Emergency Changes to Intellectual Property Law
One of the many arguments made against the National Emergency Library’s decision to make 1.4 million books available for free without a waitlist is that there are no “emergency provisions” [...]
Government Can Pick Winners, Like the Private Sector Can Pick Losers
As part of an inaugural series of blog posts for American Compass, Rob Atkinson makes the case against the "market fundamentalist" view of capture in government support of industry in [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, May 11th
Rent Check Support for guarantees of affordability and access on a coronavirus vaccine or treatment is gaining steam, and concerns that these measures will "steal" the vaccine are misplaced and [...]
This Week in Land Use Regulation, May 14th
News and Commentary Brookings Institute has a new report on how Covid-19 might impact the impressive growth rate that has been seen in the last decade for metropolitan downtowns across [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, May 13th
News and Commentary Georgia’s Secretary of State announced his office will be releasing plans in the coming weeks to overhaul licensing for various trades. He believes these policy changes will [...]
We’re All Homeschoolers Now
With schools closed through the rest of the academic year and reopening in September up in the air for most districts across the U.S., the home has become the classroom. [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, May 12th
News and Commentary The Intercept’s Lee Fang writes about efforts by GOP lawmakers to deregulate the banking sector during the Covid-19 crisis. He argues that reducing regulations such as capital [...]
No, the Government Isn’t “Stealing” the Coronavirus Vaccine
Poor coordination on the part of the federal government in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with a lack of preparedness, has led to some very strange cases of the federal [...]
Who’s Afraid of the National Emergency Library?
Over the past month, we have seen considerable outrage and excitement over the Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library, an online source of 1.4 million books that are free to borrow [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, May 6th
News and Commentary Governor Whitmer of Michigan signed an executive order suspending scope-of-practice laws past the deadline of a prior order. Michigan’s legislature should consider making such changes permanent. Unfortunately, [...]