Government Regulation

Hydrofracking Politics and Sustainability Management

Steven Cohen | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Sustainability, Hydrofracking, Hydraulic Fracturing, Green Energy, Green Business Regulation, Government Regulation, Green News

The idea that rules governing the development of scarce resources are anti-business is complete idiocy. We need an agile, flexible and intelligent approach to regulation.

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Finance-Seer

Glenn C. Altschuler | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Countywide Financial Corporation, Stock Market Bubbles, Government Regulation, Progressive Income Taxes, Finance Capitalism, Subprime Loans, Concentrations of Wealth, Consumption Tax, Irrational Exuberance, Finance and the Good Society, Estate Taxes, Occupy Wall Street, Cap and Trade, Books News

Finance and the Good Society is a timely and on the whole persuasive reminder that the institutions of capitalism have the capacity to spread democracy, prosperity and greater equality.

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Oil Slicks: Who Benefits From Gambling on Gas Prices?

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Phil Gramm, Oil Speculation, Regulation Reform, Speculation, Oil, Oil Prices, High Oil Prices, Oil Demand, Low Oil Demand, Government Regulation, Video, Politics News

We can't know for sure what's behind these oil prices. But what we can know is that we don't know -- and that our government should have the resources to track these markets and intervene when they're being misused.

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Giving Voice to the Great Oz

Byron Williams | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Banking, Banks, Glass-Steagall Act, Government Regulation, Politics News

While the anger and fear that dominate our discourse is justified, it cannot be allowed to blind the electorate to certain realties. Who is the one standing behind the curtain giving voice to the Great Oz?

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To Regulate or Not?

Robert Davey | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Regulation, Regulation Reform, Government Regulation, Politics News

I wrote a letter to the New York Times last week, suggesting that members of Congress who say they are opposed to government regulation should be ask...

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Republicans Debating Rule That Doesn't Exist

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Farm Dust, Farm Dust Republicans, Farm Dust Regulation, Video, Kristi Noem, Government Regulation, Herman Cain, Epa, Environment, Obama Epa, Noem, Regulation, Farm Dust Gop, Epa Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The issue may be dust in the wind, but Republicans are still moving to block it. Environmental Protection Agency officials have said ...

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Why the Big Banks Won't Change (Until We Change Them)

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Tea Party, Chase, Bank Transfer Day, Globalization, Congress, Obama, Checking Fees, Recession, Bush, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Bailout, Tax, Atm, Banks, Republicans, Wall Street, Unions, Government Regulation, Business News

Force the banks to go back to traditional banking. If that means turning them into non-profits, so be it. But there is no way to justify allowing them to continue to bilk average American customers, not to mention risking driving the global economy off the cliff again.

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Weak Environmental Regulations Show Little Faith in U.S. Business

Andrew Winston | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Environmental Regulations, Smog, Green to Gold, Air Pollution, Job Creation, Cost of Regulation, Business Environmental Regulations, Government Regulation, Epa Regulations, Clean Air Act, Green News

Choosing weaker environmental regulations actually makes our country less competitive and shows amazingly little faith in our business community to innovate.

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Sperm Donor Fathers 150 Kids, System Under Spotlight

The Huffington Post | Mark Hanrahan | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Reproduction, Sperm Donors, Video, Sperm Donor, Incest, Reproductive Rights, Health, Government Regulation, Reproductive Health, Sperm Donor Regulation, Healthy Living News

Concerns are being raised about the lack of regulation of sperm donors in the United States, after one anonymous man was found to have fathered 150 ch...

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The Public Option

Glenn C. Altschuler | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Developed Countries, The Social Safety Net, Developing Countries, Government Regulation, Tax Increases, Free Market Economies, The Public Option, ?Government Is the Problem?, Books News

Let's be clear. What Americans need least is what they are now getting: trash talk about government as "the problem" and a claim now inflated to infallibility by Republican zealots that tax increases never -- ever -- promote the common good.

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Why the Tea Party Is Wrong

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Worldcom, Putnam Investments, Goldman Sachs, Tyco, Tea Party, Subprime Mortgages, Wall Street, Enron, Debt Default Swaps, Corruption, Government Regulation, Private Sector, Capitalism, Government Oversight, Politics News

We have developed an American myth about the magical efficiency of market forces and have deified entrepreneurs. We have developed a disdain for government as an obstacle to progress. Neither is entirely true or false.

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Say Your Goodbyes

Jonathan Schmock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wisconsin, Union-Busting, Unions, Workers Rights, Scott Walker, Pension, Minimum Wage, Health Care, Government Regulation, Politics News

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Businesses' Hit List: The Regulations They Hate The Most

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Regulations List, Most-Hated Regulations, Thewatchdog, Issa, Industry OSHA, Industry EPA, Regulations, Darrel Issa, Government Regulation, Epa, Burdensome Regulations, OSHA Regulations, Business News

NEW YORK -- Here is the hit list so far of America's most-hated federal regulations and rules, according to leading industry groups and conservative t...

