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An Update on Biden Administration Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda

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An Update on Biden Administration Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/23/2023

Executive orders, presidential memoranda, “Fact Sheets,” and other executive proclamations make up a substantial component of what passes for lawmaking in the United States today.

Deregulation

Philip Howard’s Not Accountable Focuses on Reform of Public Sector Unions

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Philip Howard’s Not Accountable Focuses on Reform of Public Sector Unions

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 01/23/2023

Of the 14.3 million people that the Department of Labor says are currently union members, almost half, 7.1 million, work in public sector jobs.

Government Unions

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 01/23/2023

The U.S. government hit its debt ceiling, setting up some congressional drama. Microsoft and Google joined the parade of antitrust targets announcing layoffs despite…

Deregulation

Free the Economy Episode 4: Entrepreneurship and Equality with Alfredo Ortiz

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Free the Economy Episode 4: Entrepreneurship and Equality with Alfredo Ortiz

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 01/20/2023

Thanks to everyone for listening to and sharing the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s new podcast, Free the Economy. If you like the show, please leave…

Capitalism

Unionization Is Down to 10.1 Percent of the Workforce, Lowest Level on Record

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Unionization Is Down to 10.1 Percent of the Workforce, Lowest Level on Record

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 01/19/2023

The Department of Labor annual survey of union density, released today, shows that unions have fallen to just 10.1 percent of the overall workforce,…

Labor and Employment

Congress Should Require the Administration to Adopt a Regulatory Budget in Exchange for Raising the Debt Ceiling

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Congress Should Require the Administration to Adopt a Regulatory Budget in Exchange for Raising the Debt Ceiling

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 01/19/2023

Every once in a while, the escalating drama of Washington policy debate has a genuine problem behind it. The suddenly heated focus on the need to…

Regulatory Reform

How the UK Can Reform Net Neutrality Regulations and Promote Innovation

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How the UK Can Reform Net Neutrality Regulations and Promote Innovation

  • By: Ryan Nabil
  • 01/17/2023

As post-Brexit United Kingdom recalibrates its approach to net neutrality, the country needs to balance competing priorities of Internet access, efficient broadband networks, consumer…

Tech and Telecom

A Rise in Unfunded Mandates on State and Local Governments Could Spur Calls for Regulatory Reform in the 118th Congress

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A Rise in Unfunded Mandates on State and Local Governments Could Spur Calls for Regulatory Reform in the 118th Congress

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/17/2023

The Biden administration’s surge in federal regulations affecting small business will likely to induce some calls for regulatory reform during the 118th Congress. Now…

Deregulation

The Debt Ceiling and the Trillion-Dollar Coin

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The Debt Ceiling and the Trillion-Dollar Coin

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 01/17/2023

Another debt ceiling battle is brewing, and pundits are debating what to do about it. Over at National Review’ Capital Matters, I take a look…

Monetary Policy

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 01/17/2023

Inflation fell to a 6.5 percent annual pace. Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro staged their own version of January 6. An…

Deregulation

Free the Economy Episode 3: Washington’s 10,000 Commandments

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Free the Economy Episode 3: Washington’s 10,000 Commandments

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 01/13/2023

Thanks to everyone for listening to the first two episodes of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s new podcast, Free the Economy. We’ve got more great…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

332 Costliest Rules in the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations

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332 Costliest Rules in the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/11/2023

Every year, federal agencies issue thousands of rules, regulations, and guidance documents, compared to a relative handful of laws passed by Congress.

Deregulation

Federal Reserve Declines to Become Climate Regulator

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Federal Reserve Declines to Become Climate Regulator

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 01/11/2023

Most agencies can either do one thing well or many things poorly. For example, the Federal Reserve would be perfectly capable of keeping inflation low…

Deregulation

The Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations Extends “Whole-of-Government” Activism

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The Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations Extends “Whole-of-Government” Activism

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/10/2023

The genius of the Progressives in the late 19th century was to preempt or push large sectors of the emerging…

Deregulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 01/09/2023

The new Congress began with a lot of drama over selecting a speaker. The Federal Trade Commission announced its intention to ban non-compete clauses.

