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EPA’s Proposed Auto Rule: What We Said at the Agency’s Zoom Meeting Today

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EPA’s Proposed Auto Rule: What We Said at the Agency’s Zoom Meeting Today

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 08/25/2021

Today and tomorrow, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting a public Zoom meeting on the agency’s proposed motor vehicle greenhouse gas emission…

Energy and Environment

Capitalism and Corporations: Respect Stakeholders, But Follow the Law

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Capitalism and Corporations: Respect Stakeholders, But Follow the Law

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 08/23/2021

Last week the Law & Economics Center at George Mason University hosted a fascinating event here in Washington, D.C. on the debate over shareholder…

Capitalism

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 08/23/2021

The big story of the week was the United States’ military withdrawal from Afghanistan. Back home, a new school year began and the economic…

Deregulation

The Progressive Playbook? Thoughts on a Slippery Slope

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The Progressive Playbook? Thoughts on a Slippery Slope

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 08/20/2021

Is there a master plan behind the blunders of governments? Or are politicians just making it up as they go along? The cabal model…

Capitalism

No, Crypto Is Not a Criminal Haven

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No, Crypto Is Not a Criminal Haven

  • By: Paul Jossey
  • 08/19/2021

“In 2020, the criminal share of all cryptocurrency activity [was] just 0.34%, or $10.0 billion in transaction volume.” This finding by crypto intelligence firm…

Financial Regulation

Mexican Workers Deserve Secret Ballot Elections; So Do U.S. Workers.

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Mexican Workers Deserve Secret Ballot Elections; So Do U.S. Workers.

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 08/19/2021

Today, U.S. labor leaders applauded Mexican workers for getting rid of an allegedly corrupt union at a General Motors (GM) plant in Silao, in…

Labor and Employment

FTC Re-Files Facebook Antitrust Complaint

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FTC Re-Files Facebook Antitrust Complaint

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 08/19/2021

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) submitted a revised antitrust complaint against Facebook today. In June, a judge threw out the initial complaint for…

Telecommunications

Senate Republicans Revive Kyoto Lite

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Senate Republicans Revive Kyoto Lite

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 08/16/2021

Bad policy ideas never die; they just get recycled. A prime case in point is the Senate’s recent passage of the Growing Climate Solutions…

Energy and Environment

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 08/16/2021

The Senate passed the big infrastructure bill in a dramatic marathon vote. It now goes to the House. Up next is a $3.5 trillion spending…

Deregulation

Washington’s War against the Incandescent Light Bulb Is Back

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Washington’s War against the Incandescent Light Bulb Is Back

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 08/13/2021

The Trump administration called a truce in the regulatory war against the incandescent light bulb by declining to target them with additional efficiency standards, but…

Energy and Environment

Some Good News on Forest Management

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Some Good News on Forest Management

  • By: Peter Gattuso
  • 08/12/2021

After a grueling deliberative process, the Senate passed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on Tuesday. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has threatened to…

Lands and Wildlife

New Inflation Numbers: Still High, Still Fixable

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New Inflation Numbers: Still High, Still Fixable

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 08/11/2021

July’s inflation numbers are out. The annualized Consumer Price Index came in at 5.4 percent, compared to a 2 percent target. The month-to-month increase…

Deregulation

CEI Continues Fight for Cryptocurrency Freedom

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CEI Continues Fight for Cryptocurrency Freedom

  • By: John Berlau
  • 08/10/2021

Because the Senate failed to adopt the bipartisan Wyden-Lummis-Toomey amendment even after it was watered down, the infrastructure package’s cryptocurrency tax reporting provisions could destroy,…

Financial Regulation

Observations Concerning the Newest IPCC Report

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Observations Concerning the Newest IPCC Report

  • By: Patrick J. Michaels
  • 08/10/2021

View Full Document as PDF The case made for catastrophic climate change in the new “Sixth Assessment Report” by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental…

Energy

CEI’s John Berlau Testifies at House Hearing on Solutions for the Unbanked

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CEI’s John Berlau Testifies at House Hearing on Solutions for the Unbanked

  • By: Guy Denton
  • 08/10/2021

On Wednesday, July 21, CEI Senior Fellow John Berlau testified before the House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions on how…

