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This week in ridiculous regulations: Au pairs and processed pears

  • 12/04/2023

The 2023 edition of Wayne Crews’ Ten Thousand Commandments is out now. Henry Kissinger died at age 100. Meanwhile, agencies issued new regulations ranging…

Financial Regulation

Blog

Inflation makes regulations even more expensive

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 12/01/2023

The just-released 2023 edition of Wayne Crews’ Ten Thousand Commandments report estimates that the total cost of complying with all federal regulations is $1.94…

Monetary Policy

Blog

The latest on nuclear power bans: Illinois poised to take an important step

  • By: Paige Lambermont
  • 11/30/2023

The Illinois nuclear construction ban will soon be a thing of the past.Earlier this year, both state chambers, through a supermajority vote, passed a…

Energy

Blog

Biden admin: Taxpayers don’t need to know about ‘official time’

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/30/2023

The Biden administration is actively rolling back transparency requirements for unions, most recently by no longer posting information on the controversial practice of…

Government Unions

Blog

Equity shmequity: How US government’s ‘discounting’ policy hurts the global poor

  • By: James Broughel
  • 11/30/2023

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently finalized its Circular A-4 guidance on regulatory analysis, constituting the first update to the guidance in…

Regulatory Reform

Blog

Free the Economy podcast: The future of energy and environmental policy with Travis Fisher

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 11/30/2023

In this week’s episode we cover the political path toward abundance, the need for permitting reform beyond the National Environmental Policy Act,…

Energy and Environment

Blog

The catastrophic consequences of COVID for California constitutional government

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 11/29/2023

COVID-19 hit California hard. The effects of COVID on California’s population were terrible, and the government policies that California imposed on its citizens may have…

Law and Litigation

Blog

Ten Thousand Commandments 2023 is out now

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 11/29/2023

The 2023 edition of CEI’s flagship annual study, Wayne Crews’s Ten Thousand Commandments, is out now. For those not familiar, 10KC gives a big-picture…

Regulatory Reform

Blog

Wall Street Journal reports consumer frustrations with over-regulated appliances

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/28/2023

2023 is turning into the year of bad appliance regulations. Since January, CEI has submitted comments critical of proposed Department of Energy (DOE) efficiency…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

This week in ridiculous regulations: Slender salamanders and joint employers

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 11/27/2023

Israel and Hamas agreed to a temporary cease-fire. OpenAI’s board of directors fired CEO Sam Altman, then re-hired him and fired themselves. President Joe Biden…

Financial Regulation

Blog

Free the Economy podcast: Making college pay with Preston Cooper

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 11/22/2023

In this week’s episode we cover Javier Milei’s election as president of Argentina, how much money it takes to be happy,…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Blog

Cold truth about government pushing electric: Natural gas is much cheaper

  • By: Paige Lambermont
  • 11/21/2023

The Department of Energy (DOE) has repeatedly documented that using natural gas in homes is far cheaper than using electricity.This hasn’t stopped the Biden…

Consumer Choice

Blog

Slice the regulatory turkey this Thanksgiving

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/20/2023

The turkeys Liberty and Bell just received a Thanksgiving pardon from Joe Biden. The official presentation of a turkey for a presidential pardon and rescue…

Deregulation

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CEI’s The Surge: Carbon tariffs, CAFE standards, and more!

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 11/20/2023

If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental issues, then we encourage you to subscribe to this new publication…

Energy and Environment

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This week in ridiculous regulations: California raisins and debit card fees

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 11/20/2023

There was a pro-Israel and anti-Hamas rally on the National Mall of more than 200,000 people. A fight nearly broke out at a Senate hearing.

Financial Regulation

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Free the Economy podcast: Getting out of control with Neil Chilson

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 11/16/2023

In this week’s episode we cover the American Nuclear Society’s Winter 2023 conference, the opportunities and pitfalls of online side-hustles, and the…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

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Vehicle kill switches and other horrible things Washington is doing to us from a distance

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/16/2023

The remote kill switch for automobiles authorized by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) in 2021 is a prime…

Automobiles and Roads

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Exposing the federal bureaucracy’s blurry courts

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 11/15/2023

Many federal agencies prevent regular Americans from understanding what they are up to by obscuring the work being conducted by their little-known administrative law courts…

Freedom of Information

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Ringside seats at today’s Senate cage match

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/14/2023

A lot of preparation goes into testifying before a Senate committee. To borrow from the late Donald Rumsfeld, there are the “known” things that…

Labor and Employment

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Labor Department would ignore law to change overtime rules

  • By: David S. McFadden
  • 11/14/2023

I submitted a comment on behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute to the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor (DOL) regarding…

Law and Litigation

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Biden admin appliance regulations are bad for small businesses and homeowners

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/14/2023

Department of Energy (DOE) bureaucrats are making 2023 a bad year for homeowners with an avalanche of proposed and final appliance regulations impacting stoves, washing…

Consumer Choice

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White House report reveals tens of billions in new annual regulatory costs

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/13/2023

A consolidated Draft Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations hit the shelves at the end of October, catching…

Regulatory Reform

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This week in ridiculous regulations: Junk fees and dehumidifiers

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 11/13/2023

It was a four-day week due to Veterans Day. Another government shutdown deadline is less than a week away. The FTC issued a proposed rule…

Financial Regulation

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Free the Economy podcast: Personal finance and YouTube with Spencer Johnson

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 11/09/2023

In this week’s episode we cover how states can reform higher education, ways that managers can make their employees happier at work,…

Financial Regulation

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NLRB responds to CEI on government ‘encouraging’ unionization

