In this episode, Rex and Joe examine why the soda ban was banned, what the unintended consequence-ability of disability insurance is, and how the proposed DC food truck regulations could lead to more IRS audits.
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Links of the week
NYC soda ban overturned (WSJ)
Article on disability insurance in America (NPR)
Critique of part of the NPR article (Center for Economic and Policy Research)
Summary of proposed DC food truck regulations (Washington Post)
Angry food truck vendors vent about proposed regulations (Food Truck Fiesta)
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Policy Fallacy 003: Booze and Bongs
Join Joe and Rex for a discussion of the unintended consequences of prohibiting alcohol and legalizing marijuana. Probably not at the same time, but you never know.
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Links of the week
Story about the government poisoning alcohol (Slate)
Webpage for the Ken Burns Prohibition documentary (PBS)
Libertarian paper saying Prohibition was a total failure (Cato)
Article saying legalization could hurt cartels (Economist)
Legal discussion of what happens when states say yes but the feds say no (Vanderbilt Law Review)
Listen to the podcast (download)
Links of the week
Story about the government poisoning alcohol (Slate)
Webpage for the Ken Burns Prohibition documentary (PBS)
Libertarian paper saying Prohibition was a total failure (Cato)
Article saying legalization could hurt cartels (Economist)
Legal discussion of what happens when states say yes but the feds say no (Vanderbilt Law Review)
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Policy Fallacy 002: A Coin of Consequence
On this week's podcast, Joe and Rex discuss the unintended consequences of collecting coins and of playing baseball with hand grenades.
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Links of the week
The trillion dollar coin law (see Section K): http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5112
The article about the hole in the debt ceiling law (NPR): http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/01/22/169996031/debt-limit-what-debt-limit
The article about Wal-Mart's zero tolerance policy: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323301104578256183164905720.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Very similar article about Wal-Mart that's not behind a pay wall: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-01-21/business/sns-rt-us-walmart-suppliersbre90l057-20130121_1_facility-bangladeshi-authorities-wal-mart-stores-inc-plans-rajan-kamalanathan
Listen to the podcast (download)
Links of the week
The trillion dollar coin law (see Section K): http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5112
The article about the hole in the debt ceiling law (NPR): http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/01/22/169996031/debt-limit-what-debt-limit
The article about Wal-Mart's zero tolerance policy: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323301104578256183164905720.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Very similar article about Wal-Mart that's not behind a pay wall: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-01-21/business/sns-rt-us-walmart-suppliersbre90l057-20130121_1_facility-bangladeshi-authorities-wal-mart-stores-inc-plans-rajan-kamalanathan
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Welcome to Policy Fallacy 001
Welcome, webwonks, to Policy Fallacy: The Podcast of Unintended Consequences. In their inaugural podcast, Regulator Joe and Wonkasaurus Rex discuss the side effects of selective treatment of tuberculosis and the potential unintended consequences of the pending soda ban in New York City.
Listen to the podcast (mp3 download).
WSJ article on TB: http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2012/11/23/the-wall-street-journals-investigation-on-tuberculosis/
Soda ban explained (NYT): http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/opinion/soda-ban-explained.html?_r=0
Listen to the podcast (mp3 download).
WSJ article on TB: http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2012/11/23/the-wall-street-journals-investigation-on-tuberculosis/
Soda ban explained (NYT): http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/opinion/soda-ban-explained.html?_r=0
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