![Regulation, Not Offshoring, Is Hindering Industry from Ramping up Production](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Doctors-with-masksGettyImages-1208116635_0-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Regulation, Not Offshoring, Is Hindering Industry from Ramping up Production
In his latest Bloomberg column, Noah Smith argues that offshoring production led to the current shortage of medical masks and equipment in the face of…
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The Next Alleged Environmental Threat: Coal Falling off Trains
Proponents of climate change are repurposing older statutes into climate policy tools, even though they were never intended for that purpose. The environmentalists’ goal is…
![Fly the (Greenhouse) Friendly Skies, If You Can Still Afford to under the House COVID-19 Bill](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Airplane-cargo-hold-GettyImages-1141641167-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Fly the (Greenhouse) Friendly Skies, If You Can Still Afford to under the House COVID-19 Bill
Airports haven’t been this empty since after 9/11, so it is not surprising that airlines would be recipients of tens of billions of assistance in…
![Minting Trillion-Dollar Platinum Coins Won’t Help Fight the Economic Downturn](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Zimbawe-trillion-dollar-bill-GettyImages-170184568_0-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Minting Trillion-Dollar Platinum Coins Won’t Help Fight the Economic Downturn
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) introduced legislation aimed at tackling the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Tlaib’s bill would give every single person in America…
![Need for More Wireless Spectrum Will Persist beyond COVID-19 Crisis with Introduction of 5G Technology](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Wireless-router-and-phone-GettyImages-1146021763_0-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Need for More Wireless Spectrum Will Persist beyond COVID-19 Crisis with Introduction of 5G Technology
Last week, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T and US Cellular all asked the FCC for temporary access to additional spectrum to accommodate the recent increased demand for…
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
Governments are responding to the coronavirus with a getting rid of harmful regulations on restaurants, schools, and stores. Most of these rules were never needed…