Everyone Thinks the Netherlands’ Rental Reforms Are Nuts
Banks, investors, pension funds, the OECD… nobody believes the Dutch are getting this right.
Free Market Fundamentalist
Free Market Fundamentalist is an Atlantic Sentinel blog with an exaggerated faith in laissez-faire capitalism.
Dutch Government Mistakes Reagan’s Warning for Advice
If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Dutch Labor Reforms Will Do Little to Encourage Hiring
Companies still need to pay two years of sick leave.
Abolish the NHS
Britain has worse health care than the rest of Europe.
Dutch to Ease, After Tightening, Building Rules
The government is trying to solve a problem it created.
How Government Creates Shortages of Doctors
France, the Netherlands and the United States limited slots for medical students.
Responding to American Protectionism Has Downsides for Europe
Joe Biden’s “buy American” policy is a threat, but matching protectionism with protectionism is worse.
Rent Control Keeps Failing. Countries Keep Trying
What do you call doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results?
Dutch Child Care Would Pay Price for Government’s Failure
Child benefits need an overhaul, but the government’s reforms would hurt child-care providers.
Biden Would Repeat Dutch Mistakes in Regulating Freelancers
Stricter rules for contractors could lead to job losses.
Manchin’s Permitting Reforms Don’t Go Far Enough
America needs to build cleaner energy faster.
Overregulation Makes Child Care More Expensive in DC
Democrats require a college degree from all workers.
Democrats Taxed and Regulated, Now Subsidize, Chips and Energy
It would have been cheaper to deregulate both industries.
Dutch Government Created Housing Shortage, Blames Market
Far from trusting the market, politicians won’t leave housing alone.
To Fight Inflation, Liberalize Trade
It’s one of the few things politicians can do to make life cheaper.