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
Ron DeSantis and Florida are going head-to-head with the cruise ship industry and the CDC
Ashley Nunes
From Washington Examiner:
“DeSantis and the cruise industry may seem like they are at odds, but in reality, they need one another. Floridians need jobs, and cruise operators who have been…
Chair Harris, Vice-Chair Munoz and members of the Senate Insurance Committee:
My name is Courtney Joslin and I am a resident fellow for the R Street Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public…
Innovation in a Regulatory Labyrinth
Shoshana Weissmann
“Regulations don’t always work as planned,” says Tom W. Bell, Professor of Chapman University’s Dale E. Fowler School of Law in They Say It Can’t Be Done, a documentary highlighting four…
Podcast: Improving Healthcare: COVID-19 and Beyond
Courtney Joslin
From Civil Squared:
Outside of a global pandemic, there’s a lot of general frustration with how our healthcare system works. It’s not surprising that the pressures of the pandemic put…
Chair Jauregui, Vice-Chair Carlton, and members of the Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor:
My name is Courtney Joslin and I am a resident fellow for the R Street Institute, a nonprofit,…
Podcast: Yaffee and Steve Greenhut of the R Street Institute Discuss the Pro Act, Biden’s Latest Liberal Grab Bag
Steven Greenhut
From WVNN Afternoons with Yaffee:
Yaffee and Steve Greenhut of the R Street Institute Discuss the Pro Act.
Press release: Alcohol Licensing Caps in Light of COVID-19
Image credit: kai keisuke
WASHINGTON (May 5, 2021)—COVID-19 has changed the way states manage their alcohol laws and policies. While alcohol delivery and to-go cocktails have grabbed most of the headlines, policymakers are…
Legislative Exits from the Land Use Labyrinth
Andrew Moylan
From Regulatory Transparency Project:
For example, a city may pass a law banning any rentals shorter than 30 days or enforce draconian rules on short-term rentals that have most of the impact…
The COVID-19 pandemic drastically shifted how Americans accessed health care. Telehealth services became a main source of medical care, and as such, lawmakers, agencies and political leaders rushed…