“Federal safety inspectors who visited Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch coal mine early this year said senior managers showed ‘reckless disregard’ for worker safety by telling a foreman to ignore a citation the mine had received for faulty ventilation, according to the inspectors’ handwritten notes. ” (Washington Post, Friday)
The case for free-market competition is the case for deterring and punishing gross negligence.
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“We Can Do Better than Government Inspection of Meat” by E.C. Pasour Jr.