Tag: regulation
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Tea Party Libertarians and Small Organic Farmers Make Strange Political Bedfellows
U.S. News: Tea Party Libertarians and Small Organic Farmers Make Strange Political Bedfellows The unlikely coalition between Tea Party libertarians and small organic farmers. Laura Bledsoe didn't set out to join a political movement, she merely wanted to serve what she considered a sustainable meal. … … But it soon became apparent that her nervousness…
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Easing restrictions and barriers could improve African food trade
Christian Science Monitor: Easing restrictions and barriers could improve African food trade A report by the World Bank found that easing fees, rules, and border restrictions could help Africa's food crisis, and could also lead to economic growth. Africa could avoid food shortages if it reduces the tangled web of rules, fees and high costs…
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Braiding African American hair at center of overregulation battle in Oregon
Oregon Live: Braiding African American hair at center of overregulation battle in Oregon … In the 1950s, one out of every 20 U.S. jobs required a state license. Since then, our economy has evolved from one based on manufacturing to one dominated by service professions. Today, almost 1 in 3 American occupations requires a license.…
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Rural kids, parents angry about Labor Dept. rule banning farm chores
The Daily Caller: Rural kids, parents angry about Labor Dept. rule banning farm chores A proposal from the Obama administration to prevent children from doing farm chores has drawn plenty of criticism from rural-district members of Congress. But now it's attracting barbs from farm kids themselves. The Department of Labor is poised to put the…
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A Blizzard of Regulatory Changes
Thomson Reuters: A Blizzard of Regulatory Changes … Regulators around the world announced 14,215 changes in 2011, a 16 percent increase from the 12,179 announcements in 2010. The volume of announcements, which can include anything from a speech signaling the direction of a new regulation to a final binding rule, has grown continuously since 2008…
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Babysitting bill in Calif. Legislature
TheUnion.com: Babysitting bill in Calif. Legislature How will parents react when they find out they will be expected to provide workers' compensation benefits, rest and meal breaks and paid vacation time for…babysitters? Dinner and a movie night may soon become much more complicated. Assembly Bill 889 (authored by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, will require…
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Need a Light Bulb? Uncle Sam Gets to Choose
Bloomberg: Need a Light Bulb? Uncle Sam Gets to Choose … No Polished Wonkery Though anti-populist in the extreme, the bulb ban in fact evinces none of the polished wonkery you’d expect from sophisticated technocrats. For starters, it’s not clear what the point is. Why should the government try to make consumers use less electricity?…
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A Case Study in Opportunity Costs for Sweatshop Workers
The following is the conclusion from a forthcoming paper to be published in the Journal of Economics and Sociology titled, Sweatshops, Opportunity Costs, and Non-Monetary Compensation: Evidence from El Salvador (HT: Modled Behavior) Conclusion Few people in developed countries would enjoy working in a third-world “sweatshop” factory, as the pay and working conditions are generally…
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Portland lemonade stand runs into health inspectors, needs $120 license to operate
The Oregonian: Portland lemonade stand runs into health inspectors, needs $120 license to operate It's hardly unusual to hear small-business owners gripe about licensing requirements or complain that heavy-handed regulations are driving them into the red. So when Multnomah County shut down an enterprise last week for operating without a license, you might just sigh…