Real Clear Markets
“Do Chanel Buyers Shop at Walmart? What Say the FTC?”
Tirzah Duren from the American Consumer Institute discusses the shortcomings of the FTC’s relevant market definition in its challenge to the merger between Tapestry…
National Review
“Risky Bets by Entrepreneurs Should Be Celebrated, Not Stifled”
Tom Hebert from Americans for Tax Reform dispels a number of misconceptions underlying FTC Chair Khan’s view of mergers and acquisitions.
ITIF
“America Needs Big Tech to Beat Big China”
Robert Atkinson, President of the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, explains how FTC Chair Lina Kahn’s antitrust agenda will harm the competitiveness of US…
Wall Street Journal
“The FTC Smears Scott Sheffield”
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board discusses the FTC’s recent complaint against former CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
Cato Institute
“Non-Competes and Minimum Wage Laws”
Ryan Bourne from the Cato Institute discusses the noncompete agreement debate within the context of the FTC’s new rule prohibiting them.
The New York Times
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Consumer Watchdog’s Funding
CEI’s Dan Greenberg was cited in The New York Times on the recent The Supreme Court CFPB ruling: Critics of the…
DC Journal
Three Problems with Biden’s China EV Tariffs
The Biden administration announced it would raise tariffs on Chinese-made steel, aluminum, semiconductors, solar panels, and EVs. This proposal has three major problems. First, tariffs…
Daily Caller
Supreme Court Slaps Down Challenge That Could Have Gutted Financial Regulatory Agency
CEI’s Iain Murray was cited in Daily Caller on the recent Supreme Court CFPB ruling: Iain Murray, the director of the Competitive…
News Release
Supreme Court Disappoints on Funding/Powers Question in Ruling in CFPB Case
The Supreme Court today issued a disappointing ruling in CFPB v. Community Financial Services Association of America, a lawsuit challenging the unchecked funding…
Washington Times
Supreme Court rules CFPB funding structure is lawful, jarring attempt to undo Wall Street cop
CEI’s Dan Greenberg is cited in the Washington Times regarding a recent Supreme Court ruling: Dan Greenberg, general counsel at the Competitive…
Blog
Free the Economy podcast: Liberty movement jobs with Claire Kittle Dixon
In this week’s episode we cover the war on prices, the great un-wokening of corporate America, the attack on credit…
Forbes
CEQ’s Empty Promises On Permit Streamlining
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) recently finalized its Phase II rule under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which it is touting as a “Bipartisan…
News Release
No surprises with April’s inflation report: CEI analysis
Inflation rose 0.3 percent in April compared to 0.4 percent in March. While this wasn’t a surprise for economists, the news indicates a…
Blog
UAW loses 13,000 members
The United Auto Workers (UAW) lost 13,000 members in the last year, according to filings the union made to the Labor Department. The UAW…
Reason
The Scandalous Science Behind Nuclear Regulation
Nuclear power could be a game-changer for energy affordability, grid reliability, and carbon reduction. However, it’s been stifled for decades based on one deeply…
Reason
The Scandalous Science Behind Nuclear Regulation
Nuclear power could be a game-changer for energy affordability, grid reliability, and carbon reduction. However, it’s been stifled for decades based on one deeply…
Reason
Biden’s Tariffs Are a Bad Idea
CEI’s Ryan Young is cited in Reason on Biden’s trade tariffs: “Tariffs on Chinese EVs won’t just make Chinese EVs more expensive,…
News Release
Biden’s China Tariffs will Undermine American Consumers, Not Alter China’s Policies: CEI Analysis
President Biden announced today he is raising protectionist tariffs on various Chinese imports, like electric vehicles, solar cells, semiconductors, and advanced batteries, ostensibly to…
Blog
R.I.P. Roger Corman, Filmmaker and Free Marketer
American cinema lost one of its great entrepreneurs last week when producer and director Roger Corman died at age 98. In a career…
Blog
Navigating the maze of federal regulations in 2024: What to know
In a bureaucratic whirlwind, the 2024 Federal Register is attaining new heights, topping 41,000 pages today. An unsettling new norm for the past few…
Reason
Biden’s Tariffs Are a Bad Idea
CEI’s Ryan Young is cited in an article on Reason on Biden’s Tariffs: “Tariffs on Chinese EVs won’t just make Chinese EVs more…
Forbes
Confronting A Surge In Costly Federal Rules
As of Monday, May 13, there have been 1,148 rules and regulations finalized among the 41,830 pages published to date in the 2024 Federal Register.
