Opinion

New Regulation Could Actually Reduce Access to Investment Advice

New Regulation Could Actually Reduce Access to Investment Advice

Study highlights the potential value of professional investment advice—and the cost of curbing access to it.

Rulemaking’s Puzzles

Rulemaking’s Puzzles

Study explains increase in regulation despite supposed rulemaking ossification.

Better Policy Analysis Makes for a Better World

Better Policy Analysis Makes for a Better World

Combining better analysis with more meaningful participation will improve policy decisions.

How Money Transmitter Regulations are Changing with the Market

How Money Transmitter Regulations are Changing with the Market

Bond expert analyzes impact of recent developments in state money transmitter regulation.

Solving the FBI-Apple Dispute

Solving the FBI-Apple Dispute

Apple-FBI dispute highlights the value of improving law enforcement’s technical capacity.

What Will Come from the Supreme Court’s Stay of EPA’s Clean Power Plan?

What Will Come from the Supreme Court’s Stay of EPA’s Clean Power Plan?

Scholar argues the impact of halting the regulation’s implementation may be small.

A Price of Greater Executive Discretion

A Price of Greater Executive Discretion

Scholar responds to University of Pennsylvania’s executive discretion series by highlighting transparency concerns.

Coda

Coda

Peter Schuck reflects on the opinions of his book, Why Government Fails So Often: And How It Can Do Better.

The Grand Canyon and the Limits of the Law

The Grand Canyon and the Limits of the Law

Peter Schuck’s book illustrates how the law is an important, though imperfect, tool in preserving natural phenomenon.

The Success of Failure

The Success of Failure

An appreciation of Peter Schuck’s recent book cataloguing government failures.

Does Government Really “Fail” That Often?

Does Government Really “Fail” That Often?

Peter Schuck’s new book should be lauded for its breadth, but questioned for its tone of desperation.

Because It’s Hard

Because It’s Hard

Government fails at times precisely because it is tasked with solving society’s most difficult problems.