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Regulation of the Day 31: Fraud in Wholesale Oil Markets

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  • 08/13/2009

If you’re a wholesaler of crude oil or gasoline, a new FTC rule makes it illegal to engage in any business practice that“operates or would…

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Media Bias: The More, the Better

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  • 08/12/2009

An objective media would be nice. But we are unlikely to ever see such a thing. Even the very best reporters are human. And humans…

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Regulation of the Day 30: Labeling Mustard

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  • 08/12/2009

If your company makes mustard bottles that are reusable as beer mugs, you are specifically required to put a country-of-origin label on your product.

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They Can’t Even Keep Drugs Out of Prison?

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  • 08/11/2009

Armed guards. All the bad guys behind bars. Under constant supervision. And Mexico still can’t keep drugs and drug dealing out of its prisons.

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All Community Organizing Is Astroturfing – And That’s Fine!

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The fact that members of Congress extolling the president’s plan are attacking astroturfers while leaving their arguments alone says to me that the Congressmen believe…

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Regulation of the Day 29: Protecting Us from Cheap Foreign Goods

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Sometimes (but not always), when a foreign producer sells goods to U.S. consumers cheaply, the U.S. government takes action to put a stop to it.

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