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• By: Ryan Young
• 09/06/2011

I’ve argued for a long time that stimulus bills are poorly named; it implies that they stimulate the economy. “Spending bill” is a non-loaded term…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 09/02/2011

Burping in church is illegal in Nevada unless it's accidental, plus more.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 09/01/2011

The Department of Justice sued this week to stop the proposed AT&T-T-Mobile merger. Associate Director of Technology Studies Ryan Radia thinks this is a mistake.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 09/01/2011

If international trade barriers create wealth, why stop there? Every state should have its own trade barriers against every other state.

Trade and International

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/31/2011

The philosopher Yogi Berra once said that “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” Let’s apply his lesson to the proposed $39 billion…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/31/2011

This bill will result in a lot of unhappy nights at home for frustrated parents – and a lot less income for sitters who have…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/29/2011

A few months ago, the FCC said it would hand down a decision on whether to allow AT&T and T-Mobile to merge within 180 days.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/26/2011

Some of the stranger rules I've dug recently:…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/23/2011

The repeals will become official upon publication in the Federal Register.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/19/2011

Tomorrow, parents and children across the country will set up lemonade stands in their neighborhoods. And they’re going to do it without getting licensed, inspected,…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/19/2011

In Delaware, it is a felony to wear a disguise while committing a felony, plus more.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/15/2011

California’s state legislature is poised to pass SB 432. It would, of all things, make it a crime for hotels to use non-fitted sheets.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/11/2011

Besides today's CEI Podcast, Iain Murray and I have a column over at Townhall.com about Lemonade Freedom Day:…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/11/2011

Vice President for Strategy Iain Murray talks about the rash of children's lemonade stands being shut down by police, and his plans to celebrate Lemonade…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Iain Murray, Ryan Young
• 08/11/2011

America is a country founded on entrepreneurship and free enterprise. That’s why one of its most enduring childhood traditions is the lemonade stand. It teaches…

Banking and Finance

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/10/2011

Missouri has a new law that bans teachers from becoming Facebook friends with any current or former student. The goal is to prevent inappropriate…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Jacqueline Otto, Ryan Young
• 08/10/2011

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/09/2011

This is a different broken window fallacy than the kind one usually sees.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/09/2011

Congress and the White House have typically been reluctant to repeal any laws or regulations, regardless of which party is in power. The solution? Change…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/08/2011

Britain has a Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. It isn’t quite living up to its name, though. The group is pressing to ban…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/06/2011

Banking and Finance

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/05/2011

They allowed her to take through her needles and syringes. But they confiscated her insulin, claiming it was an explosives risk.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/05/2011

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/04/2011

Congress is expected to take up stalled free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea when it returns from its August recess. Adjunct Fellow…

Trade and International

• By: Iain Murray, Ryan Young
• 08/04/2011

Banking and Finance

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/03/2011

Robert Fernandes, a father of two, has had enough. That's why he has declared August 20, 2011 to be Lemonade Freedom Day.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/03/2011

Abigail Krutsinger, 4, never applied for a permit and a health inspection.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/01/2011

Few regulations are more blatantly anti-competitive than occupational licensing.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/01/2011

New York’s state legislature just passed a bill requiring warning labels to be put on all sippy cups sold in the state.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/29/2011

Usually, "bipartisan" means "twice as stupid." But for real regulatory reform to happen, both parties need to be involved.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/29/2011

Since time immemorial, Cook County, Illinois has had very strict personal conduct regulations for its forests. Among other things, it has been illegal to:…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/29/2011

President Obama recently issued an executive order directing independent agencies to comb through their books and repeal unneeded regulations. This is, as he put it,…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/28/2011

President Obama made a speech on immigration reform this week. Policy Analyst Alex Nowrasteh dissects several bills already in Congress that would do just that,…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/28/2011

New Zealand’s Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages has a list of names that are verboten for newborn babies.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/27/2011

San Diego's city government is going through tough financial times. But legislators have found a lucrative possible revenue source: the city’s 373,000 cats. The city…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/26/2011

The DC City Council wants to require pedicab passengers to wear seatbelts.

Consumer Freedom