Regulation

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A Cut Below: Lessons from the History of Barber Licensure

As someone who disdains unnecessary government regulation and also desperately needs a haircut, I conveniently stumbled upon Daniel Smith’s “The Itch & Razor War”. His working paper recounts the origins […]

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FDA Hears the Need for Deregulation

This past August, the FDA approved the sale of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. Previously, a prescription for a hearing aid required a visit to a health care professional. Now, anyone […]

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Ladue Food Trucks Have Started Rolling—Now We Need to Step on the Gas

I hoped that Show-Me Institute videos, testimonies, and articles would bring needed reform to food truck policy in Ladue, and it seems like these efforts have at least gotten the […]

WATCH: Taxes Have Consequences with Arthur B. Laffer, Jeanne Sinquefield and Brian Domitrovic

On September 20, 2022, Show-Me Institute and Show-Me Opportunity hosted a discussion with Arthur B. Laffer, Jeanne Sinquefield and Brian Domitrovic about their upcoming book Taxes Have Consequences: An Income […]

Broken Approval Process Slows Development

Several disjointed developments in the Cortex and Grove areas of St. Louis nicely encapsulate the confusing involvement of elected officials, appointed boards, and city bureaucrats in city permits and approvals, […]

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Columbia Repeals Ban on Trash Roll Carts, Repeal of Ban on Dancing and Proms Is Next

Both Prohibition and the classic film Footloose (the original, obviously) teach us the lesson that banning popular things is generally poor policy (there are some exceptions, of course). Well, Footloose […]

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