Regulation

Minimum wage legislation is just another form of price controls. Most economists understand why price controls don't work, but many people forget those principles with respect to the minimum wage.

This law slaps a big red target screaming “sue me!” on the backs of California’s largest corporations—because they have the deepest pockets to raid.

It's being called the single most unaccountable agency in the history of America.

The Institute for Policy Innovation will host a town hall meeting at its offices in Irving, and the speakers will be State Sen. Don Huffines, Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne and institute president Tom Giovanetti. The topic is “Local Control vs Liberty.”

As 11 Republicans in Congress break from party line by calling for action against climate change, and Pope Francis is expected in his first address before Congress to appeal for policies combating global warming, IPI presents three diverse policy perspectives at an exclusive event in Dallas Friday on what the U.S. can do, if anything.

Climate change is one of the media’s biggest issues, and they are likely to make it very hot for Republican candidates who don’t know the facts or give them politically incorrect answers.

The FCC's net neutrality regulatory order has resulted in a massive hit to U.S. economic investment, and there is every reason to expect it to continue, writes IPI president Tom Giovanetti in RealClearMarkets. It's yet another self-inflicted wound on our economy through poor policy decisions.

We have passed Phase 1 and are in the midst of Phase 2: beginning the process of imposing price controls—in this case, trying to get state insurance commissioners to lean on health insurers that are seeking significant premium increases.

Robots are getting cheaper, while low-skilled human workers are getting more expensive. Thank innovative engineers for the first development, and liberals for the second.

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen says that, as far as the IRS is concerned, the First Amendment guarantee of religious freedom is not threatened by the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which requires states to recognize same-sex marriages. But for how long?