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Initiative 82 will hopefully get 86’d

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 05/09/2025

The city of Washington, DC has belatedly realized that passing a law whose purpose is to make a product or service more expensive will cause…

Labor and Employment

Blog

Congress should overturn harmful anti-bank merger regulation

  • By: John Berlau
  • 05/08/2025

Yesterday, the Senate approved a resolution pursuant to the Congressional Review Act to overturn a regulation from the Biden administration that would sharply restrict…

Antitrust

Blog

Free the Economy podcast: Dear Mr. President with Destry Edwards

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 05/08/2025

In this week’s episode we cover the economic slowdown from tariffs, more accountability for independent agencies in the federal government, and…

Deregulation

Blog

US-UK trade deal: What it should contain

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 05/08/2025

As I write this, we are awaiting the announcement of the US-UK trade deal from the White House, with reaction from UK Prime Minister Sir…

Trade and International

Blog

SEC commissioners regain subpoena power, potentially curtailing record-level fines

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 05/08/2025

After 16 years, commissioners at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally adopted a rule to regain the authority to launch investigations from the…

Deregulation

Blog

Time’s up for the equal time rule

  • By: Brian A. Rankin
  • 05/08/2025

Merriam Webster’s dictionary defines “anachronism” as a person or thing that is chronologically out of place, “especially: one from a former age that is…

Tech and Telecom

Blog

America last? How the antitrust agencies could jeopardize both big and small business

  • By: Alex Reinauer
  • 05/07/2025

At a time when trade deficits, particularly with China, are a major economic and political concern for the Trump administration, the antitrust authorities are actively…

Eye on FTC

Blog

Farm subsidies, car interest deduction show tariffs’ triple harms

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/06/2025

Tariffs are a three-in-one tool for economic self-harm. The first harm comes from the tariffs themselves, which raise producer costs and consumer prices in the…

Trade and International

Blog

Let prediction markets predict – elections, sports, and other topics

  • By: John Berlau
  • 05/06/2025

In the 2024 presidential election, one of the big winners was prediction markets. During the weeks leading up to election day, venues such as Kalshi,…

Deregulation

Blog

House Republican letter urges an end to all IRA handouts via the reconciliation bill

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/05/2025

Congressional Republicans were unanimous in their opposition to the Green New Deal when it was introduced in 2019, and for very good reason given that…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Why do so many countries have tariffs?

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/05/2025

Over at the Center Square, Iain Murray and I ask an overlooked question: If tariffs are so bad, then why does nearly every country…

Trade and International

Blog

The week in regulations: Steel tariff inclusions and policies for arresting journalists

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/05/2025

The 2025 edition of Wayne Crews’s Ten Thousand Commandments is out now. The economy shrank 0.3 percent in the first quarter of 2025…

Deregulation

Blog

CEI primer on agency adjudication 

  • By: Izam Karukappadath, Stone Washington
  • 05/02/2025

Agency adjudication is the process by which administrative agencies resolve legal disputes that implicate regulatory policies. Agencies render decisions through in-house tribunals commonly known as…

Law and Litigation

Blog

CEI’s The Surge: California waivers, IRIS, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo
  • 05/02/2025

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

Energy and Environment

Blog

CEI suggests DOT put the brakes on train two-person crew rule

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 05/01/2025

The Transportation Department recently asked the public for comments on how to reduce the regulatory burden. One thought that the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)…

Rail and Mass Transit

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Free the Economy podcast: Waste, fraud, and tax hikes with Emily Ekins

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 05/01/2025

In this week’s episode we cover workplace injuries, MAGA antitrust in theory and practice, portable benefits for gig workers, and the…

Deregulation

Blog

Congress can end California’s EV mandates

  • By: Jacob Tomasulo
  • 04/30/2025

This week, the House is expected to vote on three important Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions of disapproval that would repeal California waivers granted…

Climate

Blog

That didn’t take long: Tariffs shrink economy in just two months

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/30/2025

The US is halfway to a self-imposed recession, and tariffs are to blame. A healthy economy started shrinking even before President Trump’s Rose Garden…

Trade and International

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Time to shut down IRIS—for good

  • By: James Broughel
  • 04/29/2025

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reportedly preparing to eliminate its Office of Research and Development, which houses the controversial Integrated Risk Information System…

Chemical Risk

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Commencing deconstruction of the administrative state – Trump’s next 100 days

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/28/2025

Federal regulation costs trillions of dollars each year. Call it the “costberg”—a vast, submerged amalgam of rules, guidance, and paperwork reshaping the economy without a…

Regulatory Reform

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The week in regulations: Taconite plans and ante-mortem horse inspections

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/28/2025

Markets went down when President Trump threatened to fire Fed chair Jerome Powell and went up when he backed off. Agencies issued new regulations ranging…

Regulatory Reform

Blog

Ten Thousand Commandments 2025 is out now

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/24/2025

The 2025 edition of CEI’s flagship report, Ten Thousand Commandments, is out today. For more than 30 years, my colleague Wayne Crews has been…

Deregulation

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Free the Economy podcast: Reforming Washington’s 10,000 Commandments with Wayne Crews

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 04/24/2025

In this week’s episode we cover the political roots of totalitarianism, why we should put Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out to…

Regulatory Reform

Blog

Otherwise Objectionable episode 6: ‘The Rest of the World’

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 04/23/2025

The sixth episode of Otherwise Objectionable, the narrative-driven podcast that tells the true story of Section 230 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, focuses on…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Blog

Earth Day is broken—only private conservation can fix it

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/23/2025

With this week’s 2025 Earth Day came the usual media and progressive lawmaker fanfare lauding government programs and regulatory solutions to environmental concerns. But…

Climate

Blog

How valuable will anonymous comments be to the Ferguson FTC?