Deregulation

Free the Economy Episode 2: Defending the American Dream

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Free the Economy Episode 2: Defending the American Dream

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 01/06/2023

Thanks to everyone who listened to the inaugural episode of the new Competitive Enterprise Institute podcast Free the Economy in December. We covered stagnating wages,…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations – Year-End 2022

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations – Year-End 2022

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 01/03/2023

Happy new year, everyone. Year-end totals for 2022’s new regulations are in. The 2022 Federal Register weighs in at 80,756 pages. It includes 3,168 final…

Deregulation

Customers, Not Regulators, Should Hold Southwest Accountable

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Customers, Not Regulators, Should Hold Southwest Accountable

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 12/29/2022

Southwest Airlines’ scheduling meltdown over the holiday weekend has prompted Capitol Hill lawmakers to propose hearings and federal regulators like Transportation Secretary Pete…

Aviation

Climate Fact Check 2022 Report Debunks Mainstream Media’s Tall Tales

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Climate Fact Check 2022 Report Debunks Mainstream Media’s Tall Tales

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 12/28/2022

Climate Fact Check 2022, a report issued this week by CEI and several other nonprofit groups, debunks claims made in the mainstream media this…

Energy and Environment

Where Is the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions?

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Where Is the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions?

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/27/2022

Federal budgets are chronically late and always unbalanced, but we do get them eventually. Increasingly, we get them good and hard, as we did…

Deregulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 12/27/2022

A massive snowstorm with heavy winds hit most of the U.S. just in time for Christmas. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to Washington and addressed…

Deregulation

Free the Economy Episode 1: Deregulating Abundance

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Free the Economy Episode 1: Deregulating Abundance

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 12/23/2022

Free the Economy is a new podcast from the Competitive Enterprise Institute focused on how we all can become happier, healthier, and wealthier in a…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Omnibus Bill Throws More Money at CDC, Does Not Reform It

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Omnibus Bill Throws More Money at CDC, Does Not Reform It

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 12/23/2022

Congress has passed the $1.7 trillion fiscal 2023 omnibus appropriations bill. The 4,155-page legislation, which covers everything from agriculture to veterans, includes a section…

Healthcare

Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Faces Needless Challenges

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Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Faces Needless Challenges

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 12/23/2022

Emboldened antitrust bureaucrats on both sides of the Atlantic are flexing their muscles with challenges to Microsoft’s planned acquisition of the game developer Activision, maker…

Eye on FTC

The Deregulatory Pony for Small Biz Buried in the Omnibus Pile

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The Deregulatory Pony for Small Biz Buried in the Omnibus Pile

  • By: John Berlau
  • 12/23/2022

There’s not much good to say about an “omnibus” bill crammed in at the end-of-year lame duck session of Congress that contains a grab bag…

Banking and Finance

CNN Cheers Proposed New Restrictions on Light Bulbs

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CNN Cheers Proposed New Restrictions on Light Bulbs

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 12/20/2022

CNN has some great news for American consumers—your choices in light bulbs are being reduced! The Department of Energy (DOE) will soon propose a new…

Energy and Environment

Biden Mocks Republicans as “Socialists;” Don’t Prove Him Right on the 2023 Omnibus

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Biden Mocks Republicans as “Socialists;” Don’t Prove Him Right on the 2023 Omnibus

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/20/2022

Several times in recent months, President Joe Biden mocked Republicans who had called his legislative agenda “socialist,” but afterward worked to channel some of the…

Deregulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 12/19/2022

CEI released its latest Agenda for Congress. Inflation slowed down in November, though there is still a ways to go before it’s…

Deregulation

What Republicans Can Do about the Federal Budget Now

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What Republicans Can Do about the Federal Budget Now

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/16/2022

When the new 2023 fiscal year began October 1, Washington had been running a series of trillion-dollar deficits. This year’s Christmastime budget showdown, and the adventures…

Deregulation

Agenda for Congress: Inflation

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Agenda for Congress: Inflation

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 12/15/2022

CEI’s Agenda for Congress is out now. This post summarizes its recommendations for inflation. Since inflation is mostly a monetary phenomenon, it is…

Monetary Policy

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