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• By: Ryan Young
• 02/15/2012

Lobbying, politicking, and special favors are part and parcel of the regulatory process. The result is that many regulation-created jobs are not created on the…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/13/2012

A recent Los Angeles County ordinance made it illegal to throw balls and even Frisbees on the city’s beaches.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/09/2012

Alex Nowrasteh proposes scrapping the complex and unfair immigration system and replacing it with a tariff. This is a much more humane approach to immigration,…

Immigration

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/02/2012

Fellow in Consumer Policy Studies Michelle Minton breaks down the FDA's behind-the-scenes push to regulate dietary supplements nearly as strictly as prescription drugs.

Consumer Well-Being

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/02/2012

A new Department of Transportation regulation limiting re-booking fees caused one airline to add a $2 "Department of Transportation Unintended Consequences Fee" on every ticket…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 01/27/2012

A local ordinance in Suffolk, Virginia prohibits driving motorized vehicles under their own power within city limits, plus more.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 01/26/2012

What the President said on Tuesday is technically correct. But, as with almost all political statements, there is more to the story.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 01/24/2012

Bryan Caplan argues that antitrust enforcement literally kills people. Bill Gates has given away billions of dollars and saved countless lives. If not for the…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 01/23/2012

The people of Illinois must present valid ID and be entered into a state database when buying cold medicine. Talk about adding insult to illness.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 01/18/2012

Wikipedia, Reddit, and other popular websites all went black today to protest SOPA and PIPA, two bills currently before Congress. Critics charge that the bills…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 01/12/2012

The state of Illinois now requires consumers to show valid ID to buy drain cleaner.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 01/12/2012

Immigration Policy Analyst Alex Nowrasteh tells Jakadrien Turner's story and what it means for the immigration reform debate.

Immigration

• By: Ryan Young
• 01/10/2012

Indiana state Sen. Vaneta Baker has introduced a bill that would make it illegal to sing the national anthem incorrectly.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 01/09/2012

The latest goings-on in the world of regulation:…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 01/09/2012

Self-checkout lanes have been popping up in grocery stores across the country over the last several years. Some people worry that without the adult supervision…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 01/06/2012

Businesses, especially larger ones, aren’t afraid of regulation. They often welcome it. They can use rules to stifle competitors, or can pad their profits by…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/30/2011

Out-of-towners are not allowed to go sledding in Beaver Borough, Pennsylvania.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/29/2011

Vice President for Policy Wayne Crews talks about why 2011 was a record year for both new regulations and their cost, and his ongoing "Ten…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/23/2011

It isn’t often that one sees Nobel-winning economist Ronald Coase’s name and pig farts in the same sentence. Thanks to a recent court decision in…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/22/2011

Just in time for the holiday travel season, Vanity Fair’s Charles C. Mann took a trip through airport security with security expert Bruce Schneier.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/15/2011

Land-use and Transportation Policy Analyst Marc Scribner looks at House Republicans' "drilling for roads" proposal and finds it wanting.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/12/2011

The TSA has allegedly strip-searched an elderly woman for wearing a back brace. They wrongly suspected it was a money belt. This search was security-unrelated;…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/09/2011

Boy, 7, kicks bully in the groin, school officials threaten sexual harassment charges, plus more.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/08/2011

Vice President for Policy Wayne Crews talks about the impact REINS could have on increasing transparency and accountability. He also offers up a few more…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/30/2011

Last year, about 138,000 horses were taken to slaughterhouses in Canada and Mexico, defeating the very purpose of the ban. Recognizing its failure, the ban…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/28/2011

Quebec officials are starting to listen in on what children are talking about on school playgrounds during recess to make sure they are speaking French.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/23/2011

Millions of Americans are taking to the skies to spend time with their families over Thanksgiving. Many of them will be carrying leftovers on their…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/23/2011

What is the single most expensive regulation of all time? Energy Policy Analyst William Yeatman has one candidate: the EPA’s proposal to regulate mercury emissions…

Consumer Well-Being

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/18/2011

In a ruling so dumb that only a panel of intellectuals could have written it, the EU has decided that companies may not claim…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/17/2011

CEI Founder and President Fred Smith talks about why restricting conflict mineral trade can mean more violence, not less. He also discusses why the Gibson…

Trade and International

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/16/2011

Over at The American Spectator, I break down the debate over regulation's impact on the job market and propose one regulation that could create countless…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/10/2011

The next time someone complains about America's unregulated cowboy capitalism, you should ask them where such a thing might actually be found.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/09/2011

For some time now, the IRS has been flirting with what's called a return-free system. It's being touted as a time-saver. But it would also…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/04/2011

If you're in Helena, Montana, never tie a horse to a fire hydrant. It's against the law. Plus more.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/03/2011

Senior Fellow Angela Logomasini debunks scare stories that chemicals in makeup and other household products cause cancer, neurological disorders, birth defects, and other health problems.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/31/2011

Over at RealClearMarkets, my colleague Wayne Crews and I argue that the law of demand holds. Hard to believe that's actually controversial, but that's Washington…

Labor and Employment

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews, Ryan Young
• 10/31/2011

  When regulations make hiring employees more expensive, companies won't hire as many of them. It's a simple truth. But it is an inconvenient one…

Banking and Finance

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/28/2011

Yet another batch of regulatory bloopers: Motorists entering Tacoma, Washington, with criminal intent are required to telephone the chief of police. It is illegal to…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/27/2011

Policy Analyst Alex Nowrasteh debunks a flawed study that exaggerates the costs of undocumented immigration.

Trade and International

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/25/2011

The people of Illinois don’t expect their government to be corrupt; they insist on it. That’s why nary an eyebrow was raised when it recently…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/24/2011

Art Carden has an excellent column about immigration, and not just because the first third is about The Simpsons.

Trade and International

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/21/2011

It is illegal to slurp your soup in New Jersey restaurants, plus more.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/20/2011

CEI Adjunct Fellow Fran Smith, coauthor of the new CEI study "Free Trade without Apology," talks about the recently passed free trade agreements with Colombia,…

Trade and International

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/14/2011

Here's a letter I recently sent to The Economist:…

Trade and International

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/12/2011

This video is a quick primer on trade from someone who literally wrote the book about it.

Trade and International

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/06/2011

Vice President for Policy Wayne Crews is author of the new CEI study, “The Other National Debt Crisis: How and Why Congress Must Quantify Regulation."…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/05/2011

Lawmakers need to do something about their do-something bias and try a deregulatory stimulus. Besides stimulating the economy, it would likely stimulate approval ratings, too.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 10/04/2011

First-generational suborbital crafts would reach 2,200 miles per hour, with an eventual goal of hitting 13,750 miles per hour. A trip from London to Sydney…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 09/30/2011

Massage parlors are illegal in well-named Horneytown, North Carolina, plus more.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 09/29/2011

In this morning's CEI Podcast, my colleague John Berlau predicted that the new price cap on debit card swipe fees would lead to the end…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 09/29/2011

Every time you use your debit card, the merchant has to pay a fee to the company that issued your card, usually about 1 percent…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 09/23/2011

In Seattle, Washington, the maximum length allowed for concealed weapons is 6 feet, plus more.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 09/22/2011

E-Verify is a program that checks the immigration status of new hires. The House is expected to vote on legislation that would make E-Verify mandatory…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 09/21/2011

Threats to freedoms even as trivial as planking should not be taken lying down.

Regulatory Reform