Evidence that pesticides are impacting sperm concentration continues to pile up as the world moves closer to an underpopulation crisis. A new review of existing studies on insecticides has found “sufficient evidence” that exposure to high levels of insecticides is associated with lower sperm concentration in men. The review focused on organophosphate (OP) and N-methyl Read More...
In a climate of extreme government regulation, has the revolving door phenomenon become an evil necessary for survival? If so, then the real solution to the problem is less state intervention.
The legal profession is, in the words of Benjamin Barton, “facing a major retrenchment” and remains mired in outmoded tasks that artificial intelligence may replace. It’s stuck in a bygone period when lawyers felt threatened by entrepreneurial upstarts who breached longstanding protocols such as prohibitions on advertising or contingency fees. It’s time for an energetic rethinking of the goals and purpose of legal education and the legal profession.
Ending American Bar Association accreditation authority would be an exciting first step.
More than 80 percent of its business goes to a literal top-ten list of beneficiaries, which also includes GE, Caterpillar, and other large firms that have invested in political connections. This is in direct violation of Ex-Im’s charter, which requires it to give at least 20 percent of the dollar-value of its business to smaller firms.
We could have been using cell phones as early as 1973, but stupid government policies and cronyism blocked mobile wireless for more than a generation.
Telemedicine is making health care much less burdensome for patients. When it comes to eye health, new phone apps are making it possible to avoid the doctor's office for simple things like prescription refills. This is a revolutionary new technology, or it will be if protectionist policies don't get in the way.
Big companies have learned that they can get in bed with big government in order to obtain unearned wealth with bailouts, subsidies, and other examples of cronyism. Just as crime is good for criminals but bad for society, cronyism is good for cronies but bad for the economy.
Through occupational licensing, politicians get to impose “fees” in exchange for letting people practice their professions. And interest groups get to impose barriers that limit competition, a win-win situation, unless you are taxpayer or a consumer. Or a poor person who wants to get a job.
While crony capitalism continues to be a scourge in Africa, it should not be seen as evidence against capitalism itself. For impoverished Africans, a lack of income is not the only factor, a different kind of inequality is what traps people in poverty.
Advocates for big government often equate expanding government with concern for the poor. But reality speaks to the contrary: Expanding government often has very harmful effects on the poor.