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The Myth of the Free Market

Craig Barnes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Job Market, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Free Market, Economics, John Boehner, Government Regulation, Business News

President Obama seems reluctant to lay down the gauntlet or to use his oratorical skills to shame the arrogant, make mad the guilty, or cow the slanderous who would break down the walls protecting us from free market abuse.

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Don't Cut Civil Workforce

Max Stier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Service, Partnership for Public Service, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Federal Government, Public Servants, Max Stier, Public Trust, Trust in Government, Federal Employees, Government Regulation, Politics News

As history shows, any small, short-term budgetary gains from work force cutbacks are likely to be offset by serious regulatory missteps, more after-the-fact finger-pointing and a continuation of the cycle of failure and mistrust.

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green News, Green, Climate Change, Green Living, Russia, Energy, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Latin America, Middle East, Oil, Catastrophe, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, Canada, Canada's Tar Sands, Offshore Drilling, Off-Shore Oil Drilling, Oil Dependency, Safety, Mutual Funds, Oil Dependence, Pension Funds, Atlantic Ocean, Exxon Valdez, Chernobyl, Disaster, Deepwater Horizon, Enron, Aig, Oil Gusher, Lehman Brothers, Black Gold, Electric Car, Civilisation, Government, Government Regulation, Man-Made-Disasters, Bp, Contingency Planning, Financial Crisis, Economic Crisis, Risk Management, Crisis Management, Marginal Cost, Risk Profile, British Petroleum, Admiral Thad Allen, Business News

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A Time for Moral Reckoning

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stewards, Jim Wallis, Economy, BP Oil Rig, Teachable Moment, Renewable Energy, Addiction, Environmental Threats, Gulf, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Contamination, Energy Economy, Environmental Destruction, Gulf of Mexico, Greed, Gulf Coast, Bp, Politics, Oil Rig, Community, Oil, Disaster, Lie, Moral Issue, Moral Issues, Anger, Marshes, Sea, New Economy, Water, Gulf Coast Residents, Land, Crisis, New York Times, Accountability, Government Regulation, Creation, Hurricane, Ocean, Oil Dependence, Politics News

Theologically, we are witnessing a massive despoiling of God's creation. We were meant to be stewards of the Gulf of Mexico. Instead, we are watching the destruction of all that. Why?

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How Christian Is Tea Party Libertarianism?

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christian Community, Civil Rights, Gulf of Mexico, Democracy, Jesus, Government Interference, Christian, Oil Spill, Government Regulation, Rand Paul, Religion News

Just how Christian is the Tea Party Movement -- and the Libertarian political philosophy that lies behind it? Let me start the dialogue here. And please join in.

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Which Way Are We Going? You Decide

Rev. Jesse Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economy, Bp, Politics, Unemployment, Rand Paul, Segregation, Government Regulation, Politics News

Are we going to go backward and argue for discrimination on race and gender, defend BP and others from accountability, and fight endless war abroad while laying off teachers at home? Or are we going to move forward together?

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Finance Reform a Historic Accomplishment

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxpayer Expense, Senate Conference Committee, Moral Compass, Moral Principles, Regulatory Reform Bill, Main Street, Backroom Deals, Rediscovering Values, Democrats, Recession, Transparency, Government, Mortgages, U S Senate, Wall Street, Common Good, New Economy, Abusive Practices, Finance, FInancial Markets, Public Oversight, Change, Republicans, Consumer Protection, Accountability, Government Regulation, Politics News

Last evening, the U.S. Senate passed a financial regulatory reform bill by a 59-39 vote, including four Republicans. While the legislation still conta...

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Should The Government Regulate Our Health?

Tamara McClintock Greenberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Salt, Salt Initiative, New York City, Health, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Michael Bloomberg, Obesity, Health Care, Government Regulation, Wellness, Healthy Living News

The relationship between many of us and our physicians is dysfunctional. Doctors are overwhelmed and receive less respect than ever before in the history of modern medicine.

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Maybe We Really Do Want Government to Make the Decisions

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, Democracy, Corporatocracy, Bailout, Public Option, Government Regulation, Government Oversight Health Care, Health-Care-Government, Government Oversight, Politics News

Before deciding whether or not government should make decisions let's look at the alternative. Not enough consideration is given to the real question: if We, the People don't make decisions, then who does?

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We Regulate Money, Drugs, Commerce, but not Health. Why?

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Doctors, President Obama, Insurance, Government Regulation, Politics, Blue Cross, Obama Administration, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Business, Barack Obama, Living, Physicians, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Politics News

Why can't we use the power of the government to really regulate the insurance companies?

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The Neo-Cons Are Not Gone, Nor Forgotten

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Much of the economic crisis is also being engineered by our sweet neo-cons to create an untenable situation for the Dems coming into power.

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Greening Hollywood: Democratizing Sustainability

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011

I'll 'fess up. "Democratizing sustainability," is not a phrase I coined nor one I've even used before.

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