [T]he consequences of this decision may determine not just the future of competition in this market, but prospects for new technology and for the U.S. economy as a whole." (2/10/03)

Ten Thousand Commandments
Source: Cato Institute
Author: Clyde Wayne Crews Jr
Country: United States

The 2003 edition of the "annual snapshot of the federal regulatory state", including insights into the rule-making process is largely unregulated by Congress. (6/04) (PDF file)

Keeping the poor poor: The dark side of the living wage
Source: Cato Institute
Author: Carl F. Horowitz
Country: United States

"Decades of research have shown that the minimum wage harms the least-skilled workers from poor families while heavily benefiting young workers from middle-income households. .... Instead of exploiting grievances of the marginally employed against 'greedy' employers, advocates for the poor should focus their energies on building the skills of the poor." (PDF file) (10/03)

Food and Drug Administration caused recent vaccine-supply problems
Source: Independent Institute
Author: Arthur E. Foulkes
Country: United States

"Childhood vaccines in the United States have been in short supply since 2000. Although many reports have attributed this shortage to an over-reliance on the free market to deliver needed supplies, numerous obstacles imposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have made the vaccine market far from free."

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