Hi, I recently had a respectful argument with a guy in my dorm about regulation. He insisted that even though the government is often inefficient in regulating corporations, that it is still preferable to deregulation and that the benefits outweigh the costs. He said that without clean air and water…

benefits outweigh the costs. How do you quantify the benefits and the costs? He said that without clean air and water laws Wouldn’t be an issue if private property laws were taken seriously. 50/50 chance of living or dying by his age (18). Ask him to stop making up silly statistics. Ask h…

I agree with you, and mentioned these points briefly, but I’m looking for concrete articles and studies about the bad effects of regulation. I used the fact that more people die from the FDA delaying the release of effective drugs than who would otherwise die by the release of “bad” drugs, which he …

There are literally thousands on this webpage alone. Try this google string in your search site:mises.org effects of regulation

I have been searching google as well as mises in particular. I also contacted Tom Woods personally via email and among other things, he directed me to this site to ask my question. I’m trying to get as much information as possible.

[Fracking Hell: The Untold Story] http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/06/03/salazar

Your in in a great place. Keep searching. If I come across any particularly interesting pieces I’ll post em here as well. :slight_smile:

I would ask him to show that environmental socialism actually had the desired effects, because I think a lot of statists are just assuming that without ever bothering to check whether it’s actually true. I mean, pretty much everyone has to admit these days that government planning failed miserably a…

Nero, I totally agree, and even cited the atrocious environmental record of the Soviet Union (he responded by saying that he isn’t Communist and that there was no third party to regulate. I guess he thinks if there are both corporations and government regulating, then things will be better.) I’m act…

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Usctrojan,

I think you’d find this short thread interesting.

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