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Category: Blog

  • James Czerniawski
  • December 4, 2025

Data Centers Aren’t the Villain in America’s Energy Story

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  • Emil Panzaru
  • December 3, 2025

The EU’s “super-tax” on heated tobacco products is a super-failure for health, safety, and democratic legitimacy

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  • Fred Roeder
  • November 28, 2025

From Patient to Consumer: The bright future of preventative consumerism

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  • James Czerniawski
  • November 21, 2025

Congress is back but the ‘App Store Freedom Act’ still gets it wrong

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  • Fred Roeder
  • November 19, 2025

Expensive Drugs, Drug Price Control, Middlemen, and Those Left Behind

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  • Emil Panzaru
  • November 10, 2025

Pennsylvania Is Winning at Sports Betting Regulation, For Now

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  • Tarmizi Anuwar
  • February 2, 2023

Thailand police crackdown on tourists with vape devices shows they desperately need harm reduction policies

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  • Zoltán Kész
  • January 31, 2023

Chinese Battery Plant Posing Security Concerns

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • January 26, 2023

The best answer to TikTok is a forced divestiture 

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  • Zoltán Kész
  • January 26, 2023

Alcohol labeling and ban: Ireland in the dark path of Lithuania

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  • Zoltán Kész
  • January 24, 2023

Time for the EU to Counter TikTok

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • January 12, 2023

Hey buddy, consumers don’t need protection from natural gas stoves

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • December 20, 2022

Is the FTC kneecapping VR before it even gets off the ground?

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  • Sinclair Davidson
  • December 20, 2022

A Critique of ‘Can Anti-Vaping Policies Curb Drinking Externalities?: Evidence From E-Cigarette Taxation and Traffic Fatalities’

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  • Elizabeth Hicks
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  • David Clement
  • November 14, 2022

The Real Consequences the Proposed Vaping Flavor Ban in Columbus

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • October 27, 2022

Where is the FTC’s privacy report?

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  • Aleksandar Kokotović
  • October 12, 2022

Europe’s comprehensive crypto legislation is being adopted. Here’s what you need to know.

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  • Fred Roeder
  • October 6, 2022

Pandemievertrag: Geistiges Eigentum muss einbezogen werden

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  • Consumer Choice Center
  • September 7, 2022

THE COUNTERFACTUAL: What is WHO doing about ENDS?

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  • Consumer Choice Center
  • September 6, 2022

The Counterfactual: What role do ENDS play in smoking cessation?

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  • Fabio Fernandes
  • September 1, 2022

Money-saving tips for consumers during high inflation

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  • Consumer Choice Center
  • August 25, 2022

WHAT ARE THE POLICY OPTIONS FOR REGULATING ENDS?

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  • Consumer Choice Center
  • August 10, 2022

The Counterfactual: Are secondhand ENDS emissions dangerous?

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  • Consumer Choice Center
  • July 25, 2022

THE COUNTERFACTUAL: Are ENDS addictive?

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  • Consumer Choice Center
  • July 7, 2022

The Counterfactual: Are e-cigarettes more or less dangerous than conventional tobacco cigarettes?

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  • Consumer Choice Center
  • July 7, 2022

The Counterfactual: Do e-cigarettes (ENDS) cause lung injuries?

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  • Consumer Choice Center
  • July 7, 2022

The Counterfactual: Are e-cigarettes dangerous?

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  • Aleksandar Kokotović
  • July 1, 2022

EU’s Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Surveillance Rules to Harm Consumers

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • June 14, 2022

Preserve privacy by rejecting a ban on Bitcoin and crypto self-custody in Lithuania

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • June 1, 2022

NIMBY Bitcoin mining ban threatens to lock New Yorkers out of the crypto revolution

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  • Maria Chaplia
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  • Anna Arunashvili
  • May 24, 2022

Democrats Can’t Have Both PFAS Ban and EV Transition: Choose One

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  • Fred Roeder
  • May 23, 2022

Patente sind unabdingbar im Kampf gegen die nächste Pandemie

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  • Maria Chaplia
  • May 13, 2022

New Zealand’s generational tobacco ban is madness

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  • Consumer Choice Center
  • April 12, 2022

Canada is repealing the excise tax on non-alcoholic beer

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  • Consumer Choice Center
  • April 5, 2022

Ontario Government Legalizes iGaming

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • April 4, 2022

Hawaii: Eliminating vape flavors would cause more problems than it would solve

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • April 4, 2022

The case for permissionless innovation in tobacco harm reduction

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  • Consumer Choice Center
  • March 8, 2022

Ontario makes cannabis delivery and curbside pickup permanent

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  • Anna Arunashvili
  • February 16, 2022

The new Pandemic Resilience Index is out, what has changed since 2021?

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  • Consumer Choice Center
  • February 15, 2022

Nein, Greenpeace ist nicht seriös

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  • Anna Arunashvili
  • February 8, 2022

Colombia’s Uber ban is protectionist and ignores consumers

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  • Bill Wirtz
  • February 2, 2022

Oral health: household solutions for long-term benefits

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • January 25, 2022

“Crypto” vs Bitcoin and Why It Matters for Policy

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • January 20, 2022

Why Consumers Should Oppose the Latest Senate Antitrust Actions

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  • Maria Chaplia
  • January 17, 2022

Three priorities for the new European Parliament president

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • January 13, 2022

Smoking is up for the first time in a generation. The public health lobby is to blame

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  • Consumer Choice Center
  • December 23, 2021

Delaying the proposed law on content quotas

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  • Anna Arunashvili
  • December 22, 2021

The EU is after gig economy: what does this mean?

