Anyone have any really good deregulation articles?

[bill1971]

I always get into discussions with my brother and friend about how deregulation actually helps the market and does not harm the consumer. How it helps the big corporations and hurts smaller companies. Any extra ammo that may help?

[erowe1]

It's not an article, but Milton Friedman's video series, "Free to Choose" is excellent, and several of the episodes deal a lot with various regulations.
http://www.freetochoose.tv/

[bill1971]

Thanks. For some reason people equate deregulation with lawlessness.

[emazur]

The Big Ripoff might be what you're looking for:
http://www.amazon.com/Big-Ripoff-Business-Government-Steal/dp/0471789070/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317161544&sr=8-1

Also there are many examples of bad regulation in Healing Our World, and you can download the old version free and legit:
http://freekeene.com/2010/10/06/world-exclusive-healing-our-world-audiobook/

And here's a great example that Rothbard gives:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoGsrA1HTwQ

[bill1971]

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand. Milton Friedman

Funny quote.

[Agorism]

The biggest regulations are actually probably licensure, patents, and copyrights, and those are the ones that are most rarely attacked.

[Wesker1982]

Also there are many examples of bad regulation in Healing Our World, and you can download the old version free and legit:
http://freekeene.com/2010/10/06/world-exclusive-healing-our-world-audiobook/

+1. Here is the text version http://www.ruwart.com/Healing/rutoc.html

[bill1971]

The healing our world article is great! Thanks

[Wesker1982]

How Government Solved the Health Care Crisis: Medical Insurance that Worked — Until Government "Fixed" It (http://praxeology.net/libertariannation/a/f12l3.html)

[bill1971]

It's not an article, but Milton Friedman's video series, "Free to Choose" is excellent, and several of the episodes deal a lot with various regulations.
http://www.freetochoose.tv/

That's funny, Arnold Schwartnegger introduces the series. Kind of ironic, since he fought to keep prop 23, which dealt with greenhouse regulations.

[gerryb]

I always get into discussions with my brother and friend about how deregulation actually helps the market and does not harm the consumer. How it helps the big corporations and hurts smaller companies. Any extra ammo that may help?

reason just wrote this one.. Virignia vs. Maryland oyster regulations.

http://reason.com/archives/2011/10/25/privatizing-the-chesapeake

"Privatizing the Chesapeake
After seeing its oyster fishery almost depleted, Maryland finally introduces aquaculture and private leasing."