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Think Handouts to Rich Electric Vehicle Buyers Are Unfair? Check Out the Inflation Reduction Act’s Homeowner Tax Breaks

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Think Handouts to Rich Electric Vehicle Buyers Are Unfair? Check Out the Inflation Reduction Act’s Homeowner Tax Breaks

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 08/04/2022

The Manchin-Schumer Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 extends the current tax credits up to $7,500 for electric vehicles (EVs). Among the many flaws with…

Energy and Environment

Important NEPA Reform Vote in Senate this Week, with Implications for the Schumer-Manchin Package

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Important NEPA Reform Vote in Senate this Week, with Implications for the Schumer-Manchin Package

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 08/02/2022

The Senate may vote as soon as this week to reinstate Trump administration reforms to the federal permit process under the National Environmental Policy Act…

Energy and Environment

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 08/01/2022

GDP shrank, the Federal Reserve increased the federal funds rate, the Senate passed the CHIPS+ Act to subsidize chipmakers, and the Build…

Deregulation

Net Zero, Joe Manchin, and High Energy Prices

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Net Zero, Joe Manchin, and High Energy Prices

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 07/29/2022

This morning National Review published my article expressing skepticism that the advance of “net-zero” climate policy is inevitable (or even likely). It was written…

Business and Government

Regulators Going off the Rails on a Crazy Train

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Regulators Going off the Rails on a Crazy Train

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 07/28/2022

One year after a supply chain crisis caused shortages across the nation, the Biden administration is trying to prevent railroads from modernizing and automating.

Labor and Employment

As Congress Mulls Stablecoin Law, CEI Shows the Way

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As Congress Mulls Stablecoin Law, CEI Shows the Way

  • By: Paul Jossey
  • 07/28/2022

Reports sprung last weekend that consensus stablecoin legislation from the House Financial Services Committee was near ready. While Congress is unlikely to debate…

Financial Regulation

The Facebook Antitrust Case Is Aging Poorly

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The Facebook Antitrust Case Is Aging Poorly

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/27/2022

Antitrust cases often take years to litigate. While wasteful, this isn’t always a bad thing. The politics surrounding a case might stay the same, but…

Antitrust

Getting Inflation Wrong and Making It Right

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Getting Inflation Wrong and Making It Right

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/26/2022

Everyone makes mistakes. Owning up to them is an underrated life skill that is almost non-existent among political pundits. Doubling down when threatened is a…

Deregulation

Stomping FROGs: An Updated Inventory of Biden’s Elimination of Trump-Era Final Rules on Guidance Document Procedures

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Stomping FROGs: An Updated Inventory of Biden’s Elimination of Trump-Era Final Rules on Guidance Document Procedures

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 07/26/2022

Since President Obama unleashed the pen and phone, federal agency guidance documents and the confusion and abuse surrounding them has been covered extensively.

Deregulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/25/2022

President Biden signed the FORMULA Act, which will temporarily suspend baby formula tariffs and other regulatory measures that made the formula shortage worse. Footage emerged…

Deregulation

Tennessee Corruption Case Raises Questions about Forfeiture and Police Office Culture

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Tennessee Corruption Case Raises Questions about Forfeiture and Police Office Culture

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 07/22/2022

On a summer Tennessee night in 2021, Deputy Daniel Jacobs of the Tipton County Sheriff’s Office attempted, essentially, to sell a 2010 Lincoln MKZ to…

Legal

UK Leads on Crypto Privacy

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UK Leads on Crypto Privacy

  • By: Paul Jossey
  • 07/21/2022

The much-hyped “crypto winter” has emboldened cryptocurrency critics. The usual charges of “Ponzi scheme” (Robert Reich) and “The Big Scam” (Paul Krugman) have…

Financial Regulation

Celebrating Pat Michaels: Colleague, Mentor, and Friend

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Celebrating Pat Michaels: Colleague, Mentor, and Friend

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 07/19/2022

Dr. Patrick Michaels, a leading light of the climate realist movement and cheerful warrior for scientific integrity and individual liberty, died unexpectedly last week. CEI…

Energy and Environment

Former Trade Official Opposes Minor Tariff Relief

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Former Trade Official Opposes Minor Tariff Relief

