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Federal Agency “Significant” Rulemakings Return to Bush-Obama Heights

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Federal Agency “Significant” Rulemakings Return to Bush-Obama Heights

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/01/2021

While agencies are on track to issue about the same number of rules as they did last year, the number of “significant” rules among…

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Steel, Aluminum Tariffs to Remain Above Pre-Trump Levels

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Steel, Aluminum Tariffs to Remain Above Pre-Trump Levels

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 11/01/2021

It is not asking much to undo President Trump’s doubling of U.S. tariffs, which are a major contributor to today’s supply network crisis. But apparently…

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 11/01/2021

Third quarter GDP growth was an estimated at 2 percent, down from about 6 percent the previous two quarters. The 2021 Federal Register topped…

Deregulation

This Week in Civil Forfeiture Outrages

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This Week in Civil Forfeiture Outrages

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 10/28/2021

Not for the first time, I came across so many accounts of civil forfeiture outrages this week that I couldn’t narrow them down to just…

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The Youth Vaping “Epidemic” Has Ended; So Should Extreme Youth-Centric Anti-Vaping Measures

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The Youth Vaping “Epidemic” Has Ended; So Should Extreme Youth-Centric Anti-Vaping Measures

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 10/28/2021

People will tolerate just about any imposition if they believe it will protect children from harm. Hence, appeals to “think of the children” are…

Health and Safety

Only Reconciliation “Emergency” Is the Rush to Spend Trillions

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Only Reconciliation “Emergency” Is the Rush to Spend Trillions

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 10/28/2021

Earlier today, the House Committee on Rules released a revised version of the Build Back Better Act (H.R 5376), now priced at bargain low…

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CEI and AP Polls Agree: Americans Don’t Want to Spend Much on Climate Change

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CEI and AP Polls Agree: Americans Don’t Want to Spend Much on Climate Change

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 10/28/2021

Both the recent Competitive Enterprise Institute and Associated Press polls on climate change find that a clear majority of Americans have at least…

Energy and Environment

Illusory Climate Benefits: CEI Files Comments on NHTSA’s Proposed Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

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Illusory Climate Benefits: CEI Files Comments on NHTSA’s Proposed Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 10/27/2021

CEI submitted comments yesterday on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) proposed Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for model year (MY)…

Energy and Environment

Lenny Bruce, Capitalism vs. Communism, and Biden’s Banking Nominee

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Lenny Bruce, Capitalism vs. Communism, and Biden’s Banking Nominee

  • By: John Berlau
  • 10/27/2021

At the height of the Cold War in the 1960s, then-controversial comedian Lenny Bruce offered a surprising boost to the defense of capitalism over communism.

Banking and Finance

Facebook Leaks Are Hardly Newsworthy

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Facebook Leaks Are Hardly Newsworthy

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 10/26/2021

The frenzied media coverage of Facebook document leaks seems to confuse hosting disagreeable content with the platform being the cause of humanity’s ills. Worries…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/26/2021

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved COVID-19 booster shots for adults over 65, or with certain medical conditions, or who have job-related…

Deregulation

Are Sky High California Gas Prices in Store for the Rest of the U.S.?

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Are Sky High California Gas Prices in Store for the Rest of the U.S.?

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 10/25/2021

Want to know how high gasoline prices can go thanks to administration policies? Just look at where they’re already at in California. At $4.55…

Energy and Environment

Climate Change Alarmism: This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrages, Part 3

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Climate Change Alarmism: This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrages, Part 3

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 10/22/2021

A fascinating story in the Huffington Post hits a CEI trifecta: abuse of government authority, climate change alarmism, and reckless spending of civil forfeiture…

Law and Litigation

The Philadelphia Steal Mill: This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrages, Part 2

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The Philadelphia Steal Mill: This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrages, Part 2

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 10/22/2021

The Institute for Justice has just published an extraordinary report on civil forfeiture. For many years, the City of Philadelphia ran what is best…

Law and Litigation

I, Pencil Meets Today’s Political Realignment

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I, Pencil Meets Today’s Political Realignment

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/22/2021

Conservatives are different than they were just a few years ago, and it isn’t just because of Trump, who is more a symptom than a…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

The Destruction of a Perfectly Good Corvette Convertible: This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrages, Part 1

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The Destruction of a Perfectly Good Corvette Convertible: This Week’s Civil Forfeiture Outrages, Part 1

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 10/22/2021

A colleague suggested that CEI should start up a regular feature: Civil Forfeiture Outrage of the Week. That assignment is more challenging than one might…

Law and Litigation

Manchin Zaps De-Facto “Clean” Energy Mandate, Carbon Tax

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Manchin Zaps De-Facto “Clean” Energy Mandate, Carbon Tax

