Lessons from Google Search Ruling

The laws of economics can be seen at work nearly everywhere if one only endeavors to take note of them. That which Frédéric Bastiat wrote is “not seen” is not invisible but rather overlooked — overlooked by lawmakers and bureaucrats who, in their excitement to achieve some perceived public good, prefer not to investigate the effects of their pet policies; such investigations all too often provide good evidence that those policies should not be pursued.