Opinion

Solving Climate Change through Retirement Plan Regulation

Solving Climate Change through Retirement Plan Regulation

A new ESG Rule is needed to allow sustainable investing of retirement plan assets.

The Irrationality of Market Failure Theory

The Irrationality of Market Failure Theory

The economic principles underlying cost-benefit analysis exclude future impacts.

The Role of Law, Not Just the Rule of Law

The Role of Law, Not Just the Rule of Law

The law should complement—not control—private decision-making.

The Constitutional Foundations of Communications Law and Policy

The Constitutional Foundations of Communications Law and Policy

The government must recognize constitutional property and free speech rights in communications law and policy.

The Justice Department Should Preserve Home Confinement

The Justice Department Should Preserve Home Confinement

The Biden Administration should reject arguments to re-incarcerate people released from prison during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Oh, When the Feds Go Marching-In

Oh, When the Feds Go Marching-In

Marching-in could allow federal government to commercialize inventions, but at the expense of patent rights.

Regulatory Reset

Regulatory Reset

The Biden memorandum signals continuity in some areas of regulatory practice and dramatic shifts in others.

Flipping the Mission of Regulatory Review

Flipping the Mission of Regulatory Review

President Biden’s memo could transform the mission of regulatory review by expanding OIRA’s role.

Rejecting the Trump Anticanon of Regulatory Mismanagement

Rejecting the Trump Anticanon of Regulatory Mismanagement

The Biden memo on improving regulatory review reintroduces competent, bipartisan cost-benefit analysis.

A New Era for Regulatory Review

A New Era for Regulatory Review

President Biden’s memorandum modernizing regulatory review addresses three key failings in the review process.

Regulatory Review, Biden Style

Regulatory Review, Biden Style

Agency experts—not OIRA—must take the lead in regulatory decision-making under the Biden Administration.

Regulatory Analysis Needs to Catch Up on Distribution

Regulatory Analysis Needs to Catch Up on Distribution

Regulators should go beyond cost-benefit analysis and evaluate the distributional impacts of regulations.