Links: Stupid Government Tricks
Posted: June 1, 2012 Filed under: Patneralism, Police, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Links: Stupid Government Tricks
Blogging About the Paleo Diet Can Get You Shut Down in North Carolina
Posted: April 24, 2012 Filed under: Patneralism, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Blogging About the Paleo Diet Can Get You Shut Down in North Carolina
The Most Dangerous Delusion and Addiction of All
Posted: June 25, 2011 Filed under: Patneralism, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
The Most Dangerous Delusion and Addiction of All
Too Many Warnings
Posted: June 4, 2011 Filed under: Patneralism Leave a comment »http://healthblog.ncpa.org/too-many-warnings/
Steven Levitt’s “Daughter Test” for Paternalistic Policies
Posted: May 20, 2011 Filed under: Patneralism Leave a comment »http://volokh.com/2011/05/20/steven-levitts-daughter-test-for-paternalistic-policies/
Levitt’s “daughter test” is useful, however, in highlighting an important aspect of paternalism. Many of its advocates, including some sophisticated scholars such as Levitt, too readily generalize from their own personal values and use those preferences as justification for prohibitionist policies.
As economist David Henderson points out, this displays intolerance towards others with different values. What is best for me — or my daughter — may not be best for everyone. Whether the costs of a risky activity outweigh the benefits varies greatly from person to person.
A SICKNESS IN THE PEOPLE
Posted: May 16, 2011 Filed under: Government, Patneralism, Self-Regulation Leave a comment »http://www.fee.org/from-the-archives/a-sickness-in-the-people/
Freeze Tag
Posted: April 21, 2011 Filed under: Patneralism, Regulation Leave a comment »http://jeffreymiron.com/2011/04/its-hard-to-stop-blogging/
In Defense of Payday Lenders and Their Customers
Posted: July 15, 2010 Filed under: Consumer Safety, Patneralism, Payday Lenders Leave a comment »http://www.thefreemanonline.org/headline/payday-lenders/
Flavored Cigarettes Are Gone, but Teenagers Still Smoke. Go Figure.
Posted: June 24, 2010 Filed under: Patneralism, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Flavored Cigarettes Are Gone, but Teenagers Still Smoke. Go Figure.
Horwitz on Sex
Posted: May 20, 2010 Filed under: Patneralism, Regulation, Uncategorized Leave a comment »http://www.coordinationproblem.org/2010/05/and-now-for-something-completely-different.html
The Knowledge Problem of New Paternalism
Posted: February 19, 2010 Filed under: Knowledge Problems, Patneralism Leave a comment »http://thinkmarkets.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/the-knowledge-problem-of-new-paternalism-2/
Poverty Study Guide
Posted: February 10, 2010 Filed under: Income Gap, Inequality, Patneralism, Poverty, Uncategorized, Welfare 1 Comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Poverty Study Guide
This eight-page study guide was distributed to students who attended FEE and Economic Thinking seminars and presentations on the current NFL debate topic calling for increases social services for those living in poverty. These articles suggest that current state and federal regulations, mixed with mismanaged social services, tend to make life worse for the those living in poverty in the U.S.
http://fee.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/SocServMTTCAI-Fall09.pdf
Daniel J. SmithSent Via Mobile Phone
State Liquor Prohibition
Posted: February 10, 2010 Filed under: Alcohol, Patneralism, Prohibition Leave a comment »“When Prohibition was repealed in 1933, the federal government gave states the power to regulate sales. Some states chose more-active roles than others, believing that operating distributorships or stores could help control consumption and mitigate social consequences.
The privatization faces resistance from religious groups, labor unions and mom-and-pop shops, suggesting how economics are trumping other concerns in the struggle to overcome the recession.”
The Nutrition Police March On
Posted: February 9, 2010 Filed under: Patneralism, Regulation, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
The Nutrition Police March On
The Obama administration will begin a drive this week to expel Pepsi, French fries and Snickers bars from the nation’s schools in hopes of reducing the number of children who get fat during their school years.
I cannot imagine that such efforts will yield results; kids have too many ways to circumvent these restrictions.
Instead, what about health insurance premiums that increase with weight above the “healthy” threshold?
Daniel J. SmithSent Via Mobile Phone
Public Bans on Private Actions
Posted: December 10, 2009 Filed under: Patneralism Leave a comment »“Societies rise or fall depending on how civil its citizens are. The more they associate voluntarily, the safer and more prosperous they are. The more they rely on force — legal or not — the more pliant they are in the hands of demagogues and tyrants. So resisting the statist impulse is no trivial issue. It is nothing less than the adult thing to do.”
http://www.mackinac.org/article.aspx?ID=8053
New at Reason: Greg Beato on Censorship and Extreme Pornography
Posted: October 27, 2009 Filed under: Patneralism Leave a comment »New at Reason: Greg Beato on Censorship and Extreme Pornography
Posting Calorie Counts
Posted: October 6, 2009 Filed under: Patneralism, Unintended Consequences Leave a comment »http://jeffreymiron.blogspot.com/2009/10/calorie-postings-and-food-habits.html
