All Essays

Week in Review

Week in Review

New CFPB rule protects customers with short-term loans, EPA reportedly fails to follow a deadline on ozone standards, and more…

Regulating the Robots that Help Us Decide

Regulating the Robots that Help Us Decide

Professors tackle the challenges of regulating financial robo advisors.

Designing Safety Regulations for High-Hazard Industries

Designing Safety Regulations for High-Hazard Industries

New National Academies of Sciences report offers much-needed clarity about regulatory design decisions.

Experts Weigh in on Fairness and Performance Trade-Offs in Machine Learning

Experts Weigh in on Fairness and Performance Trade-Offs in Machine Learning

Experts from multiple disciplines discuss notions of fairness within the age of machine learning.

Machine Learning’s Implications for Fairness and Justice

Machine Learning’s Implications for Fairness and Justice

Penn professors grapple with balancing efficiency and equality of government algorithms.

The Usefulness—and Possible Dangers—of Machine Learning

The Usefulness—and Possible Dangers—of Machine Learning

University of Pennsylvania workshop addresses potential biases in the predictive technique.

Optimizing Government

Optimizing Government

The Optimizing Government Project brings together scholars and researchers to discuss the use of machine learning by government.

Week in Review

Week in Review

Trump Administration temporarily waives Jones Act, London does not renew Uber’s operating license, and more…

Agency Removes Yellowstone Grizzly Bears from Endangered Species List

Agency Removes Yellowstone Grizzly Bears from Endangered Species List

Final rule creates tension between conservationists and wildlife officials.

Concluding Thoughts on Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Public’s Impact in Rulemaking

Concluding Thoughts on Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Public’s Impact in Rulemaking

The Supreme Court’s decision in Michigan v. EPA illustrates that the public has a serious role to play in the rulemaking process.

Cost-Benefit Analysis and Reasoned Agency Decision-Making

Cost-Benefit Analysis and Reasoned Agency Decision-Making

Scalia recounts his role in challenging a SEC rule on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

The Value of Public Participation in Rulemaking

The Value of Public Participation in Rulemaking

Appearing before agencies affords the public an important opportunity to have a genuine impact on the law.