Daren Bakst studies and writes about agriculture subsidies, property rights, environmental policy, food labeling and related issues as The Heritage Foundation’s senior research fellow in agricultural policy. Read his research.
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The House just passed a massive amnesty bill that would give millions of illegal agricultural workers and their spouses and children a pathway to citizenship…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Trump administration last month repealed the Obama administration’s infamous “waters of the United States” rule, by which bureaucrats tried to use the Clean Water… Read More
Economy Commentary
There was some good news Wednesday on the agricultural trade front. The Office of the United States Trade Representative just announced several key provisions of… Read More
LawCommentary
Thursday saw a major win for the rule of law, property rights, and the environment: The Trump administration announced that it had finalized its repeal… Read More
LawCommentary
The Trump administration has just taken an important step in the effort to protect threatened and endangered species. On Monday, the administration published final regulations… Read More
LawCommentary
Last week saw a major victory for property rights and an end to another Endangered Species Act horror story. The saga began in 2012 when… Read More
EconomyCommentary
There is renewed hope for trade talks with China—a welcome development for the American economy. But the damage caused by the fight continues. The U.S…. Read More
EnergyCommentary
Shouldn’t Environmental Protection Agency regulations do more good than harm? The agency hasn’t always thought so. In 2012, under President Barack Obama, the EPA finalized… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Sometimes, it feels like we live in Bizarro World, where everything is the opposite of what we would expect. Consider, for example, the regulation of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Last July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it was going to provide $12 billion in aid to help farmers with the “trade damage”… Read More
