My interest in the law of economic liberty was sparked in 2000, when as a law student, I was asked to investigate a lawsuit in Miami- Dade County, Florida, filed by prospective cab drivers against the government agency that regulated the taxi industry.1 As I learned more about the laws regulating taxis, I was shocked to discover how government frustrates and burdens industrious, hardworking people who simply seek to earn an honest living for themselves and their families. Driving a taxi in Miami is dangerous work. Some neighborhoods of Dade County—such as the inaptly named “Liberty City”—are so rough that most cab companies refuse to enter them.2 Society Cab, the only black-owned and black-operated cab company in Dade County, is usually the only one that will serve Liberty City. “The other company takes them to Biscayne Boulevard,” one driver told a reporter, “We take them from there.” When one Hispanic driver tried to drive for Society Cab, he was robbed and locked in the trunk of his taxi during his first week on the job.