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Reinventing Regulation

The single greatest challenge our country faces today is renewing its economic strength and dynamism. This demands not just new economic policies, but also changes in how government regulates business. Our work focuses on removing governmental barriers to innovation, including antitrust, and regulatory reform; tax policy; trade; education and workforce development; infrastructure and telecommunications.

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05/09/2013 Policy Memo By Michael Mandel and Diana G Carew
Regulatory Improvement Commission: A Politically-Viable Approach to U.S. Regulatory Reform

The natural accumulation of federal regulations over time imposes an unintended but significant cost to businesses and to economic growth. However, no effective process currently…

07/11/2012 Policy Brief By Diana G Carew and Michael Mandel
Investment Heroes: Who’s Betting on America’s Future?

American voters are finding it hard to get excited about this year’s presidential election. Job growth is slow. Economic growth is slow. Real wages have…

04/02/2012 Policy Memo By Dane Stangler
Occupational Licensing: How A New Guild Mentality Thwarts Innovation

The late economist Mancur Olson would have been a fan of Jonathan Ames. Ames is the creator of the HBO series Bored to Death as…

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05/10/2013 Press Releases By mingoldsby
PPI Releases New Report on Regulatory Reform

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2013 PRESS CONTACT: Steven Chlapecka—schlapecka@ppionline.org, T: 202.525.3931 Regulatory Improvement Commission Would Drive Growth and Innovation WASHINGTON—The creation of…

01/03/2013 Op-eds and Articles The Atlantic By Michael Mandel and The Progressive Policy Institute
The Google Way: How Washington Can Regulate Without Killing Growth

In the Atlantic, Michael Mandel explains how the Federal Trade Commission’s looming antitrust settlement with the search giant shows that regulators can do their job without…

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08/24/2012 Blog By Diana G Carew
FCC: A Broadband Assessment without Mobile is Incomplete

This week the FCC concluded that “broadband is not being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion” in its eighth annual “Broadband…

08/22/2012 Blog By Diana G Carew
Should the FTC Make Innovation a Bigger Priority?

The FTC’s recent settlements with Google and Facebook raise an interesting question about how such regulatory run-ins can affect future innovation. The FTC fined Google…

05/23/2012 Blog By Anne Kim
Start-up 2.0: Another Welcome Boost for Entrepreneurs

Last month, Congress and the president passed major legislation (the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act) aimed at making it easier for start-ups and small…

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Upcoming Events
May
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Data-Driven Productivity and Trade: Unlocking New Drivers of Growth
Résidence Palace, International Press Centre, Brussels