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Former Trade Official Opposes Minor Tariff Relief

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Former Trade Official Opposes Minor Tariff Relief

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/19/2022

Now that former President Trump’s China tariffs are four years old, a mandatory review process is underway. President Biden has indicated he might lift…

Trade and International

Green Politics Leads to Higher Gas Prices

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Green Politics Leads to Higher Gas Prices

  • By: Rachel Erich
  • 07/18/2022

Americans have been plagued by high gas prices in recent months, with recent polls showing fuel costs at the top of the list of…

Business and Government

The Effect of Transfer Payments on the Labor Force Participation Rate

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The Effect of Transfer Payments on the Labor Force Participation Rate

  • By: Joshua Rutzick
  • 07/18/2022

In the The Wall Street Journal last Thursday, James Piereson of the Manhattan Institute laid out the case for the relationship between a shrinking…

Labor and Employment

Financial Regulators’ Climate Fetish

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Financial Regulators’ Climate Fetish

  • By: Paul Jossey
  • 07/18/2022

Financial regulators’ attention, both in the United States and globally, seems focused on issues far afield from their core mission at a time when turmoil…

Deregulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/18/2022

The James Webb Space Telescope sent back its first images, and they are amazing. The Consumer Price Index increased 9.1 percent over the last…

Deregulation

New CEI Paper Lays Out the Worst in Tech Legislation

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New CEI Paper Lays Out the Worst in Tech Legislation

  • By: Alex Reinauer
  • 07/14/2022

Bipartisanship in Congress is rare, but it shouldn’t always be celebrated. Bad ideas, despite consensus, still lead to bad results. And recent congressional efforts to…

Tech and Telecom

A Closer Look at The Guardian’s “The Uber Files”

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A Closer Look at The Guardian’s “The Uber Files”

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 07/13/2022

On July 11, 2022, The Guardian published an expose of rideshare giant Uber’s business practices, based on a trove of leaked documents it obtained. However,…

Deregulation

Certification Program Goes Bananas

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Certification Program Goes Bananas

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/13/2022

Private regulation is an excellent alternative to government regulation, if done right. One form it can take is independent certification. For decades, groups like the…

Deregulation

Inflation Sped Up in June: What’s Going On?

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Inflation Sped Up in June: What’s Going On?

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/13/2022

Last month, it had looked like inflation may have peaked. That celebration was likely premature. According to numbers released this morning, the Consumer…

Deregulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/11/2022

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated while giving a speech. Boris Johnson resigned as UK Prime Minister. Jobs numbers remained strong in the…

Deregulation

Lack of Air Conditioning, Not Climate Change, Is the Real Summer Heat Wave Threat

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Lack of Air Conditioning, Not Climate Change, Is the Real Summer Heat Wave Threat

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/11/2022

Climate change policies often pose a greater risk than climate change itself, and that is especially true during summer heat waves. Each new heat wave…

Energy and Environment

DOT’s Doublespeak Carbon Reduction Program

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DOT’s Doublespeak Carbon Reduction Program

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 07/08/2022

The Department of Transportation (DOT) is proposing to require its state and metropolitan counterparts to reduce on-road carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from portions of…

Energy and Environment

European Parliament Gives Final Approval to Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act

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European Parliament Gives Final Approval to Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act

  • By: Alex Reinauer
  • 07/06/2022

The European Parliament yesterday approved the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA), two expansive new laws that will target the…

Tech and Telecom

China Tariffs: Will Inertia Win?

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China Tariffs: Will Inertia Win?

