Chicago business appeals judge’s rotten food truck ruling
Andrew Moylan, executive director of the R Street Institute, says governments should stop protecting established businesses from competition.
“We don’t prevent gas stations from popping up across the street from other gas stations, just to protect them from the horrors of competition,” Moylan said. “It’s a major problem that city governments are making regulations to prevent competition between businesses.”
Moylan says well-connected insiders often use government power to fight their competitors.
“We see this fight over and over again, where we have these entrenched interests that utilize the levers of power to help protect them and their business model,” Moylan said. “They do so at the expense of consumers, at the expense of innovation, at the expense of the dynamic spirit that provides new flavor and economic opportunity.”
