LPA Foundation

Issues Forum: Regulations

Advisor Veronique de Rugy

Advisor Veronique de Rugy

There’s At Least One Good Idea in Obama’s Budget: Attacking Occupational Licensing

February 2, 2015

Here’s one potentially encouraging idea, from the president’s budget: Reducing Unnecessary Occupational Licensing Requirements. The Budget seeks to reduce occupational licensing barriers that keep people from doing the jobs they have the skills to do by putting in place unnecessary training and high fees. The Budget proposes a $15 million increase for grants to States […]

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Advisor Veronique de Rugy

Advisor Veronique de Rugy

How Regulators Fail Taxpayers: The Story of JP Morgan and the New York Fed

October 29, 2014

A few weeks ago, This American Life aired an hour long story showing how the regulators at the Federal Reserve in New York were cozying up with Goldman Sachs, a member of the too-big-to-fail team that of course the Fed is supposed to oversee. For instance, thanks to some secret recordings, you can hear Fed officials […]

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Advisor Veronique de Rugy

Advisor Veronique de Rugy

Elizabeth Warren and Friends Want to Make the Labor Market Even More Stagnant than It Is Now

July 24, 2014

Legislation proposed in the House by Democratic representatives George Miller and Rosa L. DeLauro this week would make the labor market even more rigid than it is already. The proposal would regulate part-time jobs by increasing the price of on-call work and limiting flexibility in part-time scheduling will only hurt those the law is ostensibly trying to help. […]

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Judiciary

Judiciary

A Limited Victory for Limited Government as CFPB’s Structure Ruled Unconstitutional

A federal court ruling that says the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is “structurally unconstitutional” won’t stop the powerful federal regulatory agency from carrying out its agenda, but it’s a small victory for limited government nonetheless. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday said the CFBP’s unelected and largely unaccountable director […]

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