by Andrew F. Quinlan | Nov 19, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared on Inside Sources on November 16, 2015. The U.S. Postal Service has lost money every year since 2007, and its financial finances aren’t likely to improve any time soon. Thanks to declining mail volume due to greater reliance on email and...
by Dan Mitchell | May 18, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Waste
I almost feel sorry for my leftist friends. Whenever there’s a story about a crazed shooter, they invariably speculate that it’s someone affiliated with the Tea Party. So they must be sad when it turns out to be a random nut or in some cases a leftist. Similarly, when...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 25, 2014 | Blogs, Economics
It’s not often that I agree with the Washington Post, but a government-run monopoly is not the best way to get mail delivered. Moreover, it’s not often that I agree with the timid (andsometimes reprehensible) Tory-led government in the United Kingdom, but they just...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 17, 2011 | Blogs, Crime, Free Market, Society
Alex Tabarrok has a fascinating article in the Wilson Quarterly about the history of bail bondsmen and their role in this privatized segment of the criminal justice system. Let’s start by excerpting some history of the system. Bail began in medieval England as a...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 28, 2010 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Like most federal agencies, the Federal Aviation Administration is a costly bureaucracy. Its $16.4 billion budget is enormous, but that is just the direct cost borne by taxpayers. The indirect costs, such as inefficiencies imposed on the air transportation system,...
