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10/16/2026

How much does the federal government regulate in a typical week?

CEI's Ryan Young's latest roundup counts 49 final rules, 42 proposed rules, 401 notices, and 1,615 Federal Register pages, all in seven days. Year to date, 2026 is on pace for 2,972 final regulations. This week's notable rules ranged from Maryland trash incinerator technology standards to raisin marketing order changes to a safety zone for Miami's Red Bull Flugtag. https://bit.ly/4AZAtN3

The federal government's annual budget deficit hit $2 trillion. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged to livestream an ex*****on. Thirty-year Treasury bond interest rates continued to climb. Agencies issued new regulations ranging from invalid transpor...

10/15/2026

This week's health care policy roundup from CEI's Jeremy Nighohossian: PhRMA is suing to block CMS's new GLOBE drug-pricing model as an unauthorized price control; Treasury is sending $90 one-time payments (totaling $1.9 billion) to 20.8 million seniors on Medicare Part B; five governors are asking HHS to delay new Medicaid work-requirement deadlines; and CMS finalized new price-transparency rules for health plans. Plus, a look at Utah's AI health care pilots and a Google AI model that caught a critical hospital software flaw. https://bit.ly/4zxeYBO

Drug pricing and 340B PhRMA sues to block GLOBE. On October 7, PhRMA sued to block the most-favored-nation drug-pricing model CMS finalized last week. The suit argues GLOBE is a price control rather than a “test,” exceeds the Innovation Center's authori...

10/14/2026

A federal court heard arguments this week in ABC television stations' First Amendment lawsuit against the FCC over its early review of their license renewals. CEI's Brian Rankin argues the review targets ABC's programming decisions, not its employment practices, and that using licensing power to pressure a broadcaster over its speech violates both the law and the First Amendment. https://bit.ly/4jhsEfv

On Tuesday, the U.S. District Court heard arguments in a First Amendment lawsuit by ABC television stations against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), seeking declaratory and injunctive relief over the FCC's early review of license renewals fo...

10/14/2026

This week's Free the Economy podcast is out. CEI's Richard Morrison opens with the Supreme Court's Suncor v. Boulder County case, new polling on tariffs, and the latest jobs numbers, then sits down with Jack Nicastro of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation to talk antitrust law, the consumer welfare standard, and what it actually takes to build something as an entrepreneur.

In this week's episode we cover the case of Suncor v. Boulder County at the Supreme Court, the problems with the Los Angeles mansion tax, new polling on tariffs, and the latest job-creation numbers. Our interview is with Jack Nicastro, antitrust policy ...

10/13/2026

Why doesn't the government just print more money to cover its debt? CEI's Avery Schreck tackles a question he got at a recent event with a simple answer: printing dollars doesn't create real wealth. As Adam Smith put it 250 years ago, wealth isn't money, but it's what that money can buy. In the short run, printing more money can boost spending and hiring.

In the long run, wages and prices catch up, and the extra money just means higher prices so the money in your pocket buys less.

Last week, I attended an event at a think tank where the conversation centered on the federal budget and national debt. At one point, a fellow attendee asked: “If the government owes so much money, why can't we just print more?” At first this idea seems...

10/13/2026

A regulatory change worth watching if you work in forestry, land management, or natural-resource policy: the U.S. Forest Service has proposed rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule, which restricted development on 58.5 million acres across the National Forest System.

CEI's Jacob Tomasulo filed a comment in support, as the rule's blanket, one-size-fits-all restrictions ignored how different forest conditions are from region to region and that removing a key management tool (timber harvesting) likely contributed to denser, more wildfire-prone forests. Read more:

The US Forest Service is finally taking action to correct a longstanding issue with the way it manages National Forest System land. On August 20, the agency proposed to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule. The National Forest System includes 154 national for...

10/10/2026

What do antitrust law, entrepreneurship, and economic growth have in common?

Find out on this week’s episode of Free The Economy, as Richard Morrison sits down with Jack Nicastro of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation to discuss competition, innovation, and the consumer welfare standard.

10/10/2026

Why does it matter that two little-known firms dominate proxy advising? Because their ESG-focused benchmark policies now shape how public companies are governed, often crowding out ordinary financial-performance questions.

Stone Washington's new CEI study finds that by 2022, social-justice shareholder proposals had, for the first time, outnumbered traditional governance proposals. The study calls for the SEC to reconsider its 2003 rule and for Congress to require proxy advisors to disclose conflicts of interest. Full study: https://bit.ly/4e8n8bo

In recent years, the two major proxy advisors in the United States have prioritized environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations in their investing advice to clients. These proxy advisors--Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services...

10/10/2026

Should Americans have to hunt for the rules that govern them? The GOOD Act would require agencies to post guidance in one place and keep archived versions of rescinded guidance. Details:

A coalition of free market and conservative organizations urged the Senate to prioritize passage this year of a regulatory reform bill called the Guidance Out of Darkness (GOOD) Act, S.252. While the law already requires formal agency rules to be publ...

10/09/2026

Writing in National Review, CEI’s Ryan Young and Avery Schreck argue that the focus on income inequality distracts from a more important question: How do we raise living standards for low-income Americans?

The goal should be to reduce poverty, rather than reduce inequality.

You won’t hear it from politicians, but economic inequality is on the decline.

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