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Wall Street Journal agrees with CEI, opposes Railway Safety Act

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Wall Street Journal agrees with CEI, opposes Railway Safety Act

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 09/22/2023

In an editorial today, the Wall Street Journal joined with many other voices, including Bloomberg, National Review, and a coalition led…

Rail and Mass Transit

In today’s age of musical abundance, we all live like ‘kings’

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In today’s age of musical abundance, we all live like ‘kings’

  • By: Alex Reinauer
  • 09/21/2023

We are in the midst of an art renaissance, and very few people are talking about it. One person who is talking about it is…

Innovation

Free the Economy podcast: unemployment that works with Matt Darling

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Free the Economy podcast: unemployment that works with Matt Darling

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 09/21/2023

In this week’s episode we talk about banning plastic gift cards in California, the solution to Germany’s energy crisis, the political…

Labor and Employment

What’s wrong with Bidenomics?

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What’s wrong with Bidenomics?

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 09/20/2023

Yesterday, I pointed out that in the looming threat of a government shutdown, President Joe Biden is aiming to cement as his legacy something that…

Business and Government

Flawed guidance for monetizing nature should be withdrawn

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Flawed guidance for monetizing nature should be withdrawn

  • By: James Broughel
  • 09/20/2023

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) has proposed new guidance aimed at improving how federal agencies account for environment-related costs and…

Regulatory Reform

Bill banning Fed-controlled crypto a good first step, but Congress must do more for monetary freedom

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Bill banning Fed-controlled crypto a good first step, but Congress must do more for monetary freedom

  • By: John Berlau
  • 09/19/2023

On Wednesday, the US House Financial Services Committee is expected to vote on House Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s ‘‘CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act,” aiming to prevent…

Banking and Finance

Congress can say no to Bidenomics in shutdown showdown

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Congress can say no to Bidenomics in shutdown showdown

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 09/19/2023

The contentious fiscal year 2024 budget battle, which might result in a partial federal government shutdown, is unfurling precisely as the national debt is…

Deregulation

Shareholder support for ESG proposals is falling

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Shareholder support for ESG proposals is falling

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 09/19/2023

With the 2023 proxy voting season officially behind us, we can note a few trends in corporate governance that stood out. For one, it…

Business and Government

This week in ridiculous regulations: milk losses and duck vehicles

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This week in ridiculous regulations: milk losses and duck vehicles

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 09/18/2023

Google’s antitrust trial started, and the Justice Department cited Russian antitrust actions to back up its case. The latest inflation numbers were a…

Consumer Product Safety

Will polyester recycling become fashionable?

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Will polyester recycling become fashionable?

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 09/18/2023

The Wall Street Journal ran a fascinating article last week on the future of innovation and technology, but it’s not about AI or semiconductors.

Consumer Choice

22 months after we asked, the Food and Drug Administration answered!

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22 months after we asked, the Food and Drug Administration answered!

  • By: Dan Greenberg, Devin Watkins
  • 09/18/2023

Finally! Nearly two years after we asked, the government has finally told us what it was doing! Here’s what happened: We asked the Food and…

Food and Beverage Regulation

The road to pork product serfdom

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The road to pork product serfdom

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 09/15/2023

There are interesting developments afoot in the world of agriculture and livestock, as recently recounted in the pages of the New York Times. According…

Food and Beverage Regulation

Free the Economy podcast: Supreme Court preview with Ashley Baker

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Free the Economy podcast: Supreme Court preview with Ashley Baker

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 09/15/2023

In this week’s episode we talk about the long history of the Lewis Powell memo of 1971, innovation in textile recycling, how…

Legal

UAW strike mostly a PR move

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UAW strike mostly a PR move

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 09/15/2023

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain is making much of the fact that the union is currently engaged in its first-ever strike against three…

Labor and Employment

What I told Congress about the unlawful plan to ‘align’ NEPA with Biden Climate Targets

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What I told Congress about the unlawful plan to ‘align’ NEPA with Biden Climate Targets

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 09/14/2023

I testified today at the House Natural Resources Oversight Subcommittee hearing on “Examining Systemic Government Overreach at CEQ.” My testimony developed three main points…

Energy and Environment

Will COVID-era work-from-home flexibility disappear? 

