Re: On Banning Drugs, Vitamins, etc.

Robin Hanson (hanson@hss.caltech.edu)
Fri, 8 Nov 96 11:27:45 PST

"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/