Publication Type
March 21, 2006
Will Gov. Romney Keep His No-New-Taxes Pledge?
Republicans are supposed to provide a check on the big-government impulses of their Democratic brethren aren’t they?
Oh, yea, forgot about Congress.
March 15, 2006
Will the Senate Remember What Price Controls Did to Medicare?
How does that old saying from philosopher George Santayana go? “Those who cannot remember the history of price controls are condemned to repeat them?” Or something like that.
March 7, 2006
The Sickest Tax of All
Brand name pharmaceutical manufacturers are constantly berated by activists for not doing enough to help poor countries get essential medicines.
March 2, 2006
When an Internet “Tax” Is Not a Tax
AOL is being blasted for announcing a new plan which involves charging marketers to ensure their emails reach their intended recipients.
March 1, 2006
Small (and Lower) Is Beautiful
Entrepreneurs—where would the economy be without them? Nowhere.
February 24, 2006
A Primer on Price Controls
Politicians are once again flirting with price controls. A price is a powerful conveyor of information to both buyers and sellers. Most companies engage in "differential pricing," so that low-income people have access to their products. But price controls actually hurt low-income people because they keep prices artificially high, plus they stifle competition and destroy innovation.
February 16, 2006
A Decade Can Teach Us Something
Ten years ago last week, Bill Clinton signed what was sold to the public as a landmark telecommunications law.


