Articles by David Burton

LawCommentary

Dismantling DEI = Restoring Equal Protection of the Law

David Burton | June 12, 2024

Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, and Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, have introduced the Dismantle DEI Act. The bill, S. 4516, and its House counterpart, HR 8706,… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Why Small Businesses Cheer as Judge Strikes Down ‘Transparency’ Law

David Burton | March 19, 2024

Lawmakers snuck the Corporate Transparency Act into the 1,480-page National Defense Authorization Act in 2021. The measure is targeted squarely at small businesses with fewer… Read More

LawCommentary

Legal Challenges Follow SEC Adoption of Costly, Burdensome Climate Rule

David Burton | March 12, 2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday adopted a final rule to require public companies to disclose climate-related information in financial statements and other reports… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Is Euphemism for Big Government Socialism, Higher Prices

David Burton | July 29, 2022

In the midst of a recession, with inflation eating away an average of $6,800 in purchasing power from the incomes of families with two workers,… Read More

EconomyCommentary

GameStop, Robinhood, and Short Selling: Not a Free Market

David Burton | February 05, 2021

For many years, researchers at The Heritage Foundation have pointed out that U.S. financial markets have been highly regulated for more than a century, especially after the… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Congress Should Not Kick Small Businesses While They Are Down

David Burton | December 01, 2020

Progressives and some Republicans are trying to sneak a bill into the National Defense Authorization Act that would impose a beneficial ownership reporting regime on… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Creating a Smart Financial System Based on Better Monetary Policy, Deregulation

David Burton | September 16, 2020

Millions of Americans live in fear of another financial crisis, so they are willing to go along with extensive regulation of the financial sector. Unfortunately,… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

British thinker Roger Scruton dead at 75

Roger Scruton Was a Giant of Conservatism

David Burton | January 14, 2020

Roger Scruton has died. Conservatism has lost one of its great thinkers. Scruton, who died Jan. 12 at age 75, authored more than 50 books… Read More

EconomyCommentary

Why the SEC’s Consolidated Audit Trail Is a Bad Idea

David Burton | December 04, 2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission beginning next year will require broker-dealers to report securities transactions to CAT NMS LLC, a Delaware-based limited-liability company jointly owned… Read More

EconomyAnalysis

Ted Budd’s Bill Would Help Main Street Small Businesses Find Investors

David Burton | July 23, 2019

The Unlocking Capital for Small Businesses Act of 2019 (H.R. 3768), introduced by Rep. Ted Budd, R-N.C., would provide a safe harbor for finders and… Read More

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Senior Fellow in Economic Policy

Articles by David Burton