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Does Innovation Triumph Over Regulation?

February 20, 2015 • by Elise Hilton

Does Innovation Triumph Over Regulation?

Do government regulations squelch marketplace innovation? A new study from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Nathan Goldschlag and George Mason University’s Alex Tabarrok says, “Not really.” According to Ryan Young at the Competitive Enterprise Institute: …the underlying institutions of social cooperation, market exchange, and dynamism are strong enough that federal regulation has, according to Goldschlag and Tabarrok’s analysis, so far been unable to squelch them. Continue Reading...

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February 20, 2015

First Comprehensive Health Study Of Trafficking Victims Reveals Complex Needs

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Radically Communitarian Islam

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Audio: Samuel Gregg on Pope Francis, Faithful Catholics, and the Religious and Secular Left

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