All Posts Tagged With: "public ownership"
Whose Airwaves Are They?
The heat is being turned up on radio stations for broadcasting indecent material. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined Clear Channel Communications nearly half a million dollars for broadcasting several minutes of lewd remarks by radio star Howard Stern back in April. Clear Channel has since stopped carrying the program on its six stations. [...]
1Jul2004 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Economics of Smoking Bans
The war on smoking is proceeding with rapid progress. Anti-smoking activists are successfully fighting for smoking bans in restaurants, bars, bowling alleys, and other places open to the public. California and Delaware have banned smoking in virtually all restaurants and bars. Smoking is prohibited in restaurants in Maine, and voters in Florida recently approved a [...]
1Jul2003 | Arthur E. Foulkes | 3 comments | ContinuedPrivatize Public Highways
Michelle S. Cadin is a student, and Dr. Block a professor of economics, at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Across the United States, more than four million roads, streets, and highways tie cities and states together and enable citizens to work, travel, and shop. Americans enjoy unprecedented freedom and convenience, as [...]
1Feb1997 | and Michele S. Cadin | 0 comments | Continued-
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