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Friday, September 25, 2009

FDA Admits to Congressional Influence


“The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that four New Jersey congressmen and its own former commissioner unduly influenced the process that led to its decision last year to approve a patch for injured knees, an approval it is now revisiting.” (New York Times, Thursday)

Government regulation cannot be divorced from politics.

FEE Timely Classic
“Economists Against the FDA” by Daniel B. Klein


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.