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Raise the Wage Act reintroduced, still wouldn’t help workers

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Raise the Wage Act reintroduced, still wouldn’t help workers

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/27/2023

Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) has reintroduced the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour. Previous…

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Free the Economy Episode 31: Reforming the States with Carrie Conko

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Free the Economy Episode 31: Reforming the States with Carrie Conko

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 07/27/2023

In this week’s episode we talk about the Federal Trade Commission’s takeover of AI policy, shareholder lawsuits against “woke” corporations, an encouraging…

Capitalism

Hollywood and the collateral damage of strikes

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Hollywood and the collateral damage of strikes

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 07/26/2023

The current Hollywood strike by writers and actors has forced several others who don’t have an issue with the studios to stop working.

Labor and Employment

Teamsters’ UPS win suggests more strikes coming

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Teamsters’ UPS win suggests more strikes coming

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 07/25/2023

Tuesday’s announcement that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and UPS have agreed on a contract is a likely sign that strikes and other union…

Labor and Employment

EEOC finds something to do!

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EEOC finds something to do!

  • By: David S. McFadden
  • 07/25/2023

Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO) introduced a sensible bill in Dec. 2022 providing that before issuing a regulation, the Securities and Exchange Commission must “clearly identify…

Legal Studies

Carbon tariffs are all pain, no gain

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Carbon tariffs are all pain, no gain

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/25/2023

Europe recently introduced a carbon tax. The proposed PROVE IT Act would lay the groundwork for one in the United States. Over in the…

Trade and International

CEI asks Supreme Court to overturn Chevron deference to regulators

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CEI asks Supreme Court to overturn Chevron deference to regulators

  • By: Devin Watkins
  • 07/24/2023

Earlier today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute filed an amicus brief at the United States Supreme Court asking the Court to overturn Chevron. Our brief…

CEI Litigation

This week in ridiculous regulations: soybean standards and pain medication limits

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This week in ridiculous regulations: soybean standards and pain medication limits

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/24/2023

The FTC issued its new draft merger guidelines. Meanwhile, agencies issued new regulations ranging from milk marketing to Postal Service snitches.  On to the…

Health and Safety

Congress is set to reauthorize the FAA. Should it?

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Congress is set to reauthorize the FAA. Should it?

  • By: Samuel Peterson
  • 07/21/2023

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2018 expires at the end of September. This week, Congress will consider H.R. 3935 (118). If…

Aviation

Free the Economy podcast: Ugh! Capitalism! with Jeremiah Johnson

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Free the Economy podcast: Ugh! Capitalism! with Jeremiah Johnson

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 07/20/2023

In this week’s episode we talk about Democrat and Republican myths, corporate welfare in Ohio, scams in the carbon offset market,…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

House Republicans continue to grill the FTC for its overreach

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House Republicans continue to grill the FTC for its overreach

  • By: Alex Reinauer
  • 07/20/2023

The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Thursday of last week entitled “Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission.” Lines of questioning were heated…

Eye on FTC

CEI leads coalition opposing crazy regulatory crackdown on dishwashers

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CEI leads coalition opposing crazy regulatory crackdown on dishwashers

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/18/2023

The American public remains angry over federal meddling in gas stoves – for good reason, given that not one but two Biden administration regulatory agencies…

Consumer Freedom

Foreign currency manipulation is a red herring

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Foreign currency manipulation is a red herring

  • By: Zachary Wood
  • 07/17/2023

Trade policy is finding its way back into the spotlight thanks to the 2024 election campaign. Both the Biden administration and GOP presidential…

Monetary Policy

Actors and writers unions are fighting technological change. Expect change to win.

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Actors and writers unions are fighting technological change. Expect change to win.

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 07/17/2023

The current strike by Hollywood writers and actors is a reactionary, rear-guard effort against changes in technology. The members of the WGA (Writers Guild of…

Labor and Employment

This week in ridiculous regulations: nuclear debt collection and high airports

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This week in ridiculous regulations: nuclear debt collection and high airports

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/17/2023

The FTC lost another major antitrust case, this time its bid to stop the Microsoft-Activision merger. CPI inflation dropped to 3 percent, though…

Aviation

Republican Working Group issues first critical report against ESG

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Republican Working Group issues first critical report against ESG

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 07/14/2023

Last month, the Republican Environmental, Social, and Governance Working Group (ESG Group) unveiled an interim report outlining GOP efforts to combat the ideological subversion of…

Financial Regulation

Free the Economy podcast: School Choice for Everyone with Ed Tarnowski

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Free the Economy podcast: School Choice for Everyone with Ed Tarnowski

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 07/13/2023

In this week’s episode we talk about trends in self-employment, how rent control leads to more evictions, empty corporate gestures on…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Congress should vote no on the Railway Safety Act, says coalition