Blog
This week in ridiculous regulations: Housing subsidies and non-compete clauses
The Federal Register had what may have been its first 4,000-page week. It is on pace to exceed 112,000 pages for the year, or…
Comment
CEI comments opposing the worsening of Durbin Amendment debit card price controls
Re: Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing (Docket No. R–1818, RIN 7100-AG67) Dear Ms. Misback: On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute…
Blog
In spite of burdensome regulation, Georgia opens new nuclear reactor
Georgia’s new nuclear reactor is a long time coming. Plant Vogtle Unit 4 began producing commercial power on April 29th. This follows the opening…
Issues & Insights
Want Higher Air Fares? Overregulate Credit Cards
Yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Transportation held a joint hearing “investigating” airline and credit card reward programs. The Director and Secretary…
Letters
Coalition Letter Re: Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing (Docket No. R–1818, RIN 7100-AG67)
Dear Ms. Misback, The Federal Reserve’s (Fed) notice of proposed rulemaking (the Proposal) to amend Regulation II (Reg. II), which sets…
Blog
The Surge: Clean Power Plan 2.0 and more
If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental issues, then we encourage you to subscribe to this new…
Money
How Much Are Airline Rewards Really Worth? Biden Admin Probes Credit Card Programs
CEI’s Iain Murray’s blog posting was cited in Money about vacation miles: Iain Murray, vice president for strategy at the Competitive Enterprise…
Blog
The CHIPS and Science Act: A potential regulatory issue
Industrial policy is back with a bang. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed vulnerabilities in global supply chains, prompting intense debates in Congress about government’s role…
Blog
Free trade or be scrapped: IPEF’s trade pillar
The Biden administration offered a major trade initiative aimed at expanding America’s trade partners and countering China’s economic influence over its neighbors. The Indo-Pacific…
Washington Examiner
Trump and GOP would seek to unravel administrative state after years of Biden-era rulemaking
CEI’s Wayne Crews is cited in the Washington Examiner on unraveling the administrative state: “They’ve got to flood the zone,” said Wayne…
Blog
Want higher air fares? Overregulate credit cards
This morning, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Transportation are holding a joint hearing “investigating” airline and credit card reward…
Blog
Free the Economy podcast: Technology and politics with Corbin Barthold
In this week’s episode we cover bringing your parents to a job interview, the case against a universal basic income, and…
Blog
NLRB seeks to revoke First Amendment for management.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last week sent a warning that literally anything management says about a union organizing…
Daily Caller
Biden’s Regulatory Blitz On Appliances Figures To Make Life More Expensive, Policy Experts Say
CEI’s Ben Lieberman is cited in Daily Caller on Biden’s blitz on appliance figures: “If these ultra-efficient appliances make sense, homeowners would…
Texas Observer
DISTILLERS WANT TO DECRIMINALIZE MAKING BOOZE AT HOME
CEI’s Devin Watkins provided comments in the Texas Observer on a legal case to decriminalize home distilling: In 2023, the Hobby Distiller’s…
Blog
Time to end China’s “developing nation” dodge on climate treaties
China’s newly-appointed Special Envoy for Climate Change, Liu Zhenmin, will soon meet for the first time with his American counterpart, John Podesta. One…
Blog
How a carefully planned strategy can persuade a skeptical judiciary
Former FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Director Howard Beales and former FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris co-authored a new CEI paper contrasting the…
News Release
Radical change at Biden FTC leads to busted norms, new agenda facing skeptical judiciary: CEI paper
In July 2021, President Biden signed an executive order on competition policy, calling the previous 40 years of bipartisan agreement on the issue “an…
National Review
Net Neutrality Trusts Regulation over Markets
Despite years of investment, innovation, increasing competition, and declining prices under a light-touch regulatory framework, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reinstated Obama–era net-neutrality rules…
Study
Achieving Change at the Federal Trade Commission
Introduction “Never mistake activity for achievement.” – John Wooden Although small in budget, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sometimes had an outsized impact. Created to fulfill…
The Wall Street Journal
Lina Khan’s Failed FTC Experiment
President Biden has embraced modern progressivism and ditched his liberal economic-policy inheritance. Nowhere is this more striking than in competition policy—the past 40 years…
Wall Street Journal
Biden Is Coming for Your Air Conditioner
Your next new home air conditioner could set you back $12,000 or more, with federal regulators contributing to the rising cost of staying cool.
Blog
House bill fights appliance regulatory overreach
The American people face a wave of new federal appliance regulations, and all of them are bad. But this week, the House of Representatives…
ITIF
“‘Khanservatives’ Are Wrong About Big Tech”
Joseph Coniglio with the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation discusses the ill-conceived alliance between Khanservatives and neo-Brandeisians.
Reuters
“US Lawmaker Probes FTC Work with Europe to Block Amazon iRobot Merger”
Reuters reports on Rep. James Comer’s (R-KY) recent inquiry into the FTC’s collusion with the EU to block mergers.
ICLE
“Labor Monopsony and Antitrust Enforcement: A Cautionary Tale”
Experts with the International Center for Law & Economics discuss the FTC’s fixation with labor policy in a new paper.
TechFreedom
“FTC Impersonation Rule Unworkable, Violates Section 230”
TechFreedom argues that the FTC’s trade regulation rule on the Impersonation of Government and Businesses is incompatible with Section 230.
ITIF
“Small Changes Could Strengthen the Proposed Fake Review Rule”
Becca Trate with the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation suggests improvements to the FTC’s proposed trade regulation rule on Use of Consumer Reviews and…