School children learn that there are three branches of government. In actual practice, there is a fourth branch, the permanent bureaucracy which includes legions of civilian and military agents, officers, and administrators committed to protecting their own interests.
Even if one strongly believes that IP laws are essential for creativity, it is difficult to justify the expansion of IP protections that have taken place in recent decades.
Even The New York Times now admits there is a deep state — and that it serves its own agenda while ignoring the elected civilian government.
A lobbying group in Canada is demanding home-sharing services like Airbnb face stiffer government regulation. Activists claims its all for "the community." But huge corporate hotel firms are the only ones likely to really benefit.
School boards are political institutions often more interested in social policy than in education.
Proponents claim intellectual property laws are necessary to promote scientific and artistic innovation. Empirical evidence suggests the opposite is true.
The reason PG&E can get away with such outrageous mismanagement is that the California government literally guarantees them their business.
Let the WTO and all its agreements go already! We cannot salvage something that was broken from the start.
Thanks to a loosening of rent controls in Toronto, finding a place to live will become easier for a lot of people.
In the second half of the twentieth century, pro-union and anti-trade policies led to a Rust Belt that became uncompetitive, costly, and unable to cope with reality. More protectionism won't save the region now.
