NR PLUS Regulatory Policy The Electric-Vehicle Campaign Comes to Minnesota By Benjamin Zycher March 1, 2021 Consumers don't want electric vehicles, but that won't stop bureaucrats from pushing them onto the public.
Monetary Policy End Discrimination in Bank Lending By Benjamin Zycher January 7, 2021 Containing access to capital for politically unpopular businesses distorts markets and disenfranchises voters.
Banking & Finance Toward Protection of Retiree Financial Interests By Benjamin Zycher October 20, 2020 A new approach to ESG rules should not overlook the role of proxy advisory firms.
NR PLUS Magazine The Green New Deal Is Awful but Unlikely By Benjamin Zycher October 15, 2020 Even a Democratic Congress will want to reject it.
Regulatory Policy The Trump-Administration Reforms Obama’s Misguided Methane-Emissions Rule By Benjamin Zycher August 18, 2020 The rule imposed sizable costs on the fossil-fuel industry while providing almost no environmental benefits.
Regulatory Policy Environmentalists Should Not Oppose Natural Gas By Benjamin Zycher August 14, 2020 Investing in energy infrastructure boosts economic growth and reduces environmental harm.
Markets Proxy Advisory Firms and the Need for SEC Protection of Investors’ Fiduciary Interests By Benjamin Zycher July 8, 2020 The outsize influence of proxy advisers undermines the principle of value maximization at the heart of financial markets.
Economy & Business Oil-Market Central Planning: Not Just for Socialists Anymore By Benjamin Zycher March 30, 2020 Even in times like these, free markets are the best system.
NR PLUS Magazine The Trouble with ‘Renewable’ Energy By Benjamin Zycher October 10, 2019 Wind and solar are inefficient, and their environmental benefits are oversold.
Energy & Environment The Confusions of the ‘Conservative’ Carbon Tax By Benjamin Zycher July 8, 2019 The policy is a political nonstarter, and it wouldn’t do much anyway.