Re: On Banning Drugs, Vitamins, etc.

From: Robin Hanson (hanson@hss.caltech.edu)
Date: Fri Nov 08 1996 - 12:27:45 MST


"J. D." writes:
> Why ignore the revolving door between the regulated and the
>regulators?
> Why ignore that regulations are used to covertly cartelize an
>industry? and further used to covertly pick winners and losers
>independent of the market! Why be naive?
> Some think the rather arbitrary actions of the FDA regarding
>artificial sweetners was a case in point.

Were these comments directed at me or Peter M.? If at me, they are a
bit cryptic. Could you elaborate?

Robin D. Hanson hanson@hss.caltech.edu http://hss.caltech.edu/~hanson/



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