Regulations

VIDEO: Vote Against Corporate Agribusiness

Bob Cesca | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green


Bob Cesca

Issue 2 will amend Ohio's state constitution to create a small regulatory panel to oversee all of Ohio's livestock. Corporate agribusinesses love the idea, but family farms will be crushed.

Is Obama Admin Enforcing Laws and Regs?

Dave Johnson | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Dave Johnson

Question: Is the Obama administration now enforcing laws and regulations? I ask because I have not heard of any new enforcement of employment regulations here in Silicon Valley.

Yoga Teachers In Knots Over New Regulations For Certification

washingtonpost.com | Maria Glod | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living


Some of Virginia's most flexible residents say the Old Dominion is forcing them to bend over backward. And not in a good way. The tussle has pitted...

How Teddy Roosevelt Ended Unfettered Football and Saved the Game

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business


Cenk Uygur

In order for capitalism to thrive -- like the other great American tradition, football -- it has to be regulated and sensible rules have to be put into place.

Fix Geithner's Gaffes

Cenk Uygur | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

When I hear our Treasury Secretary make a completely disingenuous point, it is impossible not to think that he isn't one of Wall Street's inside guys.

Legislation Won't Prevent The Next Madoff: SEC Needs Talent, Technology & Collaboration (Not New Laws)

Marc Morgenstern | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business


Marc Morgenstern

Despite political pressure, investor protection cannot come at the cost of impeding needed capital formation.

Protecting Consumers

James Love | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics


James Love

Obama will soon be President, working with solid democratic majorities in the House and the Senate. He should use his power to advance consumer interests in ways that have been neglected for decades.

Friday Talking Points [56] -- Turkeys Everywhere!

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

While today is not officially Turkey Day, I will warn you in advance that it's going to be a theme running through today's column, like gravy through ...

Can The Free Market System Be Saved?

Marilyn Barrett | Posted 12.12.2008 | Business


Marilyn Barrett

Our current crisis is also in part due to the ADD of our political and business leaders who failed to acknowledge the growing problems brought by deregulation.

The Last Throes of George W. Bush

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics


Christopher Brauchli

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism. Sir William Osler, Montreal Medical Journal 1902 There was at least one bit of go...

"I Told You So's" Everywhere

Jeff Madrick | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business


Jeff Madrick

Since the credit crisis, the establishment is registering their fears of free markets across the American landscape. But where were these people for the last thirty years? And where was the media?

Green Business and "Compliance"...The Government is the Least of Your Worries...

Andrew Winston | Posted 10.04.2008 | Green


Andrew Winston

Most execs certainly see the need to do more than what the government is asking. And many forces are coming to bear on companies, making green a profitable (not optional) path.

Washington Revisits Big Bank Regulation

Washington Independnent | Mike Lillis | Posted 04.05.2008 | Business


Last week, as Wall Street was flailing over the collapse of one of its largest investment banks, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) took a podium and told me...