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Will COVID-era work-from-home flexibility disappear? 

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 09/14/2023

The question of how many Americans are going to continue working remotely, post-COVID, is back in the news again (if, indeed, it ever left).

Labor and Employment

United Auto Workers want a bigger slice of a shrinking pie

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United Auto Workers want a bigger slice of a shrinking pie

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 09/13/2023

If the United Auto Workers go on strike this week – and as I write this it appears as though they will – it…

Labor and Employment

August CPI: Rising energy prices hide underlying inflation progress

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August CPI: Rising energy prices hide underlying inflation progress

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 09/13/2023

This month’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a jumble of numbers that look like they contradict each other. But they make sense on closer…

Monetary Policy

The SEC’s anti-competitive assault against private fund advisers

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The SEC’s anti-competitive assault against private fund advisers

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 09/12/2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission is adopting new rules that radically redefine how investment companies are regulated, undercutting the ability of private fund advisers to…

Financial Regulation

Biden admin blocks oil and gas leases in Alaska, hurting Alaskans and all Americans

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Biden admin blocks oil and gas leases in Alaska, hurting Alaskans and all Americans

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 09/12/2023

The Biden administration took two aggressive steps in its war on energy last week. The US Department of the Interior (DOI) announced the cancellation…

Lands and Wildlife

Under Biden, thousands of government guidance documents are becoming much harder to find

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Under Biden, thousands of government guidance documents are becoming much harder to find

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 09/11/2023

Laws passed by Congress get cataloged in the U.S. Code, while rules and regulations that incubate in the daily Federal Register land in the…

Government Transparency

This week in ridiculous regulations: crash test dummies and potato promotion

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This week in ridiculous regulations: crash test dummies and potato promotion

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 09/11/2023

Congress returned from its August recess. It was a four-day week for the Federal Register due to Labor Day, but the Federal Register still grew…

Automobiles and Roads

Senate needs to block USDA slush fund in its minibus bill

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Senate needs to block USDA slush fund in its minibus bill

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 09/08/2023

The House agriculture appropriations bill, which was favorably reported out of the Appropriations Committee, includes language to help put a stop to what has…

Subsidies and Bailouts

The Powell Memo was good, actually

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The Powell Memo was good, actually

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 09/08/2023

This week the Competitive Enterprise Institute published my study (co-written with my colleague Iain Murray) on the 50-plus year history of the…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Free the Economy podcast: freedom and conservatism with Avik Roy

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Free the Economy podcast: freedom and conservatism with Avik Roy

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 09/07/2023

In this week’s episode we talk about the future of nuclear power, the possible end of remote work, and the complexities of…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

If you thought being on the road this past Labor Day weekend was unusually expensive, then you would be right

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If you thought being on the road this past Labor Day weekend was unusually expensive, then you would be right

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 09/07/2023

This August, according to Energy Information Administration (EIA) data going back to 1991, regular retail gasoline prices reached $3.84 per gallon. This marked the…

Energy and Environment

Politicians take too much credit for good news

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Politicians take too much credit for good news

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 09/06/2023

Over Labor Day weekend, Inside Sources syndicated an op-ed of mine arguing that politicians do not deserve credit for the economy’s post-COVID recovery. They…

Business and Government

This week in ridiculous regulations: dairy donations and kiosk interpretations

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This week in ridiculous regulations: dairy donations and kiosk interpretations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 09/05/2023

The 2023 Federal Register topped 60,000 pages. Price controls are on the way for 10 common prescription drugs. Hurricane Idalia hit Florida. Culture warriors shouted…

Food and Beverage Regulation

An invitation for union organizers to cheat in elections

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An invitation for union organizers to cheat in elections

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 09/01/2023

The National Labor Relations Board has issued a new rule for union organizing elections that says the election will go ahead even when there…

Labor and Employment

Climate policy deserves thoughtful discourse, not petty attacks: a response to Paul Krugman

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Climate policy deserves thoughtful discourse, not petty attacks: a response to Paul Krugman

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 08/31/2023

Just because someone doesn’t support an extreme climate policy agenda, like the Inflation Reduction Act, doesn’t mean that they deny climate change is occurring. Science…

Energy and Environment

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