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The week in ridiculous regulations: otter casualties and moving the goalpost

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The week in ridiculous regulations: otter casualties and moving the goalpost

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/26/2023

Fox News settled its defamation case over its false reporting on the 2020 election with voting machine maker Dominion. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau…

Financial Regulation

Regulatory reform in the 118th Congress: Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act

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Regulatory reform in the 118th Congress: Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act

  • By: Matthew Adams
  • 04/24/2023

The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) of 1980 was an important transparency measure for vetting new regulations. But it falls short in some important areas,…

Deregulation

Romney slams Labor nominee Su’s ‘so severely lacking’ record

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Romney slams Labor nominee Su’s ‘so severely lacking’ record

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 04/21/2023

Julie Su, the White House’s pick to replace outgoing Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, had her first of two Senate hearings Thursday. Sen. Mitt Romney…

Labor and Employment

Texas v. EPA could save the day for cars that go vroom

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Texas v. EPA could save the day for cars that go vroom

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 04/20/2023

The Competitive Enterprise Institute this week filed its reply brief for private petitioners in State of Texas et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency.

Energy and Environment

Congress shouldn’t party like it’s 2019 on national debt

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Congress shouldn’t party like it’s 2019 on national debt

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/20/2023

Now comes the GOP’s turn to do its own version of a “lockdown.” Republicans should heed the advice of a member of the other party, Rahm…

Regulatory Reform

Free the Economy Episode 17: Political Fusionism with Stephanie Slade

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Free the Economy Episode 17: Political Fusionism with Stephanie Slade

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 04/20/2023

In this week’s episode we talk about Michael Strain’s and Dominic Pino’s recent arguments for economic optimism, Jessica Melugin’s defense of…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Freelancers Find Little Sympathy from Left In Fight over Worker ‘Misclassification’

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Freelancers Find Little Sympathy from Left In Fight over Worker ‘Misclassification’

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 04/19/2023

Kim Kavin is a freelance writer and an activist in the current political fight over the issue of worker classification. As co-founder of the activist…

Labor and Employment

The Supreme Court’s <em>Axon</em> decision shatters the in-house advantage of administrative law courts 

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The Supreme Court’s Axon decision shatters the in-house advantage of administrative law courts 

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 04/19/2023

Last Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant ruling that upended the adjudicatory monopoly enjoyed by administrative law courts (ALCs). In Axon…

Eye on FTC

Don’t Cede Fairness to the Left

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Don’t Cede Fairness to the Left

  • By: Joshua Bandoch
  • 04/19/2023

CEI’s Founder, Fred Smith, rightly understood that people will only listen to us if we communicate at the level of their values. And one value we know…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Data Alone Can’t Make the Case for Abundance

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Data Alone Can’t Make the Case for Abundance

  • By: Joshua Bandoch
  • 04/18/2023

As public policy researchers, it’s absolutely necessary that our recommendations rely on strong, sound data. In our advocacy, though, that’s not sufficient. As I explain in…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Competitive Enterprise Institute Leads Coalition Comment Opposing Department of Energy Stove Regulation

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Competitive Enterprise Institute Leads Coalition Comment Opposing Department of Energy Stove Regulation

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 04/18/2023

On April 17, the Competitive Enterprise Institute and 30 free-market organizations filed a comment with the Department of Energy (DOE) critical of its proposed…

Deregulation

Biden Executive Order Harms Transparency

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Biden Executive Order Harms Transparency

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/17/2023

The Biden administration recently issued an Executive Order making major changes to the regulatory system, although almost nobody noticed thanks to culture war drama…

Regulatory Reform

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/17/2023

Headline CPI inflation went down slightly, but a deeper look shows that things got slightly worse. Meanwhile, agencies issued new regulations ranging from low-fat…

Regulatory Reform

Skepticism about EPA’s PM2.5 Rule Is Healthy

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Skepticism about EPA’s PM2.5 Rule Is Healthy

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 04/14/2023

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed to tighten the annual national ambient air quality standard for fine particulate matter. My colleague Daren Bakst…

Energy and Environment

Free the Economy Episode 16: Tar Heel Activism with Brooke Medina

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Free the Economy Episode 16: Tar Heel Activism with Brooke Medina

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 04/13/2023

This week we talk about political pessimism in popular polling, the return of the Malthusian environmentalists, the problem with Buy American…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Free Enterprise Scholarship in Alabama

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Free Enterprise Scholarship in Alabama