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/06/2022

Former President Trump’s China tariffs came with a safeguard: They expire after four years unless an internal review finds them worth keeping. On trade issues,…

Trade and International

Some Good News on the Mountain Valley Pipeline

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Some Good News on the Mountain Valley Pipeline

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/05/2022

There are a lot of bad federal policies currently blocking American energy. Perhaps worst of all are measures bottling up Appalachia’s abundant natural gas that…

Energy and Environment

294 Costliest Rules in Biden’s Spring 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations

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294 Costliest Rules in Biden’s Spring 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 07/05/2022

Unelected federal agencies personnel issue over 3,000 rules and regulations every year. That compares to a far lower number of laws passed…

Deregulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/05/2022

Happy Independence Day, everyone. The Supreme Court issued a major ruling on the separation of powers in the case West Virginia v. EPA. Agencies…

Deregulation

Supreme Court EPA Ruling A Warning Shot to Agencies like NLRB

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Supreme Court EPA Ruling A Warning Shot to Agencies like NLRB

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 07/01/2022

The Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency that the EPA exceeded its authority under the Clean Air Act is…

Labor and Employment

The FTC vs. the Right to a Fair Trial

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The FTC vs. the Right to a Fair Trial

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/01/2022

The Food and Drug Administration recently proposed capping the nicotine in cigarettes, which will encourage many smokers to smoke more to get the same nicotine…

Deregulation

A Breakdown of Rules in the White House’s Spring 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

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A Breakdown of Rules in the White House’s Spring 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 07/01/2022

Since the early 1980s, federal departments and agencies have highlighted selected regulatory priorities in spring and fall editions of the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory…

Deregulation

Supreme Court Reins in the Administrative State in West Virginia v. EPA

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Supreme Court Reins in the Administrative State in West Virginia v. EPA

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 06/30/2022

The Supreme Court’s decision today in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency is an important brake on the administrative state that has inexorably grown…

Legal

DAOs: One Answer to Woke Corporations

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DAOs: One Answer to Woke Corporations

  • By: Paul Jossey
  • 06/29/2022

Imagine a group of mothers upset about Disney’s opposition to a state parental rights bill in Florida. Instead of merely venting in a Facebook group,…

Financial Regulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 06/27/2022

The January 6 hearings continued and the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Agencies issued new regulations ranging from nuclear fees to pelagic resources. On…

Deregulation

Federal Agency Tries to Extend Reach with Joint Employer Standard

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Federal Agency Tries to Extend Reach with Joint Employer Standard

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 06/24/2022

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal labor law enforcement agency, is likely planning to vastly expand its reach through a rulemaking on something…

Labor and Employment

Crisis Abuse in History

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Crisis Abuse in History

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 06/24/2022

Last week, CEI released Wayne Crews’s paper proposing an Abuse of Crisis Prevention Act. (If you prefer the short version, see Wayne’s and my…

Capitalism

Current Antitrust Proposals No “Laffing” Matter

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Current Antitrust Proposals No “Laffing” Matter

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 06/24/2022

A new report by Laffer Associates released today, Read ‘Em and Weep: How the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (S. 2992) and Other…

Tech and Telecom

FDA’s Juul Ban Part of Deadly War on Nicotine

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FDA’s Juul Ban Part of Deadly War on Nicotine

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 06/23/2022

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that it denied the application of Juul Labs, maker of the Juul e-cigarette, to market its…

Consumer Freedom

Defeat of Pot Banking Liberalization Will Lead to More Violent Crime and Reduced U.S. Competitiveness

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Defeat of Pot Banking Liberalization Will Lead to More Violent Crime and Reduced U.S. Competitiveness

  • By: John Berlau
  • 06/23/2022

It is beyond disappointing that Congress once again dropped the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act—bipartisan legislation that would prevent the federal government from…

Deregulation

Yellen Proposes Capping Oil Prices? Not Quite

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Yellen Proposes Capping Oil Prices? Not Quite

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 06/21/2022

Cable news and Twitter are aflame with outrage today that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen proposed price caps for oil. Fortunately, the rumors are false.

Trade and International

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 06/21/2022

Happy Juneteenth, everyone. The January 6 hearings continued. The Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate by 0.75 percentage points. Agencies issued new regulations ranging…

Deregulation

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