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Congress should vote no on the Railway Safety Act, says coalition

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 07/13/2023

The Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Rio Grande Foundation today sent a coalition letter to Congress expressing serious concerns with the Senate’s Railway Safety…

Rail and Mass Transit

Fighting extreme climate policies must happen now

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Fighting extreme climate policies must happen now

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 07/12/2023

There’s no need to make slippery slope arguments when it comes to analyzing the policies pushed by climate alarmists.  There’s a simple reason why: We…

Subsidies and Bailouts

The Teamsters want UPS drivers to go on strike

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The Teamsters want UPS drivers to go on strike

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 07/12/2023

UPS’s drivers will likely go on strike at the end of the month. It would be a huge disruption to the broader economy – and…

Labor and Employment

Regulatory reform in the 118th Congress: The Regulatory Transparency Act

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Regulatory reform in the 118th Congress: The Regulatory Transparency Act

  • By: Zachary Wood
  • 07/10/2023

The current regulatory approval process lacks transparency and objectivity. While past executive orders and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directives require that economically…

Business and Government

This week in ridiculous regulations: NASA designations and automatic braking

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This week in ridiculous regulations: NASA designations and automatic braking

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/10/2023

It was a four-day work week due to Independence Day. Meanwhile, agencies issued new regulations ranging from pot catchers to viticultural areas.  On to the…

Financial Regulation

Don’t believe the ‘cost-of-thriving’ doom

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Don’t believe the ‘cost-of-thriving’ doom

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 07/07/2023

There has been a lot of discussion in the last several years – and even more so in the last few weeks – about income…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Free the Economy podcast: teaching capitalism with Allen Mendenhall

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Free the Economy podcast: teaching capitalism with Allen Mendenhall

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 07/06/2023

In this week’s episode we talk about the cost of thriving in America, the incredible expanding CHIPS Act, and occupational licensing…

Subsidies and Bailouts

What I told the EPA about its illegal de facto electric vehicle mandates

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What I told the EPA about its illegal de facto electric vehicle mandates

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 07/06/2023

Yesterday I submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its proposed greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for model years (MYs) 2027-2032…

Consumer Choice

Biden admin plans to rig cost-benefit analysis, boosting federal regulations

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Biden admin plans to rig cost-benefit analysis, boosting federal regulations

  • By: James Broughel
  • 07/05/2023

When the Biden administration took office, one of its first actions was to order a series of updates to the federal rulemaking process, all under…

Business and Government

Big tech firms pushing AI regulation are not seeking the public interest

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Big tech firms pushing AI regulation are not seeking the public interest

  • By: Zachary Wood
  • 07/05/2023

Large Language Models (LLMs) have taken the internet by storm thanks to programs like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s new Bing chatbot. These are opening up…

Innovation

Local zoning boards are not democracy

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Local zoning boards are not democracy

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 07/03/2023

At the Competitive Enterprise Institute, we have often discussed the need to reform zoning, permitting, and building regulations, so I was intrigued…

Property Rights

This week in ridiculous regulations: historical captain permits and apricot marketing

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This week in ridiculous regulations: historical captain permits and apricot marketing

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/03/2023

The Supreme Court agreed to hear CEI’s Moore v. U.S. tax case in its upcoming term. It also handed down rulings in controversial cases…

Regulatory Reform

Adam Smith, George Washington, and the invisible hand in America

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Adam Smith, George Washington, and the invisible hand in America

  • By: John Berlau
  • 06/30/2023

Although Adam Smith would have been 300 this year, his birth date is unknown, and his baptism date has shifted from different dates in June…

Human Achievement Hour

Wall Street doesn’t want to come back to the office

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Wall Street doesn’t want to come back to the office

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 06/30/2023

The continuing saga of remote versus in-office work acquired a new data point recently when Bloomberg released its latest Markets Live Pulse survey, which…

Labor and Employment

Supreme Court’s Janus case 5 years later: Workers are invoking their rights

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Supreme Court’s Janus case 5 years later: Workers are invoking their rights

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 06/29/2023

A common argument made by unions and their allies is that workers want to belong to unions but that big business uses all manner of…

Government Unions

Regulatory reform in the 118th Congress: The Regulation Reduction Act of 2023

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Regulatory reform in the 118th Congress: The Regulation Reduction Act of 2023

  • By: Zachary Wood
  • 06/29/2023

Federal regulations will continue to grow, if the Biden administration’s recently published Unified Agenda is any indication. It lists 3,666 new rules currently in…

Deregulation

Free the Economy podcast: importing talent with Connor O’Brien

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Free the Economy podcast: importing talent with Connor O’Brien

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 06/29/2023

In this week’s episode we talk about the major income tax case going to the Supreme Court, the looming death of ESG…

Immigration

Why Washington state has the highest gas prices

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Why Washington state has the highest gas prices

  • By: George Murray
  • 06/29/2023

The price of gas in Washington State is currently the highest in the nation averaging $4.99 per gallon as of June 28, 2023. This…

Energy

Bidenomics? Here are the 297 costliest rules in the president’s Spring 2023 Unified Agenda

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Bidenomics? Here are the 297 costliest rules in the president’s Spring 2023 Unified Agenda

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 06/28/2023

Federal agencies issue thousands of rules, regulations and guidance documents every year compared to the relative handful of laws enacted by Congress.

