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Biden admin wants to sweep independent agency regulation costs under the rug. Congress should say no.

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 10/23/2023

When Congress gets around to streamlining federal regulations and forcing disclosure of their costs, exposés of the paperwork inflicted on the economy by independent…

Business and Government

Blog

This week in ridiculous regulations: Blood donations to mortality tables

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/23/2023

Poland voted its nationalist-populist government out of power. The US House of Representatives remained without a speaker, but with a lot of drama. Agencies issued…

Healthcare

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US to import more oil from Venezuela, still denying domestic energy projects

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 10/20/2023

The Biden administration suspended certain sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas operations Wednesday. The Treasury Department stated that this action was taken “in…

Energy

Blog

Gensler SEC’s PDA rule would keep investors in the dark

  • By: John Berlau
  • 10/19/2023

Hailing one of his new mandates on entrepreneurs and investors, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler proclaimed, “In today’s fast-moving financial markets, it’s important that market…

Financial Regulation

Blog

It’s time to bring reason to emotional AI debates

  • By: James Broughel
  • 10/19/2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) promises immense benefits, ranging from revolutionizing healthcare diagnostics and treatment to radically improving transportation safety. However, as this rapidly advancing technology spreads,…

Consumer Product Safety

Blog

Free the Economy podcast: Creating the future with Jim Pethokoukis

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 10/19/2023

In this week’s episode we talk about income and tax migration, refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the problem with federal crop…

Innovation

Blog

Cease and desist, CEI urges National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 10/18/2023

I submitted comments on behalf of CEI to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Monday on its proposed model year (MY) 2027-2032…

Law and Litigation

Blog

A Jury Trial Must Precede Fines and Occupational Banishment

  • By: Devin Watkins
  • 10/17/2023

Imagine that the government has accused you of wrongdoing that you didn’t commit. You would expect a jury of your peers to recognize your innocence.

Law and Litigation

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The Surge: Energy and Environmental Updates – Appliance efficiency standards, IRA tax credits, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 10/17/2023

The following is the second edition of CEI’s new biweekly publication “The Surge.” If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and…

Energy and Environment

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This week in ridiculous regulations: Junk fees and pool pumps

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/16/2023

Hamas attacked Israel, and another tragedy is unfolding in the Middle East. Claudia Goldin won the economics Nobel for her work on women in…

Deregulation

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What you should know about the grid: A brief primer

  • By: Paige Lambermont
  • 10/13/2023

For a long time, the electrical grid has dwelt quietly in the background of American life. It hums away quietly and most people seldom think…

Energy and Environment

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Don’t drink the water: Why FCC treating broadband like a utility could make service worse

  • By: Brian A. Rankin
  • 10/12/2023

In its initial Fact Sheet, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposes to apply Title II of the Communications Act to affirm “that broadband service…

Innovation

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Free the Economy podcast: Going into labor with Sean Higgins

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 10/12/2023

In this week’s episode we talk about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s legal fate, rising economic might in India, terrible federal…

Labor and Employment

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Congress should prohibit the EPA’s use of IRA subsidies to justify its regulations

  • By: Daren Bakst, Paige Lambermont
  • 10/11/2023

Instead of taking a regulatory or “stick” approach to address many issues within the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), legislators specifically chose to use subsidies or…

Energy and Environment

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Federal energy efficiency requirements are outdated and should be repealed

  • By: Jack Spencer
  • 10/11/2023

This is the second article in CEI’s Special Briefing Series: Defending the Personal Energy Choices of Americans. Americans have experienced appliance inflation over the past…

Consumer Freedom

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The SEC’s misguided attempt to regulate AI

  • By: James Broughel
  • 10/11/2023

My colleague John Berlau and I submitted a comment letter this week to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), arguing its proposed regulations on…

Financial Regulation

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New EPA air conditioner regulation certain to get homeowners heated up

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 10/11/2023

Another Friday news dump, another bad Biden administration appliance regulation slipped in ahead of the weekend. Last Friday it was one targeting air conditioners –…

Consumer Freedom

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This week in ridiculous regulations: Gag harvests and helium contracts

  • 10/10/2023

Populist Republicans got rid of Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy. In a classic bit of political strategy, they did not have a replacement in…

Deregulation

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As Predicted, UAW Strike Remains Limited, Spares Automakers From Full Walkout

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/06/2023

It only took about three weeks, but mainstream journalists are becoming aware of something the Competitive Enterprise Institute has been pointing out from the start:…

Private Unions

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The year of strikes ain’t over yet

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/05/2023

2023 has had the most major labor strikes the country has seen in decades, with likely more to come. Unions leaders are itching to do…

Labor and Employment

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Free the Economy podcast: Financial regulation and ESG with Hester Peirce

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 10/05/2023

In this week’s episode we talk about commuting via bicycle, regulatory reform legislation from Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), the new book…

Business and Government

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House Republicans try defunding the home appliance regulators

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 10/04/2023

This year began with a powerful consumer backlash to the suggestion from a Biden administration official that gas stoves may be banned, followed by…

Consumer Freedom

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No, electricity markets are not free markets: A Q&A with Cato’s Travis Fisher

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 10/03/2023

The following is a Q&A with Travis Fisher, director of Energy and Environmental Policy Studies at the Cato Institute Q: Could you…

Energy

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The way the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is funded is unconstitutional

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 10/03/2023

Today the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the case CFPB v. Community Financial Services Association. The appellee correctly complains that…

Law and Litigation

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Biden administration finalizes costly and unnecessary furnace regulations

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 10/02/2023

There’s a lot of consumer anger over pending federal regulations targeting stoves, but Biden administration bureaucrats are also going after dishwashers, refrigerators,…

