How to turn an urban progressive into a libertarian? Regulate the kohlrabi from his CSA

By TIMOTHY P. CARNEY | NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Food-safety regulation often ends up protecting the biggest players in the industry, crushing... The conventional myth about regulation is this: Government tries to intervene to protect consumers, while big business fights for laissez-faire.  But, like most regulation, food-safety regulation often ends up protecting the biggest players in the industry, crushing small and local businesses, sometimes undermining the goal of food safety.  Liberal writer Tom Philpott at Mother Jones pens a piece critical of federal food safety regulations as "a significant and possibly devastating burden to small and mid-sized players."  Has Philpott been co-opted by Kellogg or the Kochs? Has he been reading too much Ayn Rand or hanging around Cato too many nights?.......Related flashback: "How do you turn a D.C. liberal into a libertarian for a day? Threaten to regulate his limousine service.".......To Read More….