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Regulators Picking on Blueberry Growers

POST by Doug Altner | View All Posts   April 14, 2014
Government regulations criminalize all kinds of rational, productive, and honest business activity. As bad as this is, the non-objective nature of the regulatory state and the wide powers its enforcers wield can enable regulators to get away with extorting large sums from honest producers even when there is no clear wrongdoing according to their own rules.
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Labor laws give the unreasonable a seat at the table

POST by Doug Altner | View All Posts   January 29, 2013
One of the great things about living in a free country is that you have the freedom of association—meaning the freedom to choose who to do business with. For example, if your business is using a contractor who is rude and unreliable, you are free to end your relationship with him and to instead pursue business with someone else. But this freedom is restricted by the Wagner Act.

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The Moral Meaning of Capitalism

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