Let's suppose that for some reason you expect the whole issue of self-service gas in Oregon to be brought up again in a public forum.  I...

MYTH 1: Eliminating Gas Station Attendants Will Just Lead to More Profits for the Owners and No Lower Prices for Consumers. In the comment...

When I think about public policy as an economist, my first instinct is (of course) that a market-based solution is usually the first-best a...

I have reopened the poll, why?: lots of new readers, election coming up, because I want to... See here for discussion if the issue.

Do you support allowing self-service gas in Oregon?  Let me know by signing the on-line petition which, if successful, I hope to send to sta...

The readers of The Oregon Economics Blog, who are without a doubt a representative sample of the entire State of Oregon, have by 2/3 rds maj...

Since in New Jersey, there seems to be this belief in some circles that self-service would lead to higher prices, I tried to come up with an...

This self-service gas poll has been an interesting exercise and it is instructive for me to learn how opinions are formed and how beliefs ar...

Readers of my blog may already know, as I have posted on this previously , but there are few things things that get under my skin as much as...