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 04/12/2023

Some fans of economic freedom have been worried in recent years that anti-capitalism is rife on U.S. college and university campuses, from Competitive Enterprise Institute…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Too Clever by Half – EPA’s De-Facto Electric Vehicle Mandate

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Too Clever by Half – EPA’s De-Facto Electric Vehicle Mandate

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 04/12/2023

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced new, greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for light- and medium-duty vehicles. The standards would increase in…

Automobiles and Roads

Making the Perfect the Enemy of the Good: Everything-Bagel Public Policy

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Making the Perfect the Enemy of the Good: Everything-Bagel Public Policy

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 04/12/2023

Thanks to Caleb Watney of the Institute for Progress for recommending the great New York Times column by Ezra Klein about the red…

Subsidies and Bailouts

Blue State Bailouts on the Horizon?

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Blue State Bailouts on the Horizon?

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 04/12/2023

Whenever we see risky and poorly thought-out ventures in the business world, the negative consequences of those ideas will usually be limited to the shareholders…

Subsidies and Bailouts

<strong>Regulatory Reform in the 118<sup>th</sup> Congress: Separation of Powers Restoration Act</strong>

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Regulatory Reform in the 118th Congress: Separation of Powers Restoration Act

  • By: Matthew Adams
  • 04/12/2023

The separation of powers is a key aspect of American government. To decentralize power and ensure checks and balances, the Founders divided the federal government…

Regulatory Reform

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/10/2023

An Executive Order from the Biden administration made some of the biggest system-level regulatory changes in years. It raises the threshold for “economically significant”…

Regulatory Reform

FedNow Isn’t a CBDC, But Still Contains Many Dangers

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FedNow Isn’t a CBDC, But Still Contains Many Dangers

  • By: John Berlau
  • 04/07/2023

Over the past few days, “FedNow” has been trending on Twitter in tweets that contain healthy doses of curiosity and skepticism, well-founded concerns about privacy…

Banking and Finance

Free the Economy Episode 15: Eco-Modernism and Abundance with Alex Trembath

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Free the Economy Episode 15: Eco-Modernism and Abundance with Alex Trembath

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 04/07/2023

In this week’s episode of the Free the Economy podcast, we talk about the likelihood of blue state bailouts, issues with “…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Secondhand Antitrust: FTC Continues to Bully Industries that Can Save Lives

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Secondhand Antitrust: FTC Continues to Bully Industries that Can Save Lives

  • By: Alex Reinauer
  • 04/05/2023

Altria Group, the largest tobacco company in the U.S., divested its 35 percent stake in the e-cigarette maker Juul Labs early last month. The Federal…

Eye on FTC

<strong>Debt Limit: When You Run Out of Other People’s Money, Keep Spending Anyway</strong>

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Debt Limit: When You Run Out of Other People’s Money, Keep Spending Anyway

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/05/2023

Spending and deficit control are indispensable to a the long-term economic health and stability of a nation. But today, fiscal restraint is visible only in…

Financial Regulation

<strong>The EPA’s Premature Proposal on Particulate Matter: Highlights from CEI’s Comment to the EPA</strong>

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The EPA’s Premature Proposal on Particulate Matter: Highlights from CEI’s Comment to the EPA

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 04/05/2023

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is jumping the gun by reconsidering the existing particulate matter (PM) air quality standards.Under the Clean Air Act, the…

Water and Air Quality

In Chicago’s Mayoral Runoff, It’s a Question of Which Union Wins

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In Chicago’s Mayoral Runoff, It’s a Question of Which Union Wins

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 04/03/2023

In Chicago’s upcoming mayoral race, the question is not whether organized labor will win, but rather which public sector union walks away with bragging rights.

Labor and Employment

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/03/2023

Finland, which borders Russia, is joining NATO. Former President Donald Trump was indicted by a grand jury. Meanwhile, agencies issued new regulations ranging…

Regulatory Reform

Finance Facts Trump Biden’s Blame Game on Banking Woes

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Finance Facts Trump Biden’s Blame Game on Banking Woes

  • By: John Berlau
  • 03/31/2023

Donald Trump dominated the news in more ways than one yesterday, as Biden officials attempted to place the Trump administration at the center of recent…

Banking and Finance

Free the Economy Episode 14: Conservative Economics with Dominic Pino

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Free the Economy Episode 14: Conservative Economics with Dominic Pino

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 03/31/2023

This week we talk corporate mega-mergers that turned out for the best, political meddling with the Federal Reserve’s inflation policy, “woke” language…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

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