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 10/20/2021

The Hill reported yesterday that Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and John Tester (D-MT) “poured cold water” on Democratic colleagues’ attempt to include a carbon…

Energy and Environment

“Stop Wall Street Looting Act” Would Empower Wall Street, Harm Main Street

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“Stop Wall Street Looting Act” Would Empower Wall Street, Harm Main Street

  • By: John Berlau
  • 10/20/2021

Washington policies are often misnamed. Recent legislative proposals labeled “infrastructure” concerned not roads or bridges, but social spending. But sometimes, a bill in Congress…

Deregulation

Reconciliation Bill Provision Threatens IRA Holders’ Investing Opportunities

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Reconciliation Bill Provision Threatens IRA Holders’ Investing Opportunities

  • By: John Berlau
  • 10/18/2021

A couple of  weeks back, I commented, in a Competitive Enterprise Institute blog post, on a provision of the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill…

Financial Regulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/18/2021

In a four-day week, the economy got mixed news on employment and inflation, a dubious new antitrust bill was announced, and…

Deregulation

Markets Aren’t Perfect; Regulation Is Often Far Worse

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Markets Aren’t Perfect; Regulation Is Often Far Worse

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 10/15/2021

A rhetorical tactic commonly employed by both my technocratic and progressive friends is a straw man argument. “If market processes are so great,” they charge,…

Business and Government

The United States Should Oppose the EU’s Proposed Common Charger Regulation

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The United States Should Oppose the EU’s Proposed Common Charger Regulation

  • By: Ryan Nabil
  • 10/15/2021

The European Union (EU) wants to require all cell phone manufacturers to use a common charging device. According to European policy makers, if everyone…

Innovation

The Radicalism of “Build Back Better” Is the Crisis that Classical Liberals Must Not Let Go to Waste

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The Radicalism of “Build Back Better” Is the Crisis that Classical Liberals Must Not Let Go to Waste

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews, Ryan Young
  • 10/15/2021

If the mantra of the day is, “Never let crisis go to waste,” then what are we to do when artificial crisis is being created…

Deregulation

There Is Less to Biden’s Ports Deal than It Appears

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There Is Less to Biden’s Ports Deal than It Appears

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/15/2021

President Biden on Wednesday announced that the two main ports on the West Coast will start operating 24 hours a day to help address…

Labor and Employment

Sen. Klobuchar’s Half-Baked Antitrust Bill

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Sen. Klobuchar’s Half-Baked Antitrust Bill

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/14/2021

A famous scene in the 1990s comedy movie Half Baked has a young Jon Stewart musing about how different everyday activities can be while…

Antitrust

IRS Licensing of Tax Preparers Is Ripe for Abuse

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IRS Licensing of Tax Preparers Is Ripe for Abuse

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/13/2021

Roughly a quarter of all jobs in America now require some sort of occupational license. Sixty years ago, it was about one job in…

Regulatory Reform

September Inflation Remains High and Fixable

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September Inflation Remains High and Fixable

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/13/2021

Inflation remains high, with September’s numbers coming in at a 5.4 percent annualized rate, the highest number in a decade. The Federal Reserve’s target…

Deregulation

The 2021 Economics Nobels: The Importance of Empiricism, and its Limits

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The 2021 Economics Nobels: The Importance of Empiricism, and its Limits

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/12/2021

The economics Nobel is given to individuals, but it often really intends to recognize schools of thought or methodological approaches. That is the case with…

Capitalism

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/12/2021

Katherine Tai, the new U.S. Trade Representative, gave a major speech affirming President Biden’s commitment to former President Trump’s trade protectionism. Facebook’s website…

Deregulation

Public Interest Groups Challenge Nasdaq Diversity Rule in Federal Court

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Public Interest Groups Challenge Nasdaq Diversity Rule in Federal Court

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 10/08/2021

Back in August, I wrote about the new board diversity requirements on Nasdaq-listed companies that had been approved by the Securities and Exchange…

Business and Government

IRS Needlessly Chases Minnows to Catch Whales

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IRS Needlessly Chases Minnows to Catch Whales

  • By: Robert Carter
  • 10/08/2021

As part of its Fiscal Year 2022 Revenue Proposals, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has asked Congress to authorize a sweeping new financial reporting…

Financial Regulation

EIA Releases International Energy Outlook 2021–What Is the Big Picture?

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EIA Releases International Energy Outlook 2021–What Is the Big Picture?

