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State of the Union and Inflation

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State of the Union and Inflation

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 02/06/2023

Presidents, like quarterbacks, get too much blame when things go badly, and too much when things go well. Look for President Biden to take advantage…

Monetary Policy

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 02/06/2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had a setback in one of its cases against Meta. The Fed raised interest rates. Meanwhile, agencies…

Deregulation

FTC Should Not Trade Consumer Welfare for an Antitrust Crystal Ball

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FTC Should Not Trade Consumer Welfare for an Antitrust Crystal Ball

  • By: Jessica Melugin, Ryan Young
  • 02/01/2023

A Federal District Court in California today denied the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) request for a preliminary injunction to stop Meta’s purchase of virtual…

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 01/30/2023

The Department of Justice filed another antitrust lawsuit against Google. GDP numbers for the final quarter of 2022 looked healthy.  Meanwhile, agencies issued new regulations…

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Adam Smith, Greek Tragedy, and Public Policy

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Adam Smith, Greek Tragedy, and Public Policy

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 01/23/2023

In high school civics classes, Adam Smith is a cartoon character. Like Mr. Burns from The Simpsons, he is portrayed as selfish, cold, and calculating.

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 01/23/2023

The U.S. government hit its debt ceiling, setting up some congressional drama. Microsoft and Google joined the parade of antitrust targets announcing layoffs despite…

Deregulation

The Debt Ceiling and the Trillion-Dollar Coin

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The Debt Ceiling and the Trillion-Dollar Coin

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 01/17/2023

Another debt ceiling battle is brewing, and pundits are debating what to do about it. Over at National Review’ Capital Matters, I take a look…

Monetary Policy

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 01/17/2023

Inflation fell to a 6.5 percent annual pace. Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro staged their own version of January 6. An…

Deregulation

Federal Reserve Declines to Become Climate Regulator

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Federal Reserve Declines to Become Climate Regulator

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 01/11/2023

Most agencies can either do one thing well or many things poorly. For example, the Federal Reserve would be perfectly capable of keeping inflation low…

Deregulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 01/09/2023

The new Congress began with a lot of drama over selecting a speaker. The Federal Trade Commission announced its intention to ban non-compete clauses.

Deregulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations – Year-End 2022

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations – Year-End 2022

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 01/03/2023

Happy new year, everyone. Year-end totals for 2022’s new regulations are in. The 2022 Federal Register weighs in at 80,756 pages. It includes 3,168 final…

Deregulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 12/27/2022

A massive snowstorm with heavy winds hit most of the U.S. just in time for Christmas. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to Washington and addressed…

Deregulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 12/19/2022

CEI released its latest Agenda for Congress. Inflation slowed down in November, though there is still a ways to go before it’s…

Deregulation

Agenda for Congress: Inflation

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Agenda for Congress: Inflation

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 12/15/2022

CEI’s Agenda for Congress is out now. This post summarizes its recommendations for inflation. Since inflation is mostly a monetary phenomenon, it is…

Monetary Policy

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 12/12/2022

A former president called for terminating the U.S. Constitution. Socialism failed again, this time in Peru. Congress passed a bill to protect…

Deregulation

Gas Prices Are Lower than a Year Ago: What Does that Mean for Inflation?

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Gas Prices Are Lower than a Year Ago: What Does that Mean for Inflation?

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 12/09/2022

Even with inflation near 40-year highs, gas prices are lower than a year ago, and not just in real, inflation-adjusted terms. They’re lower even…

Monetary Policy

Regulatory Reform in Mississippi

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Regulatory Reform in Mississippi

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 12/08/2022

Washington isn’t the only place that needs regulatory reform. States have their own excesses to deal with. To that end, our friends at the Mississippi…

Deregulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 12/05/2022

The World Cup is underway in Qatar and the labor market had another good month. Meanwhile, agencies issued new regulations ranging from canola oil jet…

Deregulation

Retro Review: George Selgin, Less Than Zero: The Case for a Falling Price Level in a Growing Economy (Institute of Economic Affairs, 1997)

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Retro Review: George Selgin, Less Than Zero: The Case for a Falling Price Level in a Growing Economy (Institute of Economic Affairs, 1997)

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 12/02/2022

This year, inflation reached levels not seen in 40 years. The Federal Reserve spent most of 2022 trying to undo its runaway money creation in…

Monetary Policy

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 11/28/2022

We hope everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving and/or Black Friday. Meanwhile, agencies issued new regulations ranging from nuclear drug tests to food tracing. On to the data:…

Deregulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 11/21/2022

The 2022 Federal Register surpassed 70,000 pages on Friday, and is on pace for 79,617 pages. The first Artemis moon mission rocket launched. The…

Deregulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 11/14/2022

The midterm elections happened, and most of us (sorry, Georgia) are finally free of misleading, scaremongering political ads. Inflation slowed down slightly. Meanwhile,…

Deregulation

October Inflation Slightly Improves: Time for Less Politics and More Policy

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October Inflation Slightly Improves: Time for Less Politics and More Policy

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 11/10/2022

Thank goodness the election is over. One of the frustrating parts of midterm season was that many people were more interested in how inflation would…

Monetary Policy

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 11/07/2022

The Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate again, though it remains less than the rate of inflation. Employment increased by 261,000 in…

Deregulation

Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rate; Uncertainty Strengthens Case for a Policy Rule

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Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rate; Uncertainty Strengthens Case for a Policy Rule

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 11/02/2022

As expected, the Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate by 0.75 percentage points coming out of this week’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)…

Monetary Policy

Retro Review: Jared Diamond—Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Norton, 1997)

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Retro Review: Jared Diamond—Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Norton, 1997)

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 11/01/2022

In 1972, Jared Diamond was researching bird evolution in New Guinea. While walking along a beach, he had an hour-long conversation with a local politician…

Capitalism

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/31/2022

Happy Halloween! CEI released the latest edition of Wayne Crews’s Ten Thousand Commandments report, which gives a big-picture overview of the federal regulatory state.

Deregulation

New Whole-of-Government Initiative on Junk Fees Comes with Unintended Consequences

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New Whole-of-Government Initiative on Junk Fees Comes with Unintended Consequences

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/26/2022

Today the Biden administration announced a new whole-of-government initiative on junk fees from airlines and other industries. The news comes on the same day…

Consumer Choice

Ten Thousand Commandments 2022 Released

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Ten Thousand Commandments 2022 Released

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews, Ryan Young
  • 10/26/2022

The 2022 edition of Wayne Crews’s Ten Thousand Commandments report is out now. Now in its 28th year, it has its usual panoply of…

Deregulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/24/2022

Just two more weeks until the relentless barrage of misleading election ads goes away. The Energy Information Administration warned that heating bills could get…

Deregulation

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