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The Mises Institute has a thought provoking article on zoning, comparing it to theft.

Zoning uses all the standard interventionist lines of thought, most notably the concepts of externalities and utility. Those who advocate zoning really believe that acting man does not have the ability to create communities that are functional and prosperous. Without plans and […]

There’s an interesting debate on in the Indian blogistan about regulation and free markets. I may add my 2 paise later. For now, here’s a question: who regulates the regulators?
Cop show flouts 10 pm noise ban
The Mumbai police last night flouted a law they are otherwise adept at enforcing — the 10 pm deadline […]

I recently came across this 2003 piece by Cato’s Adam Thierer on self-regulation in the US video game industry.
In 1994, the video game industry established the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), a comprehensive labeling system that rates over 1,000 games per year and has rated more than 8,000 games since inception. The ESRB applies five […]

The Centre for Civil Society has started a unique Livelihood Freedom Campaign.
After the 1991 liberalisation, the poor do not seem to have gained as much as the rich. The truth is there has been hardly any liberalisation for the working poor. For them it has been all LPQ (Licences, Permits and Quotas) and little LPG […]

I’m on a flying visit to Pune to deliver a talk to IAS officers about Praja and e-governance. The venue is the lovely and verdant Tata Management Training Centre and it feels great to blog while hearing the koels in the garden outside.
But more interesting than the destination was the journey to Pune. I caught […]

How wonderful for EU regulators to decide what kind of tomatoes to eat.
I like Tim Worstall’s sense of humour — like a fine wine: it’s what I call “dry Brit-wit.”
As I’m a good clean living sort of chap I don’t use drugs to cure my insomnia. A quick perusal of Common Regulations normally does […]