This Week in Occupational Licensing, February 11th
News and Commentary Mark Hyden comments in the Newnan Times-Herald on Georgia bills easing licensing for those previously licensed in other states. Leah Willingham reports that several Mississippi bills would remove licensing requirements including those for [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, February 9th
News and Commentary The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation initially required $3 billion in additional collateral from Robinhood, after which the online brokerage firm restricted trades of certain stocks reports Michael J. de la Merced for [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, February 9th
News and Commentary I've written a commentary on the need to make the COVID-19 vaccines open via compulsory licensing, the suspension of intellectual property protections abroad, and voluntary measures by those holding patent rights to share [...]
Artificial Property and Real Inequality
In The Nation, Dean Baker has an article about the power of intellectual property rights as a driver of inequality: The effect of [expanding copyright and patent protections] was to transfer money from the bulk of [...]
This Week in Land Use Regulation, February 5th
News and Commentary Ryan Bourne presents a Maryland report on the costs of a rent stabilization policy for Cato blog. Jeff Wood includes lessons from California's housing crisis in his Greater Greater Washington 'national links.' Niskanen [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, February 4th
News and Commentary The Council on Licensure, Enforcement, and Regulation notes that South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and New Jersey have expanded vaccine administration authorization to additional health professionals. Nathaniel Lacktman details Massachusetts' telehealth legislation for Foley [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, February 3rd
News and Commentary Allan Malz reviews The Rise of Carry for Cato Journal; the book uses the carry trade to analyze how monetary policy can encourage excessive leverage. Jennifer Schulp sees market stabilization and expanded access [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, February 2nd
News and Commentary In USA Today, Charles Duan and Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) argue that it's necessary for taxpayers to assert their rights as the primary investors of the coronavirus vaccine, using compulsory licensing powers which [...]
This Week in Land Use Regulation, January 29th
News and Commentary Noah Smith responds to what he terms left-NIMBYs, presenting the evidence for increased housing supply decreasing the rents of surrounding residences. A Washington State bill would tax vacation rentals to fund affordable housing [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, January 28th
News and Commentary Ashley Imlay documents Utah's efforts to overcome incumbent opposition and expand physician assistant's scope of practice for Deseret News. In The Center Square, J.D. Davidson announces Ohio governor Mike DeWine's signing of a [...]