Regulation and Competition

A proposal in Congress to establish a market structure for crypto, while commendable, has rules for decentralized finance (DeFi) that could weaken U.S. power over the global financial system, warns SIEPR's Amit Seru in a new Barron's op-ed.

Marshall Burke, SIEPR senior fellow, tells the New York Times that leaving out estimates of the value of human lives saved in cost-benefit analyses for new air pollution rules is a mistake.

SIEPR's Neale Mahoney and Adam Shaw, writing in Time Magazine's World Economic Forum issue, call cost-of-living issues a worldwide problem and discuss how political leaders can respond.

The Fed's success also depends on its ability to keep the U.S. financial system strong. In Barron's, SIEPR Senior Fellow Amit Seru recommends 8 ways the Fed could get that job done.

In a New York Times op-ed, SIEPR Senior Fellow Amit Seru explains why pending federal legislation favoring privately-issued digital currencies is bad policy.

SIEPR's Mark Lemley, in a Financial Times op-ed, advocates for antitrust policies that prevent monopolists from forming in the first place.

Politico features work by SIEPR's Daniel Ho and his RegLab to use AI to weed out "policy sludge" in the city's municipal code.

"The industry risks becoming just another overregulated public market," writes SIEPR's Amit Seru for The Financial Times.

For the third time in recent years, voters this November will decide whether to allow cities to greatly expand rent controls. Research by SIEPR's Rebecca Diamond is cited.

The Hill cites a recent op-ed co-written by incoming SIEPR Director Neale Mahoney about California's gasoline market failures.

Incoming SIEPR Director Neale Mahoney is featured on a recent KQED segment covering a new California bill that makes it easier to cancel unwanted subscriptions.