Commentaries & Insights

Our Commentaries and Insights are short-form publications intended to distill long-form research and synthesize current policymaking activity into easily understood concepts.


AI and Workforce Readiness: Reflections from the SCSP AI+Education Summit

National leaders build a strategy for U.S. leadership in AI for education and to identify the essentials for a globally competitive, AI-ready workforce

The Continued Evolution of the Congressional Review Act

Congress has recently begun using the Congressional Review Act in unanticipated ways

Managing Uncertainty in Benefit-Cost Analysis

Agencies must better quantify the uncertain economic effects of proposed regulations.

Will Targeting Wall Street Improve Affordability for First-Time Buyers?

Will executive orders aimed at reducing competition between large institutional investors and first-time home buyers have unintended consequences?

Can Regulators Do More with Less? Brazil’s Federal Agencies Under Budget and Workforce Pressure

As Brazil trims administrative agency budgets and workforces, observers wonder if cuts will threaten to undermine core regulatory activities

The Three Great Lies About Climate Change

State and local restrictions on natural gas production permits prevent climate damage mitigation.

Behind the $211.8 Billion: Evaluating EO 14192’s Deregulatory Accounting

Agencies are reporting large reductions in the number and costs of rules. Do the savings reflect real deregulation, or simply housekeeping and pruning?

Benefit-Cost Analysis Under Threat

The Trump Administration is underweighting the value of human health in benefit-cost analysis.

Reviewing the Second Trump Administration’s First Year with RegStats

After reaching a historic peak in 2024, the total number of Federal Register pages fell sharply in 2025 in the first year of Trump’s second term.

Montgomery v Caribe Transport Oral Argument Preview

A preview of oral arguments in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport this week at the Supreme Court