Consumer Choice

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This week in ridiculous regulations: Improper CHIPS funding to pool motors

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 10/02/2023

The FTC filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon. Sen. Dianne Feinstein passed away. The federal government almost partially shut down. Agencies issued new regulations…

Business and Government

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Biden’s war on energy continues with unprecedented restrictions on offshore oil and gas lease sales

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 09/29/2023

Today, the Interior Department (DOI) released its five-year plan (2024-2029) for offshore oil and gas lease sales. In a press release, the agency…

Energy and Environment

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UAW’s Fain says new strike strategy has produced no ‘meaningful progress’

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 09/29/2023

UAW President Shawn Fain announced Friday that the union would expand its strike against Ford and GM. Fain said an additional 7,000 members…

Private Unions

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Barbie, lemons, and economics

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 09/29/2023

Wayne Crews and I have a fun piece up at RealClearMarkets that ties together the Barbie movie, the vintage toy market, and Nobel economist…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

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Introducing CEI’s The Surge: Gas stove bans, Biden admin blocking oil and gas leases, the Blackout Plan, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 09/28/2023

The following is the debut edition of CEI’s new biweekly publication “The Surge.” If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental…

Energy and Environment

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Free the Economy podcast: Threats to economic freedom, then and now with Iain Murray

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 09/28/2023

On this week’s podcast we talk about recycled Legos, socially responsible pension funds, pessimistic views about politics, and a special…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

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Net neutrality is political predation

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 09/27/2023

It’s fitting that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chose to dig up the net neutrality corpse just before Halloween. Now, our elected representatives need to…

Business and Government

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Here we go again:  FCC tries to bring back failed ‘net neutrality’ regulation

  • By: Brian A. Rankin
  • 09/27/2023

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Jessica Rosenworcel announced a proposed rulemaking to apply Title II of the Communications Act and common carrier regulation once again…

Tech and Telecom

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Biden taps Strategic Petroleum Reserve more than any other president

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 09/26/2023

Instead of actually addressing the root causes of high gas prices, President Joe Biden is depleting the …

Energy

Blog

Now the Biden administration is targeting your next water heater

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 09/26/2023

As discussed in recent CEI testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the Biden administration Department of Energy (DOE) has proposed an avalanche…

Consumer Choice

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Federal agency closes! British embassy celebrates!

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 09/26/2023

Nobody knows how many federal agencies there are, but the number just went down by one. The Board of Tea Experts is shutting down…

Business and Government

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Former NHTSA administrator nominee still serving as acting administrator, raising serious issues

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 09/26/2023

On May 30, President Joe Biden withdrew the nomination of Ann Carlson to be the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Transportation

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‘On a crash course with energy reality’: Study finds EPA’s Blackout Rule will hurt the US grid

  • By: Patricia Patnode
  • 09/26/2023

Center of the American Experiment recently published a study modeling the impact of the Biden administration’s new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule regulating…

Energy

Blog

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations: Tea Experts and Coin Batteries

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 09/25/2023

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited America. The federal government is a week away from a potential partial shutdown. Sen. Bob Menendez was…

Regulatory Reform

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CEI Special Briefing Series: Defending the Personal Energy Choices of Americans

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 09/25/2023

To push its energy and climate agenda, the Biden administration thinks it should limit or even prohibit what kinds of goods Americans can buy, from…

Energy and Environment

Blog

The Regulatory Assault on Gas Stoves – And Consumer Freedom

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 09/25/2023

This is the debut article in CEI’s Special Briefing Series: Defending the Personal Energy Choices of Americans. Gas stoves provide tens of…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Wall Street Journal agrees with CEI, opposes Railway Safety Act

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 09/22/2023

In an editorial today, the Wall Street Journal joined with many other voices, including Bloomberg, National Review, and a coalition led…

Rail and Mass Transit

Blog

In today’s age of musical abundance, we all live like ‘kings’

  • By: Alex Reinauer
  • 09/21/2023

We are in the midst of an art renaissance, and very few people are talking about it. One person who is talking about it is…

Innovation

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Free the Economy podcast: unemployment that works with Matt Darling

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 09/21/2023

In this week’s episode we talk about banning plastic gift cards in California, the solution to Germany’s energy crisis, the political…

Labor and Employment

Blog

What’s wrong with Bidenomics?

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 09/20/2023

Yesterday, I pointed out that in the looming threat of a government shutdown, President Joe Biden is aiming to cement as his legacy something that…

Business and Government

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Flawed guidance for monetizing nature should be withdrawn

  • By: James Broughel
  • 09/20/2023

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) has proposed new guidance aimed at improving how federal agencies account for environment-related costs and…

Regulatory Reform

Blog

Bill banning Fed-controlled crypto a good first step, but Congress must do more for monetary freedom

  • By: John Berlau
  • 09/19/2023

On Wednesday, the US House Financial Services Committee is expected to vote on House Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s ‘‘CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act,” aiming to prevent…

Banking and Finance

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Congress can say no to Bidenomics in shutdown showdown

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 09/19/2023

The contentious fiscal year 2024 budget battle, which might result in a partial federal government shutdown, is unfurling precisely as the national debt is…

Deregulation

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Shareholder support for ESG proposals is falling

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 09/19/2023

With the 2023 proxy voting season officially behind us, we can note a few trends in corporate governance that stood out. For one, it…

Business and Government

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This week in ridiculous regulations: milk losses and duck vehicles

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 09/18/2023

Google’s antitrust trial started, and the Justice Department cited Russian antitrust actions to back up its case. The latest inflation numbers were a…

Consumer Product Safety

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