  • By: Alex Reinauer
  • 04/22/2025

Comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for its “Inquiry on Tech Censorship” are due next month on May 21, 2025, and the public has…

Eye on FTC

Blog

Regulators right to approve Capital One/Discover merger

  • By: John Berlau
  • 04/21/2025

On Friday, federal financial regulators made the right decision in approving the merger of Capital One and Discover. In their joint approvals of the merger,…

Antitrust

Blog

Don’t let the next crisis grow the government—again

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/21/2025

“Now, I’m going to sign this, and it’s a great honor — $6.2 trillion.  I’ve never signed anything with a “T”…

Regulatory Reform

Blog

The week in regulations: Wildfire appraisals and portable spas

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/21/2025

President Trump and El Salvador president Nayib Bukele confirmed that they would continue to imprison people without due process. Agencies issued new regulations ranging from…

Regulatory Reform

Blog

Trump’s tariffs: Look for the union label

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 04/18/2025

One of the biggest boosters of President Trump’s tariffs has been the United Auto Workers (UAW). The venerable union wants to see domestic factories expanded…

Labor and Employment

Blog

Free the Economy podcast: Economic ideas for American workers with Ryan Young

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 04/17/2025

In this week’s episode we cover teaching with AI, clearing the way for new nuclear development, and eliminating soda and candy…

Deregulation

Blog

President Trump’s three new energy executive orders: A quick overview 

  • By: Jacob Tomasulo
  • 04/16/2025

On April 8, President Trump signed three new executive orders (EOs) that address the United States’s energy sector. The key themes of the EOs include…

Energy

Blog

Otherwise Objectionable episode 5: ‘Blowback, and the Dust Settles’

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 04/15/2025

The fifth episode of Otherwise Objectionable, the narrative-driven podcast that tells the true story of Section 230 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, recounts how the…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Blog

Trump is right to target showerheads, but he’ll need Congress to finish the job

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 04/15/2025

President Trump is taking another pro-consumer step, this time on showerheads. His April 9th executive order, Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads, reinstates his…

Energy and Environment

Blog

The executive order that could kill trillion-dollar bailouts

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/14/2025

The federal government doesn’t just spend—it also regulates through spending. That’s one reason crises so often inflate Washington’s role in American life. But as I…

Deregulation

Blog

Definitely maybe tariff relief on electronics

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/14/2025

Smartphone and laptop buyers got some good news over the weekend with a lower tariff on Chinese-made electronics, at least for now. The exemption’s…

Trade and International

Blog

The week in regulations: Pool ladders and helicopters

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/14/2025

President Trump paused his Liberation Day tariffs after financial markets crashed. Even with the pause, America’s tariffs are still among the world’s highest. Agencies issued…

Regulatory Reform

Blog

Congress needs to repeal the Biden EPA and California attack on gas-powered cars

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 04/11/2025

The attack on gas-powered vehicles exists on multiple fronts, including through federal and state regulation.Regarding federal regulation, much of the attention has been focused on…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Paul Atkins is an excellent choice to lead the SEC

  • By: John Berlau
  • 04/11/2025

On Wednesday, the Senate confirmed Paul S. Atkins to serve as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As I have stated before,…

Deregulation

Blog

What happened to never-needed regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/11/2025

CEI led a never-needed campaign during the COVID-19 pandemic. The idea was simple: if a regulation was causing harm in good times, it was probably…

Regulatory Reform

Blog

Free the Economy podcast: Trade myths (and facts) with Prof. Michael Coon

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 04/10/2025

In this week’s episode we cover smartphones for kids, insomnia and anxiety in pre-industrial times, and a blueprint for modernizing the…

Trade and International

Blog

Why government reform may hinge on ending federal unions

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 04/09/2025

President Trump’s executive order ending collective bargaining for a wide swath of federal cabinet agencies and other government entities is a laudable attempt…

Government Unions

Blog

Otherwise Objectionable episode 4: ‘The Solution’

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 04/08/2025

The fourth episode of Otherwise Objectionable, the narrative-driven podcast that tells the true story of Section 230 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, picks up…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Blog

Senate should support S.J.Res.4 repealing Biden’s anti-consumer water heater regulation

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 04/08/2025

The Biden administration gave us far too many anti-consumer appliance regulations, and some of the worst were ones supported by manufacturers angling to create a…

Energy and Environment

Blog

CEI celebrates agency giving up power

  • By: David S. McFadden
  • 04/08/2025

Even if it becomes commonplace, we should pause in wonderment whenever an agency repeals its own regulations and relinquishes power, whether voluntarily or not. And…

Energy and Environment

Blog

This week in ridiculous regulations: Helicopter hoists and migrant children

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/07/2025

President Trump announced new auto tariffs that will take effect next week, raising the price of average-priced new cars from $3,000 to $10,000. Agencies issued…

Deregulation

Blog

The shadow nonprofit’s push for ESG

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 04/04/2025

Nonprofit interest groups play a significant role in advancing policy change in government. The IRS affords tax exemption to thousands of these groups via their…

Energy and Environment

Blog

An economic, constitutional, and geopolitical disaster

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 04/03/2025

Yesterday’s tariff announcement was long expected, yet its details came as a surprise. In one regard it was less bad than it could have been:…

Trade and International

Blog

CEI’s The Surge: The EPA, WOTUS, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo
  • 04/03/2025

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

Energy and Environment

Blog

Free the Economy podcast: An affordable and reliable future with Gabriella Hoffman

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 04/03/2025

In this week’s episode we cover Republicans for the Green New Deal, diminishing returns from industrial policy in China, and the bottleneck…

Deregulation

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