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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

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.

The Three Great Lies About Climate Change

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

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

Creating Clear Regulatory Pathways for Biotechnology

Summary of a discussion of regulatory experts convened with the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology

No Further Comment: The Erosion of Public Comment in the EU and US

Governments on both sides of the Atlantic have recently taken steps to limit opportunities for public comment during the policymaking process.

Skynet Isn’t Sci-Fi – It’s a Governance Pattern We Know Too Well

Regulation of artificial intelligence is a government competency we cannot afford to bungle