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Fed Credibility Depends on it Continuing to Raise Rates

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Fed Credibility Depends on it Continuing to Raise Rates

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 03/22/2023

Today’s federal funds rate hike is good news because it signals commitment. That will help the public to expect the Fed to continue to…

Monetary Policy

Desperately Seeking Regulatory Restraint

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Desperately Seeking Regulatory Restraint

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 03/21/2023

Our friends at the Wall Street Journal editorial board recently published a timely warning about the surge in federal regulation being pushed by the…

Deregulation

Protecting Pensions from Politics

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Protecting Pensions from Politics

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 03/21/2023

Congress recently voted to protect pensions from politicized mismanagement and ESG fads, but President Biden has announced that he will be vetoing the measure. I…

Capitalism

Silicon Valley Bank, ESG, and Political Favoritism

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Silicon Valley Bank, ESG, and Political Favoritism

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 03/21/2023

Last weekend we all saw the beginnings of what has now become a major meltdown for Silicon Valley Bank. The bank was quickly closed by…

Banking and Finance

<strong>Legislation Introduced to Curb Federal Forfeiture</strong>

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Legislation Introduced to Curb Federal Forfeiture

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 03/20/2023

Earlier this month, Congressman Tim Walberg (R-MI) reintroduced the Fifth Amendment Restoration Act (FAIR) Act. This measure is aimed at curbing federal forfeiture…

Legal Studies

FTC Budget Request: More Money, More Staff, and More Problems

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FTC Budget Request: More Money, More Staff, and More Problems

  • By: Alex Reinauer
  • 03/20/2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) submitted its annual budget request last week, requesting $590 million for FY 2024. This would be a $160 million…

Tech and Telecom

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 03/20/2023

Silicon Valley Bank’s failure was the confluence of bad management and bad regulations. It could also complicate the Fed’s inflation-fighting efforts. Meanwhile, agencies…

Deregulation

When the Policy is This Bad, Politics Might Be the Only Explanation

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When the Policy is This Bad, Politics Might Be the Only Explanation

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 03/17/2023

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently proposed a tech agenda as his “Digital Bill of Rights” for the state’ blessedly short 60-day legislative session. While there…

Tech and Telecom

Senators Should Reject WOTUS Overreach

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Senators Should Reject WOTUS Overreach

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 03/17/2023

The Senate is soon expected to consider legislation that would reject the Biden administration’s final rule defining “Waters of the United States,” otherwise…

Energy and Environment

Free the Economy Episode 12: <strong>Consumer Welfare and Big Government with Patrick Hedger</strong>

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Free the Economy Episode 12: Consumer Welfare and Big Government with Patrick Hedger

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 03/17/2023

This week we talk about the drama with Silicon Valley Bank and the proposal from Wayne Crews for an Abuse-of-Crisis Prevention Act, how…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Congress, Please Reform the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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Congress, Please Reform the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 03/17/2023

My Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) colleague Devin Watkins recently testified on Capitol Hill before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary…

Banking and Finance

CEI Advises CEQ to Withdraw Its NEPA Guidance on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change

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CEI Advises CEQ to Withdraw Its NEPA Guidance on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 03/15/2023

Last week I submitted comments advising the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to withdraw its proposed guidance on consideration of greenhouse gas (GHG)…

Energy and Environment

The Risks of Bailing Out Silicon Valley Bank’s Uninsured Depositors and How to Make the Banking System Resilient

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The Risks of Bailing Out Silicon Valley Bank’s Uninsured Depositors and How to Make the Banking System Resilient

  • By: John Berlau
  • 03/15/2023

On Sunday evening, the Biden administration decided that all customers of the failed Silicon Valley Bank will have their millions and possibly billions in the…

Banking and Finance

Why Congress Must Think Twice About Adopting Biden’s Brazen Budget Proposal

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Why Congress Must Think Twice About Adopting Biden’s Brazen Budget Proposal

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 03/15/2023

Last Thursday, President Joe Biden finally unveiled his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year 2024. This marks the third straight year that Biden…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

<strong>Congress Should Appropriate Money for the CFPB Through the Congressional Appropriation Process</strong>

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Congress Should Appropriate Money for the CFPB Through the Congressional Appropriation Process

  • By: Devin Watkins
  • 03/13/2023

Last week, I had the honor of testifying before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy on how Congress should…

Banking and Finance

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 03/13/2023

President Biden released a $6.8 trillion proposed budget. The labor force grew by 311,000 people in February. Meanwhile, agencies issued new regulations ranging…

Regulatory Reform

What Are Administrative Law Courts? Why Do They Matter?

