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Free the Economy podcast: Paying for organs with Pete Jaworski

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 03/21/2024

In this week’s episode we cover the future of AI and employment, why we shouldn’t trust Chinese economic statistics, and how the…

Healthcare

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EPA’s latest unlawful assault on vehicle affordability and choice

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 03/20/2024

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced final emission standards for passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty vehicles for model years 2027 through 2032…

Energy and Environment

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Energy Week: Legislators have a chance to support important bills

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 03/20/2024

This week is “Energy Week” in the US House of Representatives.House Republicans are going to vote on important legislation to help unleash American energy and…

Energy

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Diversity, equity, and exclusion: How the NLRB’s double standard on job-related speech hurts workers

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 03/20/2024

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) is supposed to protect workers who publicly raise questions about the policies in their workplace. A few recent cases…

Labor and Employment

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The Fifth Circuit blocks the SEC’s climate disclosure rule in the first legal challenge to the rule

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 03/19/2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently voted to approve its highly-awaited climate disclosure rule. However, fewer than 10 days after its finalization, the…

Climate

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Classifying regulations is now more confusing thanks to Biden administration

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 03/18/2024

Joe Biden’s Modernizing Regulatory Review executive order (E.O. 14094) raised the threshold for a “significant regulatory action” from $100 million to $200 million in…

Deregulation

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This week in ridiculous regulations: Space innovation and mariner credentials

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 03/18/2024

The House passed a bill to ban TikTok that could easily be repurposed for other companies. It now moves to the Senate. Agencies issued new…

Deregulation

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Right to repair will not save households over $300 a year

  • By: Alex Reinauer
  • 03/15/2024

You may have heard that so-called “right to repair” laws will provide big savings to consumers. Last week, Forbes published an article claiming that…

Business and Government

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Fueling discontent: Minnesota’s costly push for a low carbon fuel standard

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr., Patricia Patnode
  • 03/15/2024

Lawmakers in Minnesota are considering a Clean Transportation Standard (CTS) that would impose increasingly stringent carbon-intensity reduction targets on all motor fuels used in the…

Climate

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CEI briefs the public on the need for administrative law court reform

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 03/15/2024

The Competitive Enterprise Institute recently hosted our first Capitol Hill event of the year, urging Congress to propose administrative law court (ALC) reform. Our…

Government Transparency

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Biden’s budget: A continued attack on reliable energy and freedom

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 03/15/2024

President Joe Biden’s FY 2025 budget request of $7.3 trillion is exactly what Americans should have expected: increased spending and taxes. A budget…

Energy

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The bait and switch of Government Owned Networks

  • By: Brian A. Rankin
  • 03/14/2024

We are all familiar with bait and switch, the deceptive practice where a customer is enticed by one offer and then forced into a higher…

Tech and Telecom

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Free the Economy podcast: Defending election integrity with Walter Olson

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 03/14/2024

In this week’s episode we cover the Securities and Exchange Commission’s controversial new rule on climate change, federal science policy and indigenous…

Business and Government

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ACLU said NLRB’s general counsel Abruzzo ‘lacks authority’

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 03/13/2024

Here’s some news that slipped through the cracks last year: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenged the legitimacy of Jennifer Abruzzo’s appointment…

Law and Litigation

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The FTC, the Kroger-Albertsons merger, and the relevant market fallacy

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 03/13/2024

Over at National Review’s Capital Matters site, Alex Reinauer and I look at the FTC’s word games in its case against the proposed Kroger-Albertsons…

Eye on FTC

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Gov. Youngkin vetoes two-crew minimum bill in defiance of railroad unions

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 03/12/2024

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin recently vetoed a slew of bills by the commonwealth legislature. One rejection in particular was well-deserved: nixing an ill-advised…

Labor and Employment

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40th Anniversary Commemorative: How CEI killed credit for early action

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 03/12/2024

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) turned 40 this month. I’m proud to have been a CEI scholar for more than a quarter century. Our friends,…

Climate

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February inflation stays high, fiscal credibility remains a problem

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 03/12/2024

Headline CPI inflation numbers sped up in February. Monthly inflation increased 0.3 percent in January, and 0.4 percent in February. Year-to-year inflation is 3.2…

Monetary Policy

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One great moment in the budget battles: GOP’s ‘Policy Statement on Deregulation’

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 03/11/2024

Today marks the release of the White House’s $7.3 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2025, even as policymakers continue their wrangling over the…

Deregulation

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This week in ridiculous regulations: Taconite and lab fees

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 03/11/2024

President Biden delivered his State of the Union address. Super Tuesday primaries all but settled this year’s presidential combatants. The FTC has a full slate…

Deregulation

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Beware the labor regs of March!

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 03/11/2024

A new rule from the federal government meant to protect workers is set to take effect today, March 11. It will instead leave most workers…

Labor and Employment

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Will EPA empower California to ban gasoline-powered cars?