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  • Consumer Choice Center
  • December 20, 2021

Paid plasma collection coming to Alberta

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  • Anna Arunashvili
  • December 6, 2021

End the War on Nicotine

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  • Consumer Choice Center
  • December 3, 2021

Steuerwettbewerb und Verbraucherschutz

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  • Consumer Choice Center
  • November 24, 2021

End The War On Sugar: Zuckersteuern

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  • Consumer Choice Center
  • November 24, 2021

End The War on Sugar: Ist der Zucker unser Feind?

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  • Anna Arunashvili
  • November 16, 2021

Electric or motor vehicle? Let consumers decide

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  • Consumer Choice Center
  • November 15, 2021

Verzweiflung an der Tanksäule: Ein Überblick über die Besteuerung von Kraftstoff in der EU

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  • Maria Chaplia
  • November 15, 2021

Illicit trade: challenges and solutions

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  • Anna Arunashvili
  • November 11, 2021

Innovation in Agriculture Will Help Combat the Climate Change

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  • Anna Arunashvili
  • November 5, 2021

COP26: Lots of costly promise but no feasible solutions

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  • Fred Roeder
  • November 4, 2021

Can we please have a debate about policy issues?

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • October 27, 2021

Why Democratic Control of the FCC Won’t Bode Well for Internet Freedom

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  • Anna Arunashvili
  • October 15, 2021

Sharing Economy Index and its results – SHARING ECONOMY SERIES, PART 4

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • October 12, 2021

The Digital Economy Minister Crusading to Legalize Vaping in Thailand

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • October 7, 2021

The fight over Facebook’s content censor button will make all users lose

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  • Anna Arunashvili
  • October 5, 2021

The EU mandated harmonisation of charging ports will negatively impact innovation

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  • Anna Arunashvili
  • September 29, 2021

Sharing economy under threat – Sharing Economy Series, part 3

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • September 21, 2021

Michael Bloomberg is coming for your vape

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  • Anna Arunashvili
  • September 20, 2021

Sharing economy in COVID-times – Sharing economy series, part 2

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  • Anna Arunashvili
  • September 13, 2021

The essence of the sharing economy – Sharing economy series, part 1

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • June 18, 2021

Leaked: Bloomberg-funded ‘Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids’ Global Strategy to Ban Vaping Products By Bribing Public Bodies

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • April 28, 2021

The global organizations and populists who aim to seize COVID vaccine tech and IP

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  • Fred Roeder
  • March 1, 2021

Why a vaccine should cost 250 EUR: Penny-wise and pound foolish

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  • Dyuti Pandya
  • February 5, 2021

The Need for Competition in India’s Telecom Industry

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • January 27, 2021

Is this North Carolina Congressman hawking Bitcoin?

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  • Kya Shoar
  • January 19, 2021

Facebook Breakup will harm consumers

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • January 13, 2021

Latest round of online deplatforming shows why we need increased competition and decentralization

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US capitol storming
  • Yaël Ossowski
  • January 7, 2021

The storming of the US Capitol fueled by demagoguery and a threat to republican democracy

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  • Bill Wirtz
  • November 24, 2020

Fight mycotoxin contamination with modern technology

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  • Bill Wirtz
  • October 28, 2020

Gene-editing innovations can save us (if we let it)

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • October 15, 2020

Trump’s drug import plan will make us all pay

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • September 25, 2020

In the midst of an energy crisis, California to ban gas vehicles

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  • Olumayowa Okediran
  • September 24, 2020

Nigeria’s Alcohol ban is an attack on consumers’ freedom, small business owners

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  • Fred Roeder
  • September 22, 2020

How to feed 11 billion people?

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  • Maria Chaplia
  • September 17, 2020

Safeguarding IP rights is key to defeating COVID-19

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  • Consumer Choice Center
  • September 15, 2020

Implementing Virtual Affidavits

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  • David Clement
  • September 15, 2020

Removing Sales Tax From Medical Cannabis

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  • Maria Chaplia
  • September 14, 2020

Note to the European Commission: no need for a new competition tool

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  • David Clement
  • August 27, 2020

ECJ Privacy Ruling Has Huge Costs

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • August 17, 2020

Now They’re Coming After Your Delivery Apps

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • August 13, 2020

In Kamala Harris, do consumers have an ally or a foe?

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  • Fred Roeder
  • August 12, 2020

Think of the children! How to find cures for rare and children diseases.

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • July 30, 2020

Antitrust tech hearings dig for consumer harm but come up short

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  • Maria Chaplia
  • July 30, 2020

Sharing economy in the post-COVID world: what’s new?

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  • Olumayowa Okediran
  • July 27, 2020

NIPOST, GOVERNMENTS MUST STOP USING PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AS SCAPEGOATS FOR THEIR FAILURES.

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  • Maria Chaplia
  • July 24, 2020

The WTO is Missing In Action on COVID

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  • Bill Wirtz
  • July 14, 2020

Is meat unhealthy and killing the climate? No, it isn’t

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  • Yaël Ossowski
  • June 23, 2020

Burned Tort Lawyers Plead Guilty to $200 Million Extortion Racket

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