What are ‘Pro-Business’ Policies?
There are two ways for a government to be ‘pro-business.’ The first way is to avoid interfering in capitalist acts among consenting adults – that is, to keep taxes low, regulations few, and subsidies non-existent. This ‘pro-business’ stance promotes widespread prosperity because in reality it isn’t so much pro-business as it is pro-consumer. When this way is pursued, businesses are rewarded for pleasing consumers, and only for pleasing consumers.
Capitalism: The Anti-Pollutant
Back on Earth Day, Don Boudreaux wrote a nice letter to USA Today.
On this Earth Day, Bjorn Lomborg scrubs with facts the noxious notions and emotions that pollute public discourse about the environment (”Earth Day: Smile, don’t shudder,” April 21). Especially useful is his point that the world’s number one environmental killer …