Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

Don Quijones: A New Stealth Attack in EU’s “War on Cash”

The definition of cash widens.

David Davis Points Out Brexit “Breakthrough” Isn’t Binding as Draft European Council Statement Tightens the Screws

More discussion of the overhyped Brexit “breakthrough” of last Friday.

How Hayek’s Evolutionary Theory Disproves His Politics

How critics of Hayek, like those of Marx, fixate on his politics and ignore his important economic insights.

Net Neutrality: Public Support, “Light Touch” Regulation, and the Coming Court Challenges

A round-up before the FCC”s expected decision to abolish net neutrality on December 14.

Brexit “Breakthrough”: Headfake or May Trying to Engineer Further Capitulation to EU?

The UK has managed show “sufficient progress” so as to be allowed to go to the\ next phase of Brexit talks. But what does that really mean?

MIT Professor Angrist Publishes Obviously Misleading Analysis of Uber Driver Economics….With Uber Chief Economist as Co-Author

More Uber boosterism masquerading as analysis.

DUP Humiliates May, Extends Freeze on Talks as Hard Core Brexiters Fume

Brexit talks are at a complete impasse. That is probably a good thing.

House Members Tee Up Bipartisan Bill to Kill CFPB Payday Lending Rule

Bipartisan support emerges for overturn of CFPB’s payday lending rule; will this prove to be another Cordray fail?

Will Ketchup Again Count as a Vegetable? USDA Delays School Lunch Rules

USDA delays compliance with some school lunch rules. Other steps needed to reduce food waste and provide healthier options.

Don Quijones: Could Italy’s Banking Crisis Drag Down Mario Draghi?

Mario Draghi was governor of Italy’s central bank from 2005 to 2011, overseeing the now very sick banking system. Will his past haunt him?

Be Thankful for the Internet as You Know It, Because It May Not Exist Much Longer

FCC Commissioner’s horrid plan to end “net neutrality” and make the Internet work like cable.

Trump’s FCC Goes to War on Net Neutrality

Net neutrality has been under attack since 2002, and the Trump Administration is determined to do it in.

The Impact of Brexit on the Irish Energy System – Pragmatism vs. Principles

Irish energy provision illustrates some of the downside of Brexit for the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland.

More Brexit Delusion: May’s “Exit Tab” Surprise, Davis’ City Scheme v. More Customs Alarms, Tech Brexodus

Yet more sobering Brexit sightings.