Diane Katz, who has analyzed and written on public policy issues for more than two decades, is a senior research fellow in regulatory policy at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.
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Media outlets across the nation readily accepted the claim this week by General Electric that 500 U.S. jobs, including many from Greenville, would be moved… Read More
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Marcelo Odebrecht, a Brazilian industrialist of immense wealth and power, was arrested and jailed recently on charges of corruption. He and dozens of other businessmen and… Read More
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General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt unleashed yet another barrage of fearmongering today about the potential expiration of export subsidies. Before a speech at… Read More
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The charter of the Export-Import Bank is set to expire on June 30 unless it is reauthorized by Congress. Scare tactics of bank supporters aside,… Read More
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The number and cost of government regulations continued to climb in 2014, intensifying Washington’s control over the economy and Americans’ lives. The addition of 27… Read More
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What do restaurant menus, refrigerators, community banks and escalators have in common? All were subjected to yet more federal regulation last year. No fewer than… Read More
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The major regulations imposed by the Obama administration now cost Americans more than $80 billion a year—twice as much as the rules issued by the… Read More
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The chairman of the government’s Export-Import Bank has repeatedly mischaracterized several deals that have benefited billionaire Elon Musk. These misrepresentations, among other mismanagement and dysfunction… Read More
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South Carolina Rep. Mark Sanford has articulated with refreshing candor much of what is wrong with the U.S. Export-Import Bank, which provides subsidized financing to… Read More
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Here’s a quick update on the latest developments in environmental regulation: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing what likely will be the most costly… Read More