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 03/07/2024

Did Congress authorize the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to outlaw the sale of new internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles? Did it authorize the EPA to…

Automobiles and Roads

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One way for government to improve air quality: Remove obstacles to prescribed fires

  • By: Jacob Tomasulo
  • 03/07/2024

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule on particulate matter prematurely makes the primary annual standard for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) much…

Lands and Wildlife

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SEC’s new climate disclosure rule a slow-motion train wreck

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 03/07/2024

The day that many observers of financial regulation have long been awaiting (and dreading) has come; the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has voted…

Climate

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Free the Economy podcast: Free markets and the common good with Iain Murray

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 03/07/2024

In this week’s episode we cover fake environmentalism and the need to build, a look at policymaking inside the National People’s Congress…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

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CEI sues to end federal at-home distilling ban

  • By: Devin Watkins
  • 03/07/2024

The Competitive Enterprise Institute, which regularly litigates against federal overreach, represents the Hobby Distillers Association and its members in a lawsuit seeking an end…

CEI Litigation

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SOTU 2024: Unparalleled spending, regulation, and dependency

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 03/06/2024

In bumper-sticker fashion, we have fondly summed up Joe Biden’s recent State of the Union Addresses (SOTU) as appeals for more spending, regulation and…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

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The Surge: New EPA rulemaking, Biden’s LNG ‘pause,’ and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 03/06/2024

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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Spending bills fail to provide checks on Biden’s energy and environmental abuses

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 03/04/2024

Over the weekend, House and Senate appropriations released the text of six final fiscal year (FY) 2024 spending bills: Energy and Water, Agriculture, Military…

Energy and Environment

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Crickets: Congressional silence on a new communications act

  • By: Brian A. Rankin
  • 03/04/2024

In what seems to be news to legislators and regulators, the communications marketplace is innovative and dynamic. The platforms used to consume increasingly varied types…

Tech and Telecom

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The Stop Woke Investing Act and ‘ESG fatigue’

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 03/04/2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has made it far too easy for activist shareholders to overturn the traditional proxy review process. The SEC’s…

Business and Government

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This week in ridiculous regulations: Seabird mitigation and nuclear locations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 03/04/2024

CEI is hosting a hill event on March 5 about reforming administrative law courts. Politicians got upset about Wendy’s menus. GDP growth was…

Energy and Environment

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FTC declares mergers to be union-busting

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 03/01/2024

In a classic case of regulatory creep, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently asserted jurisdiction over labor unions and collective bargaining. The agency is…

Eye on FTC

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Where do regulations go when Congress shutters an agency?

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/29/2024

The way the federal government spends money rarely changes until a crisis comes along. Arguably, we’re already there with federal debt service (interest) payments…

Deregulation

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An exemplary climate debate on campus

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 02/29/2024

I recently returned from Miami and the campus of Florida International University (FIU), where I was pleased to take part in the FIU Environment…

Climate

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Free the Economy podcast: Politically homeless with John Tillman

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 02/29/2024

In this week’s episode we cover an environmental conference in Miami, allegedly underfunded government schools, Google’s AI diversity debacle, and new…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

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Senate should pass bill to stop Biden’s liquified natural gas export ‘pause’

  • By: Paige Lambermont
  • 02/28/2024

The Biden administration announced a pause last month on new approvals for liquified natural gas (LNG) exports to non-Free Trade Agreement (non-FTA) countries. The…

Energy and Environment

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EPA’s Scientific Integrity Policy is unscientific, lacks integrity

  • By: James Broughel
  • 02/27/2024

The Environmental Protection Agency recently released a draft update to its “Scientific Integrity Policy,” which aims to ensure the agency’s science-based decisions and…

Energy and Environment

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What ails the working class?

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 02/26/2024

Late last month I was privileged to be asked to speak at a Heritage Foundation event on the subject of the continuing travails of…

Labor and Employment

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NLRB ruling on college athletes may foul foreign players

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 02/26/2024

Nothing produces untended consequences like government action, and no one can say that the National Labor Relation Board’s (NLRB) isn’t producing its fare share. The…

Labor and Employment

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Worried about massive federal debt? Time to right-size the regulators

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/26/2024

In the annals of federal bloat, a milestone is looming as noted in another post last week: 2024 interest payments on America’s $34 trillion…

Deregulation

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This week in ridiculous regulations: Space debris and dried prunes

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 02/26/2024

The privately-built Odysseus spacecraft became the first American moon lander since 1972. President Biden announced new Russian sanctions in response to opposition leader Aleksey Navalny’s…

Food and Beverage Regulation

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I’ve got your ‘common good’ right here

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 02/23/2024

As a classical liberal, I believe in the value of free markets and individual liberty, but as a Freedom Conservative, I also feel that…

Deregulation

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Amazon primal: Retailer calls NLRB unconstitutional

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 02/22/2024

Amazon has joined the growing chorus of businesses declaring that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) may be unconstitutional. Along with SpaceX and Trader Joe’s,…

Labor and Employment

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Free the Economy podcast: Federal tech with Deb Collier

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 02/22/2024

In this week’s episode we cover the future of environmental policy, rare earth minerals in Wyoming, and what we can learn from…

Eye on FTC

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Trade is a tool for American national security

  • By: Mitchell Thornton
  • 02/21/2024

Free trade policies have recently come under attack on national security grounds. One of the attackers is Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO). His argument does…

Trade and International

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New student loan proposal is regressive, politicized, and won’t stop rising prices

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 02/21/2024

President Biden this week unveiled a new student debt relief proposal. It would cancel student debt for up to 153,000 people who incurred $12,000…

Subsidies and Bailouts

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NLRB v. EEOC: Damned if you fire, damned If you don’t

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 02/21/2024

The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) aggressive new enforcement stance is creating a terrible bind for some businesses: if they try to avoiding penalties from…

Labor and Employment

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Today’s federal spending makes the Louisiana Purchase look like pocket change

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/21/2024

The week of Presidents’ Day 2024 comes at a lull before contentious budget battles resume in early March. It is thus an opportune moment…

Business and Government

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This week in ridiculous regulations: Cooking energy and steel plants

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 02/20/2024

The Federal Register had a 3,000-page week, roughly double its usual tally. It also topped 10,000 pages on the year, landing at 12,741 pages, and…

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