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/07/2023

The National Labor Relations Board recently issued a rulemaking that included a direct rebuttal to an argument made by the Competitive Enterprise Institute regarding…

Labor and Employment

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10 important amendments for the House Transportation spending bill

  • By: Paige Lambermont
  • 11/07/2023

The US House of Representatives is currently debating H.R. 4820, its Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development spending bill. There are many good amendments being…

Automobiles and Roads

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Experts weigh in: Sen. Cassidy’s carbon tariff bill would mean more taxes

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 11/06/2023

A carbon tax is both bad policy and dumb politics. Yet Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) has just introduced legislation, the Foreign Pollution Fee…

Business and Government

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Justice Department ignores consumers, boosts Bing in Google antitrust trial

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 11/06/2023

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) case accusing Google of having and unlawfully maintaining a monopoly in search is in full swing in US District…

Antitrust

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This week in ridiculous regulations: Gas cans and shorts reporting

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 11/06/2023

President Biden issued an Executive Order on AI regulation. The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady. Jobs growth slowed, but still grew.

Financial Regulation

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Is the Fed done with interest rate hikes?

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 11/03/2023

The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee held the federal funds rate steady this week at its most recent meeting, as expected. It will range…

Banking and Finance

Blog

12 important amendments for the House Interior, environment spending bill

  • By: Paige Lambermont
  • 11/02/2023

The House is currently debating H.R. 4821, its Interior and environment spending bill. There are many good amendments being considered on the floor. Here…

Energy and Environment

Blog

5 bad appliance regulations Congress should reject with the Congressional Review Act

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/02/2023

This is the third article in CEI’s Special Briefing Series: Defending the Personal Energy Choices of Americans. It isn’t just gas stoves. The Biden administration has…

Consumer Choice

Blog

Free the Economy podcast: The trouble with big-government conservatives with André Béliveau

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 11/02/2023

In this week’s episode we talk about which state has the least-bad business taxes, how many Americans really love America, the continuing…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Blog

UAW strike epilogue: Big Three will continue to shrink

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/01/2023

The United Auto Workers has won, according to the headlines. What the union has won will force three companies, Ford, GM, and Stellantis, owner…

Labor and Employment

Blog

SEC commissioner bashes private markets, shows why public capital flight is happening

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 11/01/2023

Caroline Crenshaw, a designated Democratic commissioner with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently was sharply critical of private markets. “Investor protection and systemic risk…

Financial Regulation

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H.L. Mencken channels Adam Smith

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 11/01/2023

Over at Liberty Fund’s AdamSmithWorks website, I have an article drawing a parallel between Adam Smith’s moral philosophy and H.L. Mencken’s satire:…

Human Achievement Hour

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Three Supreme Court justices have gone public about the fundamental unfairness of civil forfeiture

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 10/31/2023

Yesterday, I was able to get out of the office to watch the oral argument in Culley v. Marshall before the Supreme Court of…

Property Rights

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CEI’s The Surge: Climate change slush fund, the true cost of EVs, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 10/30/2023

If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental issues, then we encourage you to subscribe to this new publication…

Energy and Environment

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Biden administration cites fanciful numbers to support ‘right to repair’

  • By: Alex Reinauer
  • 10/30/2023

The Biden White House hosted an event on right to repair last Tuesday to provide information “about federal and state efforts to strengthen the…

Eye on FTC

Blog

This week in ridiculous regulations: Joint employers and almond taxes

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/30/2023

GDP grew 4.9 percent in the third quarter of 2023. Mike Johnson became Speaker of the House. Agencies issued new regulations ranging from Kraft…

Business and Government

Blog

FCC wants European-style broadband regulation, would throttle American consumers

  • By: Brian A. Rankin
  • 10/27/2023

Aristotle said that nature abhors a vacuum so that every space in nature must be filled.  Apparently, the FCC has taken inspiration from ancient Greek…

Tech and Telecom

Blog

What we’re not seeing here: Why policy debates need Bastiat

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 10/27/2023

I was honored to give a presentation this week to the George Mason University Economics Society. The title of my presentation was “Unseen Consequences: Frederic…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Blog

Issue at a glance: Blocking the Biden climate change slush fund

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 10/27/2023

Overview of the issue: The Biden administration is using what has become a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) slush fund to spend billions of…

Energy and Environment

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NLRB expands ‘joint employer’ rule to include kitchen sink

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/26/2023

The National Labor Relations Board has issued its new rule for “joint employer status.” As expected, it extends the rule for when one company…

Labor and Employment

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Ford-UAW deal: Declare victory and go home

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/26/2023

The current United Auto Workers strike against the Big Three automakers has been more of a public relations spectacle than an actual strike. At no…

Private Unions

Blog

Free the Economy podcast: Polling capitalism with Karlyn Bowman

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 10/26/2023

In this week’s episode we talk about the surprisingly low demand for free transit, the demographics of higher education in the U.S.,…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

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Pope’s letter on climate change misses mark

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 10/24/2023

The Vatican is concluding the last week of the 2023 Synod of Synodality, a three-year series of discussions involving Catholic bishops and selected laypeople.

Energy and Environment

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Air travel will continue to increase—unless grounded by climate change policies

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 10/24/2023

The Duke of Wellington was said to have opposed the growth of railroads in 19th-century Britain because they would “only encourage the common people to…

Aviation

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UN Montreal Protocol meeting begins in Nairobi

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 10/23/2023

The United Nations’ 35th meeting of the parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol) begins this week in…

Energy and Environment

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Stopping mergers before they start

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/23/2023

If two companies above a certain size want to merge, antitrust regulators have to approve the deal first.  The FTC recently published draft guidelines for…

Eye on FTC

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