Regulatory Reform

Adam Smith on how trade makes us better people

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Adam Smith on how trade makes us better people

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 06/28/2023

2023 is the 300th anniversary of Adam Smith’s birth. This post is part of a series highlighting aspects of Smith’s thought that continue to influence…

Consumer Choice

Allergy sufferers to Congress: Please stop trying to help!

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Allergy sufferers to Congress: Please stop trying to help!

  • By: Max Laraia
  • 06/28/2023

The Law of Unintended Consequences gained another data point recently. A bipartisan bill requiring products with sesame to be specially labeled has resulted in…

Food and Beverage Regulation

Adam Smith and the wealth of America

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Adam Smith and the wealth of America

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 06/27/2023

2023 is the 300th anniversary of Adam Smith’s birth. This post is part of a series highlighting aspects of Smith’s thought that continue to influence…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Hey Army Corps, stop delaying wetlands decisions!

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Hey Army Corps, stop delaying wetlands decisions!

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 06/27/2023

Last month in Sackett v. EPA, the U.S. Supreme Court provided some much-needed clarity on what waters are regulated under the Clean Water…

Property Rights

Regulatory reform in the 118th Congress: The ERASER Act

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Regulatory reform in the 118th Congress: The ERASER Act

  • By: Ava Lorusso
  • 06/27/2023

Our current regulatory state suffocates Americans with high costs. On a micro level, research by CEI Fred L. Smith Fellow in Regulatory Studies…

Deregulation

No taming inflation without an independent Fed

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No taming inflation without an independent Fed

  • By: Zachary Wood
  • 06/26/2023

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell recently testified before Congress for the semi-annual Monetary Policy Report. The Fed has been under fire from both sides…

Monetary Policy

Costlier cars help the poor, according to EPA

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Costlier cars help the poor, according to EPA

  • By: Ben Lieberman, Donna Jackson
  • 06/26/2023

There is plenty of controversy surrounding EPA’s proposed new tailpipe and greenhouse gas emissions rules for model year 2027-2032 vehicles, ranging from whether the…

Automobiles and Roads

The lethal impact of rising energy prices

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The lethal impact of rising energy prices

  • By: James Broughel
  • 06/26/2023

Many of us are all too familiar with the grimace we make when we open our monthly utility bills. The soaring cost of energy is…

Energy

This week in ridiculous regulations: reporting stolen drugs and nuclear tariffs

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This week in ridiculous regulations: reporting stolen drugs and nuclear tariffs

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 06/26/2023

The 2023 Federal Register is on pace to be the third largest in its 86-year history, behind only Obama and Trump’s midnight rush years in…

Financial Regulation

Progress in Congress for real civil forfeiture reform

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Progress in Congress for real civil forfeiture reform

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 06/23/2023

For the last couple of years, I’ve been monitoring every change in the law in the United States in the area of civil forfeiture. Last…

Property Rights

Another sustainable energy company is failing to sustain itself

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Another sustainable energy company is failing to sustain itself

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 06/23/2023

CNBC’s “Sustainable Future” page reports today that “Siemens Energy shares plunge more than 37% as wind turbine worries deepen.” A “sustainable energy” company failing…

Energy and Environment

House hearing warns of Biden’s admin’s ‘death by a thousand regulations’

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House hearing warns of Biden’s admin’s ‘death by a thousand regulations’

  • By: Matthew Adams
  • 06/23/2023

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee held a hearing last week titled “Death by a Thousand Regulations: The Biden Administration’s Campaign to Bury America…

Business and Government

Fed Chair Powell hearing: more to do on inflation

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Fed Chair Powell hearing: more to do on inflation

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 06/22/2023

At his semiannual congressional testimony this week, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell hinted that the Fed likely is not done raising interest rates. This comes…

Monetary Policy

Free the Economy podcast: online trust with Taylor Barkley

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Free the Economy podcast: online trust with Taylor Barkley

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 06/22/2023

In this week’s episode we talk about a survey on work trends for finance bros, Delta’s questionable bid to become the first…

Immigration

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