by Dan Mitchell | Nov 12, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
It’s easy to define and/or understand most statist policies. We know that a tax increase is when politicians take (or, given the Laffer Curve, try to take) more of your money based on your decisions to work, save, shop, or invest. We know that protectionism is when...
by Brian Garst | Oct 31, 2016 | Blogs, Competition, Free Market
Halloween is typically scary mostly only for small children, but this year the millions of adults who wear contact lenses have reason to be frightened, particularly for their pocketbooks. That’s because an effort is under way to limit competition in the contact...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Oct 30, 2016 | Opinion and Commentary
This article originally appeared on FEE.org on October 29, 2016. This Halloween, scores of consumers have purchased nearly 100,000 pairs of “counterfeit, illegal, and unapproved” colored contacts for costumes, all of which have been seized by “Double Vision,” an...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 28, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
I’ve written before about Hillary Clinton’s unethical and (presumably) illegal actions, both in terms of her email server and the Clinton Foundation. We’ve probably only seen the tip of the iceberg, but one thing that can be said with confidence is that there is...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Oct 8, 2016 | Opinion and Commentary
This article originally appeared on The Daily Caller on October 6, 2016. Contact lenses are big business. A $4 billion industry, in fact. That’s not much of a surprise when you consider that an estimated 40 million Americans wear contacts. Also not a surprise: the...