Financial Regulation

Why Government Infrastructure Spending Crowds Out Private Investment and Innovation

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Why Government Infrastructure Spending Crowds Out Private Investment and Innovation

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 08/10/2021

Those proclaiming of the Senate infrastructure bill that none of the spending is needed are correct. In embracing this gigantic spending bill, Republicans have helped preclude the…

Deregulation

Not A Policy Paper, Just A Thought

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Not A Policy Paper, Just A Thought

  • By: Scooter Schaefer
  • 08/10/2021

Years ago, pastor Lon Solomon of the D.C.-based McLean Bible Church popularized a series of radio ads entitled, “Not a Sermon, Just a Thought,”…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rule Still a Mistake

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Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rule Still a Mistake

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 08/10/2021

On Friday the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a new rule from Nasdaq that will require firms listed on that exchange to comply…

Capitalism

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 08/09/2021

Nearly 1 million jobs were created in July, while Congress put the finishing touches on an infrastructure bill that will add about $250 billion…

Deregulation

Better Forest Management Needs a New Approach

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Better Forest Management Needs a New Approach

  • By: Peter Gattuso
  • 08/06/2021

The rampant wildfires in the west continue to exacerbate and conditions are likely to get worse before they get better. More than 4 percent…

Energy and Environment

Senate Should Pass the Wyden-Lummis-Toomey Cryptocurrency Amendment

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Senate Should Pass the Wyden-Lummis-Toomey Cryptocurrency Amendment

  • By: John Berlau
  • 08/05/2021

The Senate must adopt the bipartisan Wyden-Lummis-Toomey amendment to ensure that the infrastructure package’s cryptocurrency tax reporting provisions do not destroy, rather than help build,…

Banking and Finance

For CDC to Repair Its Reputation, It Must Get Out of Housing (and Politics)

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For CDC to Repair Its Reputation, It Must Get Out of Housing (and Politics)

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 08/05/2021

The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was once considered one of the most trusted public health institutions in the world, but its handling…

Healthcare

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Shows Much of What’s Wrong with Congress

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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Shows Much of What’s Wrong with Congress

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 08/04/2021

Although it now looks unlikely, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D_NY) wants the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act, popularly known as the bipartisan infrastructure bill,…

Subsidies and Bailouts

CDC’s Eviction Moratorium Extension Another Example of Ends-Justify-the-Means Policy

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CDC’s Eviction Moratorium Extension Another Example of Ends-Justify-the-Means Policy

  • By: Devin Watkins
  • 08/04/2021

The Constitution requires all of Congress and the president to swear to uphold the Constitution. Yet, too often today, public officials of both parties ignore…

Legal

Weil Is a Poor Choice to Lead Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division

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Weil Is a Poor Choice to Lead Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 08/03/2021

Lawmakers should reject President Biden’s choice to serve as administrator of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, a major federal law enforcement…

Labor and Employment

Civilian Climate Corps Would Expand Government When We Can Least Afford It

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Civilian Climate Corps Would Expand Government When We Can Least Afford It

  • By: Jack Elbaum
  • 08/02/2021

My first post  in this series reviewed the history—and basic economics—of government works programs, such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). My second…

Energy and Environment

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 08/02/2021

Second quarter GDP grew at a 6.5 percent annualized pace, although COVID’s delta variant, inflation, and massive deficit spending could dampen growth going forward.

Deregulation

Has Bitcoin/Crypto Failed as Money?

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Has Bitcoin/Crypto Failed as Money?

  • By: Paul Jossey
  • 07/30/2021

“[I]t’s not that [cryptocurrencies] didn’t aspire to be a payment mechanism; it’s that they’ve completely failed to become one except for people who desire anonymity…

Banking and Finance

Climate Risk Disclosure: SEC’s Next Modest Proposal

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Climate Risk Disclosure: SEC’s Next Modest Proposal

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 07/30/2021

An article in the Wall Street Journal this week reports as breaking news something that has been obvious for months: The Securities and Exchange…

Energy and Environment

Tobacco Control’s Latest Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

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Tobacco Control’s Latest Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 07/29/2021

If you want to make something irresistible to teenagers, portray it as a forbidden fruit. That is what has happened in the U.S. with e-cigarettes.

Health and Safety

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