The Open Market Blog

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/10/2014

Michelle Minton argues that the Wire Act applies only to interstate sports gambling, not online gambling as a whole. The Wire Act's 50-year history…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/08/2014

Over at Rare, I have a piece on the cronyism angle of the Export-Import Bank debate. The Senate will likely vote this on month on whether…

Banking and Finance

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/23/2014

The Federal Register topped the 35,000-page mark last week. New regulations cover everything from tariffs on foreign cheese to dental implants to fireworks shows.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/16/2014

The Kronies are back with a video about the Export-Import Bank, one of the federal government’s largest corporate welfare programs. While the video is less than…

Banking and Finance

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/09/2014

New regulations published last week cover everything from what to call UV lamps used for tanning to the federal government’s National Sheep Industry Improvement Center.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/06/2014

That idea is now captured in a bi-partisan bill in Congress. Wayne Crews and I wrote about it this week in The Washington Times:…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/02/2014

62 new regulations, from electric motors to handling kiwifruit.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/29/2014

Seeing as Carson's book set malaria prevention back decades, CEI Senior Fellow Angela Logomasini thinks there are other figures more deserving of such tributes.

Consumer Well-Being

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/26/2014

66 new regulations, from Panama to refrigerants.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/20/2014

CEI Fellow Marc Scribner supports the FCC's attempt to lift a ban on in-flight cell phone use.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/19/2014

77 new regulations, from cotton grading to walk-in coolers.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/14/2014

CEI Fellow Michelle Minton discusses why a federal ban on online gambling would be counterproductive.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/12/2014

Despite nearly 60 new regulations and more than 1,300 Federal Register pages, regulations remain on a below-average pace this year. On to the data: Last…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/08/2014

Marc Scribner talks about his new paper, "Self-Driving Regulation."…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/02/2014

77 new regulations, from gooseberry imports to preventing collisions at sea.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/29/2014

Wayne Crews talks about the new 2014 edition of Ten Thousand Commandments…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/29/2014

The 2014 edition of Wayne Crews’ annual Ten Thousand Commandments report comes out today…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/28/2014

84 new regulations, from spearmint oil to hot air balloons.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/23/2014

Senior Fellow John Berlau argues that a bill from Senators Tim Johnson and Mike Crapo intended to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would only…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/21/2014

84 new regulations, from stair-climbing wheelchairs to crustacean irradiation.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/17/2014

Iain Murray, CEI's Vice President for Strategy, along with Freedom Association Director Rory Broomfield, won second place Institute for Economic Affairs' Brexit Competition. The goal…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/14/2014

59 new regulations, from rearview cameras to pocket gophers.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/09/2014

Senior Fellow Angela Logomasini talks about her new Consumer's Guide to Chemical Risk.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/07/2014

79 new regulations, from whistleblowers to watermelon promotion.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/03/2014

Senior Fellow William Yeatman is skeptical of an EPA report claiming the Clean Air Act will have nearly $2 trillion in annual benefits by 2020.

Consumer Well-Being

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/31/2014

64 new regulations, from refrigerators to Korean chicken.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/27/2014

CEI Fellow Marc Scribner talks about his new paper, “Bait and Reciprocal Switch: Forced Access Regulation Threatens the Rail Renaissance.”…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/17/2014

67 new regulations, from reformulated gasoline to vitamin D2.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/10/2014

84 new regulations, from soybean referendums to jaguars.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/06/2014

Last week was Stop Government Abuse Week in Congress, and the House passed a number of reform bills that would increase government transparency. One of…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/04/2014

81 new regulations, from grading grapefruit to detaining journalists.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/24/2014

35 new regulations, from helicopter ambulances to infant formula.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/20/2014

CEI Fellow Ryan Young discusses the large stock of existing regulations and the rapid flow of new regulations.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/17/2014

56 new regulations, from lamp fixtures to handling potatoes.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/12/2014

CEI Fellow Marc Scribner opposes a bill that would ban in-flight cell phone usage on airplanes. He believes that decision should be left to airlines,…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 02/10/2014

55 new regulations, from kiwifruit administration to dehumidifiers.

Regulatory Reform