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COP27: CEI’s Kent Lassman Interviews Rep. Weber

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COP27: CEI’s Kent Lassman Interviews Rep. Weber

  • By: CEI Staff
  • 12/06/2022

CEI President Kent Lassman attended the annual COP27 conference in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt as a non-governmental observer, formally the 27th meeting of the Conference…

Energy

Setting a Baseline for Proposed Rules Affecting Small Business

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Setting a Baseline for Proposed Rules Affecting Small Business

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/06/2022

In what way are proposed rules affecting small business rising or falling, and should policy makers be on guard? The answer to the second part…

Deregulation

COP27: CEI’s Kent Lassman Interviews Rep. Curtis

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COP27: CEI’s Kent Lassman Interviews Rep. Curtis

  • By: CEI Staff
  • 12/05/2022

CEI President Kent Lassman attended the annual COP27 conference in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt as a non-governmental observer, formally the 27th meeting of the Conference…

Energy and Environment

A Surge in Small Business Burdens May Propel Regulatory Reform

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A Surge in Small Business Burdens May Propel Regulatory Reform

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/05/2022

Given heavy post-COVID spending and regulation, sentiments against expanding government have not been as strong as those in favor of Washington’s growth. It remains…

Deregulation

Will the Second Chapter of the Renewable Fuel Standard Be Worse than the First?

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Will the Second Chapter of the Renewable Fuel Standard Be Worse than the First?

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 12/05/2022

Enacted in 2005 and expanded in 2007, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) requires that specified amounts of biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel be added to…

Energy and Environment

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

Some Climate-Related Items that Recently Caught My Eye

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Some Climate-Related Items that Recently Caught My Eye

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 12/02/2022

Manhattan Contrarian Francis “Buddy” Menton hit two homers this week. In “Don’t Be So Sure the Climate Extremists Have Won,” Menton offers hopeful words…

Energy and Environment

More on Moore: A History of Direct Taxes and their Application to Moore v. United States

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More on Moore: A History of Direct Taxes and their Application to Moore v. United States

  • By: Devin Watkins
  • 12/02/2022

Many politicians, such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), advocate taxes on wealth. These taxes are easy to abuse, which is why the Founders placed…

Legal

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

Biden Hits the Brakes on Possible Railroad Strike

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Biden Hits the Brakes on Possible Railroad Strike

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/29/2022

President Biden’s call on Monday for Congress to intervene in contract negotiations between railroad workers  and the industry to prevent a strike is…

Labor and Employment

Why Choke Point Should Bar Gruenberg from Being FDIC Chair

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Why Choke Point Should Bar Gruenberg from Being FDIC Chair

  • By: John Berlau
  • 11/29/2022

Tomorrow morning, the Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on President Biden’s nomination of Marty Gruenberg to once again serve as Chair of the…

Financial Regulation

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

Ninth Circuit Refuses to Reconsider Allowing Wealth Taxes

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Ninth Circuit Refuses to Reconsider Allowing Wealth Taxes

  • By: Dan Greenberg, Devin Watkins
  • 11/23/2022

Moore v. United States—a case in which CEI represents the Moore family—is likely to be the most important tax case of the 21st century. Yesterday’s…

Legal

New Angles on Finance and Faith

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New Angles on Finance and Faith

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 11/22/2022

I recently had the pleasure of making my way down to Lynchburg, Virginia, to the campus of Liberty University to attend the Networking the…

Capitalism

Somebody Better Hit the Brakes Soon in Railway Dispute

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Somebody Better Hit the Brakes Soon in Railway Dispute

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/21/2022

Three railroad unions have now voted to reject a contract negotiated by the Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) that had been accepted by eight other…

Labor and Employment

This Thanksgiving Biden Pardons Poultry, Plucks Public with Spending and Regulation

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This Thanksgiving Biden Pardons Poultry, Plucks Public with Spending and Regulation

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/21/2022

Another year is flying by, and each time as I await the ever-delayed fall edition of the Unified Agenda of federal regulations I enjoy taking…

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

Could China’s Status as a Developing Nation in Climate Treaties Finally Be Coming to an End?

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Could China’s Status as a Developing Nation in Climate Treaties Finally Be Coming to an End?

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/17/2022

At the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) currently underway in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, representatives…

Energy and Environment

Climategate 2.0: EPA’s New Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases Report

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Climategate 2.0: EPA’s New Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases Report

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 11/17/2022

When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week proposed to adopt more aggressive methane emission standards for the oil and gas sector, it also…

Energy and Environment

Gensler Fiddled with ESG and Power Grabs while FTX Burned

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Gensler Fiddled with ESG and Power Grabs while FTX Burned

  • By: John Berlau
  • 11/16/2022

When asked on CNBC about the implosion of crypto exchange FTX, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler turned the focus away from the…

Financial Regulation

Regulation Population Update: Checking in on Code of Federal Regulations Statistics

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Regulation Population Update: Checking in on Code of Federal Regulations Statistics

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/15/2022

In a recent post we noted that, while the online Federal Register database depicts 3,257 final rules for 2021, the 73,000-page Federal Register’s count actually…

Deregulation

The Unfairness of the FTC’s Policy Statement Regarding the Scope of Unfair Methods of Competition

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The Unfairness of the FTC’s Policy Statement Regarding the Scope of Unfair Methods of Competition

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/14/2022

The latest in a stream of regulatory dark matter is the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) November 10, 2022 “Policy Statement Regarding the Scope…

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

Not Your Grandfather’s Bank Branch

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Not Your Grandfather’s Bank Branch

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 11/11/2022

What should financial services do? And how should they look like going forward as they try to serve more people? Some presenters are the recent…

Innovation

Who’s Not Buying Electric Vehicles? Single Vehicle Households, for One

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Who’s Not Buying Electric Vehicles? Single Vehicle Households, for One

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/10/2022

Proponents of electric vehicles (EVs) have little to say about the one-third of American households that own only a single car or truck. That isn’t…

Energy and Environment

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

Why Cops Should Be Chasing the Bad Guys, Not the Big Bucks

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Why Cops Should Be Chasing the Bad Guys, Not the Big Bucks

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 11/10/2022

A recent episode of Archer featured a dialogue between two FBI agents, both riding on jet skis, chasing a wrongdoer’s boat. Agent One: Whoohoo!…

Legal

We Need to Pay More Attention to AI

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We Need to Pay More Attention to AI

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 11/08/2022

Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most important emerging technologies today. It has the potential to revolutionize many industries and sectors, including health care,…

Innovation

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

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