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.
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Former Gov. Susana Martinez became famous for touting that New Mexico was open for business. It may have taken a global pandemic to prove her right as state lawmakers are currently considering…
From Build for Tomorrow:
You can learn a lot from a simple margarita… because when you take one home from a restaurant in America, you’re participating in a change that was hundreds of…
Chairman and members of the committee,
Our names are Courtney Joslin and Marc Hyden, and we are with the R Street Institute, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public policy research organization….
The American South has been heralded as a hub for job growth and business creation in recent decades. The region’s dedication to creating the right tax and regulatory environment for businesses to…
Women have long reported that hormonal birth control can be difficult and costly to obtain. Many have trouble scheduling regular doctor appointments in the first place; for the uninsured, this can be…
From Washington Examiner:
It is not uncommon for new high-growth, venture capital-driven industries to take an “expand market now, work out profits later” approach. Right now, the best guesses…
Dear Sen. Gonzales,
The R Street Institute is writing to support Senate Bill 1082, which would allow pharmacists to provide hormonal birth control prescriptions in Arizona. R Street is a…
From NewBostonPost:
Shoshana Weissmann of R Street Institute, a free-market-oriented public policy research organization headquartered in Washington D.C., said the proposed reform is long…
It is a story almost as old as America itself: technology advancing faster than government can keep up. Everything from the invention of rail travel to the development of drones has challenged…
Chairman Casey and members of the House Health and Human Services committee:
My name is Courtney Joslin and I am a Resident Fellow for the R Street Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public…