The precautionary principle can be paralyzing, while in contrastbalancing costs against benefitsmay offer the foundation of an approach for making difficult decisions.

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Will the anti-spam approach, under enthusiastic consideration by the House, really do much? Not likely.

School reform flunks its history test.

Aid bolsters rent-seekers who apply energy to encouraging government transfers, it damages diversity, and it undervalues and stifles the private sector.

This testimony identifies past andcurrent regulatory reforms that could help improve the quality of regulatory analysis and the quality of regulatory decision making.

In the hands of enthusiasts and superstitionists—or, in our own era, ideologues—unsound science can become a powerful tool for mischief and harm.

With Clear Skies, we get a greater guarantee that the air quality goals will be met, and we get greater regulatory certainty that leads to lower costs.