MacIver Perspective by Nick Novak – While a great many of us enjoy the northwoods in all seasons, complicated and burdensome regulations have hurt property owners for years. Instead of making it easier to enjoy the bountiful natural resources our state has, shoreland zoning rules have severely infringed on the rights of property owners. Read More Don’t Take Away Property Rights, Leave Shoreland Zoning Changes Alone
Nick Novak, Director of Communications for The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy, talked with CBS58’s David Ade on Wednesday about Wisconsin’s decades old Unfair Sales Act, better known as the minimum markup law. Read More MacIver’s Nick Novak Discusses State’s Unfair Minimum Markup Law with CBS58
MacIver News Service – A fifth complaint has been filed against a new retailer in Wisconsin because it allegedly violated the state’s Unfair Sales Act, better known as the minimum markup law. Read More Attorney: Will My Client be Economically Punished for Following State Law?
MacIver Perspective by Nick Novak – Hailing a cab in Washington, D.C. is nearly impossible and calling one to pick you up doesn’t guarantee it will actually happen, either. On a trip to D.C. about a year ago, I tried to take a cab to a meeting. After an eternal wait and no cab, one of my colleagues suggested Uber. Read More The Free Market Works, Just Ask Uber & Lyft
Speaking before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Keith Hall of the Mercatus Center presented a compelling economic argument yesterday on the state of the labor market since the end of the recession. Hall used classic economic concepts to explain the relationship between government regulation and labor market growth, arguing that regulations, even those which are well-designed and good-intentioned, have economic costs. Read More Testimony in Front of House Committee Highlights Negative Effects of Regulation on Labor Market