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 10/07/2021

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) yesterday released International Energy Outlook 2021, this year’s iteration of the agency’s annual report projecting world energy market…

Energy and Environment

Retro Review: The Social Responsibilities of Business (1970)

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Retro Review: The Social Responsibilities of Business (1970)

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 10/07/2021

The Biblical book of Ecclesiastes reminds us that “there is no new thing under the sun.” Even centuries before the modern era, our ancestors…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Why Don’t U.S. Ports Operate 24/7? Ask the Unions

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Why Don’t U.S. Ports Operate 24/7? Ask the Unions

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/06/2021

There has been a massive backlog for months now of cargo ships waiting to drop their goods at West Coast U.S. ports. As I…

Labor and Employment

How Civil Forfeiture Can Enable Public Officials’ Misuse of Funds

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How Civil Forfeiture Can Enable Public Officials’ Misuse of Funds

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 10/04/2021

A fascinating story at Reason last week—about the misuse of money confiscated through civil forfeiture—illuminates the many kinds of corruption that the practice of…

Law and Litigation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/04/2021

Congress averted a government shutdown and continued to negotiate over nearly $5 trillion in combined spending. Merck announced an antiviral pill for COVID-19 that…

Deregulation

Let the Market Make Corrections and Leave the Red Tape out of It

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Let the Market Make Corrections and Leave the Red Tape out of It

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 10/01/2021

YouTube banned anti-vaccine content on its platform, Instagram is accused of being “toxic” for its teen users, and Facebook’s Oversight Board is routinely…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

CEI Files Legislative Proposals to Rescue Crypto

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CEI Files Legislative Proposals to Rescue Crypto

  • By: Paul Jossey
  • 09/30/2021

On Monday, the Competitive Enterprise Institute responded to Sen. Patrick Toomey’s (R-PA) request for proposals to clarify laws around cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

Financial Regulation

America Needs More Truckers on the Road

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America Needs More Truckers on the Road

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 09/30/2021

Severe backups and bottlenecks in the nation’s ports, particularly on the West Coast, have created severe logistical and supply problems throughout the country. This is…

Labor and Employment

Federalist Society Experts Duel on Climate Risks and Regulation

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Federalist Society Experts Duel on Climate Risks and Regulation

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 09/30/2021

Earlier this week, the Federalist Society presented a panel discussion titled “Corporate Social Responsibility, Investment Strategy, and Liability Risks” that addressed some important issues…

Capitalism

Illusory Climate Benefits: CEI Comments on EPA’s Motor Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards

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Illusory Climate Benefits: CEI Comments on EPA’s Motor Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 09/28/2021

CEI submitted comments yesterday on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for motor vehicles during model years 2023…

Energy and Environment

Tobacco Tax Equity Act Perpetuates Economic and Health Disparities

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Tobacco Tax Equity Act Perpetuates Economic and Health Disparities

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 09/28/2021

Mainstream interest in the issue of structural racism is long overdue. Yet nascent efforts to root out vestiges of racism in the U.S. political system…

Innovation

Fighting Income Inequality Won’t Help Workers

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Fighting Income Inequality Won’t Help Workers

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 09/28/2021

I just learned of the latest forthcoming study focusing on the issue of income inequality, this one promising to explain how regulations can exacerbate…

Labor and Employment

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 09/27/2021

CEI held its Julian Simon Award dinner, honoring the development economist William Easterly. We also paid remembrance to 2020’s winner, the late, great…

Deregulation

Cost of Air Conditioning to Heat up, Thanks to New EPA Climate Regulation

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Cost of Air Conditioning to Heat up, Thanks to New EPA Climate Regulation

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 09/23/2021

We can soon add air conditioning to the long list of products contributing to inflation, thanks to a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule,…

Energy and Environment

Are Unions Losing Hope for the PRO Act?

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Are Unions Losing Hope for the PRO Act?

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 09/21/2021

In a sign that unions are losing hope that the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act can pass Congress, they are now…

Labor and Employment

Not Always an Antitrust Issue: Airline Edition

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Not Always an Antitrust Issue: Airline Edition

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 09/21/2021

The Justice Department is gearing up to file an antitrust case against JetBlue and American Airlines over an alliance they recently formed. The Wall…

Antitrust

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 09/20/2021

Inflation remains high at over 5 percent, California’s governor will finish out his term after a recall attempt failed, and culture warriors got outraged at…

Deregulation

More Evidence that the Biden Administration Is Not Following the Science

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More Evidence that the Biden Administration Is Not Following the Science

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 09/17/2021

In a rebuke to the Biden administration’s announcement that it would be rolling out COVID-19 booster shots for adults during the week of September…

Healthcare

Happy Constitution Day!

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Happy Constitution Day!

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 09/17/2021

When I was a civil servant in the United Kingdom, I had a friend who worked at the Ministry of Defence. Part of his duties…

Law and Litigation

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