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What Are Administrative Law Courts? Why Do They Matter?

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 03/10/2023

The judicial branch is presumably an independent branch of government, alongside the legislative and executive branches. But many regulatory agencies have their own in-house court…

Legal

Regulatory Reform in the 118th Congress: The ALERT Act

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Regulatory Reform in the 118th Congress: The ALERT Act

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 03/10/2023

Transparency is a vital part of good government. It is also lacking in the regulatory process. H.R. 262, The All Economic Regulations are Transparent…

Deregulation

The War On Natural Gas – Pipeline Edition

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The War On Natural Gas – Pipeline Edition

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 03/09/2023

The Biden Administration’s climate change-inspired war on natural gas continues on multiple fronts. Most recently in the news are the regulatory attempts to curtail the use…

Energy

Free the Economy Episode 11: True Diversity and Economic Opportunity with Patrice Onwuka

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Free the Economy Episode 11: True Diversity and Economic Opportunity with Patrice Onwuka

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 03/09/2023

This week we talk about a warning from Wayne Crews and The Wall Street Journal on the burden of over-regulation, the policy…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Trust, but Verify via Congressional Oversight

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Trust, but Verify via Congressional Oversight

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 03/08/2023

Is the Federal Trade Commission’s request that Twitter hand over the names of “all journalists and other members of the media to whom” the social…

Eye on FTC

Rep. Duncan Leads Letter Expressing Concern over Foreign Regulatory Overreach

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Rep. Duncan Leads Letter Expressing Concern over Foreign Regulatory Overreach

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 03/08/2023

I’ve written before about the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority, its main antitrust regulator. It has already blocked one US company from taking over another…

Trade and International

<strong>Some Things are Just Business, Not Politics – and That’s a Good Thing</strong>

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Some Things are Just Business, Not Politics – and That’s a Good Thing

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 03/08/2023

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was the predictable venue for Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy to portrait DirecTV’s recent decision to stop carrying the channel…

Innovation

<strong>Don’t Ban Technology of Tomorrow to Save Jobs of Yesterday</strong>

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Don’t Ban Technology of Tomorrow to Save Jobs of Yesterday

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 03/08/2023

Recently in Episode 10 of the Free the Economy podcast we returned to one of our favorite topics, economic opportunity and jobs in…

Labor and Employment

<strong>House Financial Services Committee Leans on SEC’s Gensler for More Transparency</strong>

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House Financial Services Committee Leans on SEC’s Gensler for More Transparency

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 03/08/2023

House Financial Services Committee Leans on SEC’s Gensler for More Transparency Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee and some allies in the Senate are…

Financial Regulation

Trust, but Verify via Congressional Oversight

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Trust, but Verify via Congressional Oversight

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 03/08/2023

Is the Federal Trade Commission’s request that Twitter hand over the names of “all journalists and other members of the media to whom” the social…

Antitrust

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 03/06/2023

CEI published a new paper on right-to-repair legislation and held a hill briefing about regulatory reform and other topics. Meanwhile, agencies issued new…

Regulatory Reform

Congress Hands Biden His First Legislative Defeat by Overturning DOL ESG Rule Affecting Retirees

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Congress Hands Biden His First Legislative Defeat by Overturning DOL ESG Rule Affecting Retirees

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 03/03/2023

Republicans in Congress have just teed up the first major legislative rebuke to the Biden Administration’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies. On Tuesday,…

Banking and Finance

<strong>Free the Economy Episode 10: Legalize Jobs with Shoshana Weissmann</strong>

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Free the Economy Episode 10: Legalize Jobs with Shoshana Weissmann

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 03/03/2023

Welcome back to the Free the Economy podcast. In this week’s episode we talk about Mercatus Center’s Michael Farren’s case for the…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

How Ofcom can develop more flexible net neutrality rules for specialised services

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How Ofcom can develop more flexible net neutrality rules for specialised services

  • By: Ryan Nabil
  • 03/02/2023

The United Kingdom needs more flexible net neutrality rules as the Rishi Sunak government seeks to bolster the country’s leadership in emerging technologies. Creating more…

Tech and Telecom

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