Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

Gaius Publius: Why Climate Activists Must Include Supply-Side Restrictions in Their Recommended Policy Mix

Another important, indeed necessary, policy measure in the climate change toolkit.

“Welcome to Hell”: Barcelona Taxi Drivers Prepare for Uber’s Return

Uber faces a rumble from Barcelona’s taxi drivers.

Is Verizon Violating Its Copper Network Settlement Already?

A series of awfully convenient outages in Manhattan on Verizon’s DSL service raise the question of whether Verizon is gaming its just-inked settlement.

Hidden History of How US Corporations Gained Legal Personhood and Civil Rights

Interview with Adam Winkler about his book, We The Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights. The consequences of this victory skew US politics to benefit corporations at the expense of the public good.

Fifth Circuit Axes Fiduciary Rule: Over to the SEC

A panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit last week axed the fiduciary rule– which the Trump Labor Department had delayed implementing. Now what? It’s over to the SEC.

How Well Does Financial Regulation Work?

Sadly, reactive regulations don’t have a great track record.

Jay Clayton’s SEC Lets Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Get Away With Brazen Fraud

The SEC did Elizabeth Holmes a monster favor with its pathetic settlement over her “massive” Theranos fraud.

Senate Expands ‘Lobbyist Bill’ to Deregulate Real Estate

Why the plan to weaken regulation of commercial real estate lending isn’t such a hot idea.

Cryptocurrencies as Prosecution Futures: Judge Rules Manipulators Can Go to Jail

The Wild West of cryptocurrencies just got a little less fun.

Meet the Democrats’ ‘Dirty Dozen’ Working to Gut Financial Reforms

Yet again, the Democrats sell out voters to moneyed backers, this time ones in the banking industry.

Trump’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs: How WTO Retaliation Typically Works

A review of some of the permitted counter-moves under WTO rules if Trump imposes tariffs.

Wall Street Journal Hyping Amazon Banking: “Ridiculous, Ridiculous, Ridiculous”

The Wall Street Journal gets itself duped into publishing some particularly flaky, um, nebulous, um, aspirational Amazon banking ideas.

Brexit-Induced Pillaging of the UK Starts: US Fleecing UK on Must-Have Air Transport Pact

Yet another Brexit shoe is about to drop….this one on the aviation front.

Elizabeth Warren Slams Democrats for Helping Gut Financial Regulations

The financial services industry is about to get even more unnecessary, risk-feeding breaks, thanks in no small measure to Democrats.

So Bad the DoJ Woke Up: Saline Bag Makers Look to Have Endangered Patients Via Illegal “Tying” and Price Gouging

Saline bags are a new example of medical industrial complex rent extraction that also put patients at risk.