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Regulations
When the public weighs in on proposed regulation, does it matter?
Jan 22, 2018
The Department of Labor has a new rule it wants to get on the books that would change the way restaurants treat tips. It’s called the tip-pooling rule, and would let workers in the back of the house, like dishwashers and prep cooks, share the tips made by the servers in the front of the […]
How many regulations has Trump actually killed?
by
Krissy Clark
Jan 19, 2018
The president claims to be doing more deregulation than any other administration. Now that he's a year in, let's take stock.
Why investing in coal companies may not help the people living in coal country
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sean McHenry
Jan 11, 2018
When we subsidize coal companies, does that make it back to the people living in coal country? In her reporting for Quartz, economics writer Gwynn Guilford found that the answer may be a loud, resounding “no.” For her article “The 100-year capitalist experiment that keeps Appalachia poor, sick, and stuck on coal,” Guilford reported on the […]
The U.S. is rolling back transparency rules in the bribe-prone oil industry
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Scott Tong
Jan 5, 2018
The industry says disclosure puts it at a competitive disadvantage.
The White House was busy while you weren't looking
Jan 3, 2018
President Trump issued a slew of regulatory rollbacks over the holidays.
Regulatory “Ping-Pong” no game for businesses
Dec 15, 2017
The Federal Communications Commission voted yesterday to get rid of Obama-era net neutrality rules that were just over two years old. It was a similar story over at the National Labor Relations Board, where some Obama-era rules that unions liked, and companies didn’t, have gone away. Politics aside, this kind of big switch, when a […]
Even banks support making U.S. shell companies less secretive
Nov 9, 2017
Banks hope that a crackdown on the secrecy behind U.S.-based shell companies will make their jobs easier.
For public good, not for profit.
This California neighborhood was exempt from fire rules. Now much of it is in ashes.
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Kai Ryssdal
Oct 16, 2017
Over the past week, Northern California has seen some horrific fires blaze across its neighborhoods. One of the remarkable things about those fires, in addition to their speed and the scale of the destruction, is what buildings burned and where those buildings were. The Tubbs Fire, which hit the city of Santa Rosa, has burned […]
Social media giants gear up for possible regulation
by
Reema Khrais
Sep 29, 2017
Pressure is mounting on Facebook, and now Twitter, to take action over ads bought or accounts created to apparently breed divisiveness or exert influence over the American public. While the companies are staving off political outcries with promises of self-regulation, they’re also increasing lobbying and policy efforts. Click the audio player above to hear the […]
Now we can measure economic policy uncertainty
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Adriene Hill
Jul 12, 2017
"As economic policy becomes less clear and more uncertain, small businesses are more hesitant to invest," economist says.