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Cindy Skrzycki discussed her book The Regulators: Anonymous Power Brokers in American Politics, from Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. The book looks at how the federal government’s reg…

Cass Sunstein talked about his book Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge, published by Oxford University Press. In the book the author details how politicians and companies use open-s…

Benjamin Friedman talked about his book The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, published by Knopf. In his book he argues that rather than being bad for our “moral character” economic gro…

Tim Harford talked about his book, The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!, published by Oxford University …

Experts talked about two alternative visions for the future of U.S. telecommunications deregulation, including suggested key legislative and regulatory changes for improving the economic wel…

The American Enterprise Institute held a panel on international antitrust regulations. Following prepared remarks, the panelists responded to questions from the audience.

Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, spoke at the Brookings Institution about an antitrust agreement reached between the Justice Department and Microsoft, as well as the future of Microsoft. Among …

The panelists talked about corporate disclosure rules, including the results of an analysis of those rules by the report’s co-authors. The panelists answered questions from members of the au…

As part of a conference on global climate change policy, the panelists discussed policy initiatives. Moderated by Peter Passell, The New York Times Economic News Columnist, they previewed ne…

Experts in environmental regulation discussed economic and policy options for developing and writing clean air regulations with the focus on particulate matter and ozone. Following their pre…

Administrator Carol Browner strongly defended the scientific basis for tighter air quality standards. She said the new regulations, which were announced last November, were necessary to prot…

Panelists at an American Enterprise Institute (AEI) sponsored event discussed the costs of governmental regulation on business. Clifford Winston, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, sp…

In the first panel of a discussion on the costs of regulation, speakers offered Democratic and Republican perspectives on federal regulations. Participants talked about the tension between w…

The Consumer Federation of America held a conference about healthcare cost-benefits. Following prepared remarks about cost-benefit tests and health and safety rules, the panelists answered q…

The Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing on a reformulated gasoline program which would assure a market for ethanol in the reformulation. The proposal is designed to help ci…

Robert Hahn of the American Enterprise Institute and Gary Bass of OMB Watch discussed the Bush administration’s record on regulations and the environment, including the work of the President…

American Enterprise Institute’s 13th Annual Policy Conference panel discussion on “Clear Thinking on Clean Air: Agenda for the 1990's”

Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government sponsored a panel discussion on environmental protections and methods of funding those protections. Environmental Protection Agency Administ…