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Give a Man a Fish

By Iain Murray, Roger Abbott

Attempts to prevent overfishing by promulgating regulations (which are often at odds with subsidies) have proved both ineffective and impossible to enforce. Ending subsidies and extending genuine property rights to fisheries will help solve these problems.
Ten Thousand Commandments 2012

By Clyde Wayne Crews

The scope of federal government spending and deficits is sobering. Yet the government’s reach extends well beyond the taxes Washington collects and its deficit spending and borrowing. Federal regulations cost hundreds of billions—perhaps trillions—of dollars every year.
Global Warming Crusaders Lose Steam, Tempers

By Matt Patterson

The environmentalists' real problem is that the Earth is not melting. The disastrous consequences of carbon emissions we have long been warned about have not come to pass, and the public is noticing.
Letter to the Editor: An Attempt to Drive Free-Market Voices From the Field

By Fred L. Smith, Jr.

When businesses seek to expose the harmful consequences of capricious legislation, that is good for democracy. When market voices are excluded from the policy debate, the only voices left are those motivated purely by ideology.
A Free-Market Solution for Fisheries

By Andrew Langer, Iain Murray

Today, the world's ocean fisheries are an extremely valuable commonly held resource that is a source of great environmental concern. That is because it's not just domestic producers who are putting pressure on a depleted resource as they seek to extract its riches.

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Energy analysts respond to EPA's misleading analysis of Pebble Mine.

Greg Conko discusses the Prescription Drug User Fee Act.

Marc Scribner talks about Google's self-driving car.

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