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/19/2022

Now that former President Trump’s China tariffs are four years old, a mandatory review process is underway. President Biden has indicated he might lift…

Trade and International

Green Politics Leads to Higher Gas Prices

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Green Politics Leads to Higher Gas Prices

  • By: Rachel Erich
  • 07/18/2022

Americans have been plagued by high gas prices in recent months, with recent polls showing fuel costs at the top of the list of…

Business and Government

The Effect of Transfer Payments on the Labor Force Participation Rate

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The Effect of Transfer Payments on the Labor Force Participation Rate

  • By: Joshua Rutzick
  • 07/18/2022

In the The Wall Street Journal last Thursday, James Piereson of the Manhattan Institute laid out the case for the relationship between a shrinking…

Labor and Employment

Financial Regulators’ Climate Fetish

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Financial Regulators’ Climate Fetish

  • By: Paul Jossey
  • 07/18/2022

Financial regulators’ attention, both in the United States and globally, seems focused on issues far afield from their core mission at a time when turmoil…

Deregulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/18/2022

The James Webb Space Telescope sent back its first images, and they are amazing. The Consumer Price Index increased 9.1 percent over the last…

Deregulation

New CEI Paper Lays Out the Worst in Tech Legislation

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New CEI Paper Lays Out the Worst in Tech Legislation

  • By: Alex Reinauer
  • 07/14/2022

Bipartisanship in Congress is rare, but it shouldn’t always be celebrated. Bad ideas, despite consensus, still lead to bad results. And recent congressional efforts to…

Tech and Telecom

A Closer Look at The Guardian’s “The Uber Files”

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A Closer Look at The Guardian’s “The Uber Files”

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 07/13/2022

On July 11, 2022, The Guardian published an expose of rideshare giant Uber’s business practices, based on a trove of leaked documents it obtained. However,…

Deregulation

Certification Program Goes Bananas

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Certification Program Goes Bananas

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/13/2022

Private regulation is an excellent alternative to government regulation, if done right. One form it can take is independent certification. For decades, groups like the…

Deregulation

Inflation Sped Up in June: What’s Going On?

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Inflation Sped Up in June: What’s Going On?

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/13/2022

Last month, it had looked like inflation may have peaked. That celebration was likely premature. According to numbers released this morning, the Consumer…

Deregulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/11/2022

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated while giving a speech. Boris Johnson resigned as UK Prime Minister. Jobs numbers remained strong in the…

Deregulation

Lack of Air Conditioning, Not Climate Change, Is the Real Summer Heat Wave Threat

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Lack of Air Conditioning, Not Climate Change, Is the Real Summer Heat Wave Threat

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/11/2022

Climate change policies often pose a greater risk than climate change itself, and that is especially true during summer heat waves. Each new heat wave…

Energy and Environment

DOT’s Doublespeak Carbon Reduction Program

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DOT’s Doublespeak Carbon Reduction Program

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 07/08/2022

The Department of Transportation (DOT) is proposing to require its state and metropolitan counterparts to reduce on-road carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from portions of…

Energy and Environment

European Parliament Gives Final Approval to Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act

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European Parliament Gives Final Approval to Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act

  • By: Alex Reinauer
  • 07/06/2022

The European Parliament yesterday approved the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA), two expansive new laws that will target the…

Tech and Telecom

China Tariffs: Will Inertia Win?

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China Tariffs: Will Inertia Win?

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/06/2022

Former President Trump’s China tariffs came with a safeguard: They expire after four years unless an internal review finds them worth keeping. On trade issues,…

Trade and International

Some Good News on the Mountain Valley Pipeline

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Some Good News on the Mountain Valley Pipeline

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/05/2022

There are a lot of bad federal policies currently blocking American energy. Perhaps worst of all are measures bottling up Appalachia’s abundant natural gas that…

Energy and Environment

294 Costliest Rules in Biden’s Spring 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations

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294 Costliest Rules in Biden’s Spring 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 07/05/2022

Unelected federal agencies personnel issue over 3,000 rules and regulations every year. That compares to a far lower number of laws passed…

Deregulation

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 07/05/2022

Happy Independence Day, everyone. The Supreme Court issued a major ruling on the separation of powers in the case West Virginia v. EPA. Agencies…

Deregulation

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