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Turning Point: Policymaking in the Era of Artificial Intelligence By Darrell M. West and John R. Allen 277 pp.; Brookings Institution Press, 2020 Artificial intelligence is here. How can society [...]

Free to Choose Medicine, 3rd ed. By Bartley J. Madden 83 pp.; Heartland Institute, 2018 Over a decade ago, Bart Madden unveiled the genesis of his 'Free to Choose Medicine' [...]

Occupational licensing reform became a hot-button issue among U.S. policymakers in 2016, and the first half of 2017 saw reform efforts at the federal and state levels. At the federal [...]

Whenever U.S. policymakers and business executives discuss health care, the issue of ever increasing costs quickly arises. And for good reason. According to a recent analysis by the Kaiser Family [...]

In July 2015, the Obama administration released a first-of-its-kind report from any White House: a study on occupational licensing. The report gained significant attention because of the novelty of its [...]

Many Americans, including older adults, lost their jobs and careers in the last recession. More than a half-decade since that recession ended, the national labor force participation rate remains stubbornly [...]

The U.S. pharmaceutical industry has once again become a target of consumers' and politicians' ire. In the past few years, public outcry ensued after a new, blockbuster drug was marketed [...]

In 1994, the genetically engineered Flavr Savr tomato first appeared in American grocers' fruit and vegetable aisles. Since then, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have proliferated in the U.S. food supply. [...]

Conspiracies of the Ruling Class: How to Break Their Grip Forever By Lawrence B. Lindsey 263 pp.; Simon & Schuster, 2016 Larry Lindsey knows whereof he speaks. As a former [...]

When Americans chink of economic regulation, they think of government as the regulator, both developing and enforcing rules. Regulation is the result of legislation enacted by national, state, and local [...]

Over the last decade, the U.S. health care system has experienced an increase in the number of shortages of 'ethical drugs'--drugs that require a prescription. Between 2005 and 2011, the [...]

Last February, Hayman Capital Management hedge fund manager Kyle Bass, through his wholly owned subsidiary, the Coalition for Affordable Drugs, filed a patent review petition with the U.S. Patent and [...]

Since 2010, several state legislatures have enacted laws recognizing the 'benefit corporation,' a variant of the traditional legal form of the American public corporation. Advocates of the benefit corporate form [...]

Efforts to ban television broadcasts promoting hard liquors are underway as the US government stage a relentless fight against alcoholism. Trade officials have adopted a number of administrative procedures, including increased tax rates and advertising restrictions, in order to prevent minors from getting exposed to alcoholic beverages. These policies have been strongly negated by liquor companies, which prey on the fact that beer and wine manufacturers are legally allowed to air advertisements on radio and television. According to recent studies, the government need not put stringent policies on alcoholic beverage broadcast advertising due to the incompetent image reflected by the government in controlling alcohol abuse.

In 2000, a Chinese pharmacist named Hon Lik invented the modern electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette. The product uses a piezoelectric ultrasound-emitting element to vaporize a pressurized jet of liquid containing [...]

In December 2011 the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the federal agency responsible for traffic safety and investigating traffic-related accidents, recommended that all states ban drivers from using portable electronic [...]

The Administrative Threat By Philip Hamburger 64 pp.: Encounter Books, 2017 Philip Hamburger, the Maurice and Hilda Friedman Professor of Law at Columbia University Law School, has written a pamphlet [...]

LAST DECEMBER, THE NATIONAL BROADcasting Company announced that it had signed a contract with the world's largest distributor of distilled spirits, Diageo PLC, to air liquor commercials for products from [...]

Last August, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York decided that the Irish drugmaker Amarin, manufacturer of the triglyceride-lowering drug Vascepa, could tout the drug's apparently [...]

In 'Beyond Medical Licensure' (Spring 2015), Shirley Svorny cogently criticizes the effectiveness of state occupational licensing boards, and specifically the licensing of physicians. She further argues that medical licensure is [...]

Last May, Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) signed into law the 'Right to Try Act' (Colorado House Bill 14-1281), making Colorado the first state to give terminally ill patients access to [...]

The Securities and Exchange Commission, the federal agency responsible for protecting the nation's investors, first proposed proxy access rules in May 2009 in order to give shareholders of publicly traded [...]

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 includes Section 951 requiring publicly traded companies to hold advisory 'say-on-pay' proxy votes on executive compensation. Recently, the U.S. [...]

ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2001, PRESIDENT Bush signed into law the 'Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act' (ATSSSA). The Act provides for up to $10 billion in federal loan guarantees [...]