R Street’s Competition Policy program addresses government barriers that hurt businesses and people. Generally, we support market-oriented policy solutions that enhance free enterprise, consumer choice and public well-being. To this end, our team focuses primarily on occupational licensing, alcohol policy, shipping and postal policy, health care disintermediation and regulatory reform.
Competition Policy
The Issue
Publications
ADUs in New York City?
Jonathan Coppage
From City Journal:
Conservatives could appreciate ADU preemption as a form of deregulation, restoring the property rights of homeowners.
Flying solo: Technology takes aim at co-pilots
Ashley Nunes
From Politico EU:
Whether passengers will be willing to use a single-pilot plane depends largely on cost, according to Ashley Nunes, a research fellow at Harvard Law School.
“For the average…
Radio: Shoshana Weissmann on How to Protect Rights and Liberties During an Emergency
Shoshana Weissmann
From Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson:
How do you balance civil liberties with government action during an emergency? Shoshana Weissmann from the R Street Institute joins Boyd to…
This policy brief is 2 of a 2-part series on the relationship between contraceptive access and economic mobility. This series emphasizes two lenses—the individual and the societal costs associated…
Voice-only telehealth may go away with pandemic rules expiring
Courtney Joslin
From Georgia Public Broadcasting:
That is a common complaint, says Courtney Joslin, a resident fellow at the R Street Institute, a free-market think tank.
“There’s so much uncertainty about…
Checks, Balances, and Emergencies: Tensions Between Emergency Management Acts and Constitutional Governance
Shoshana Weissmann
Contributors
Braden Boucek
Daniel Greenberg
Kimberly Hermann
Mithun Mansinghani
Clark Neily
Jon Riches
Luke A. Wake
Shoshana Weissmann
Introduction
A fire rages…
This policy brief is 1 of a 2-part series on the relationship between contraceptive access and economic mobility. This series emphasizes two lenses—the individual and the societal costs associated…
WASHINGTON (November 17, 2021)—States and the federal government are continually finding ways to reduce health care costs and improve health outcomes. Contraceptive access is one primary component…
From Washington Examiner:
Ashley Nunes, director of competition policy for the R Street Institute, was happy about the bill’s “$65 billion allocation to improving broadband in low-income…
Telehealth: Policy suggestions going forward
Courtney Joslin
From Medical Economics:
The COVID-19 pandemic was the catalyst for a sea change in the way telehealth is used, but as the country attempts to bounce back the question becomes which expansions…