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Richard Morrison is a research fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the author of the recently published study, “Environmental, Social, and Governance Theory: Defusing a Major Threat to Shareholder Rights.”

Richard Morrison is a research fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the author of the recently published study, “Environmental, Social, and Governance Theory: Defusing a Major Threat to Shareholder Rights.”

NR PLUS Regulatory Policy

No, Net Zero Is Not ‘Inevitable’ — It Might Not Even Be Likely

By Richard Morrison July 29, 2022

The appetite for environmental purity in general is high only when its true costs are hidden — or when such costs are supposedly to be borne by billionaires.

NR PLUS Regulatory Policy

Playing Both Ends of the Field on Climate Risk

By Richard Morrison June 24, 2022

The SEC has strayed beyond its legitimate role and is not just warning investors about risk — it’s manufacturing it in service of climate policy.

NR PLUS Regulatory Policy

Climate Change: The SEC Turns Up the Heat

By Richard Morrison March 24, 2022

The agency is poised to create full employment for the ‘climate–industrial complex.’

NR PLUS Markets

The ESG Backlash

By Richard Morrison March 9, 2022

Conservatives’ growing opposition to ESG will likely chill industry enthusiasm and curtail the growth confidently predicted by many of its advocates.

NR PLUS Markets

In Texas, ESG Virtue-Signaling Is a Risky Investment

By Richard Morrison January 17, 2022

A lesson in the perils of politicized finance.

NR PLUS Regulatory Policy

How ESG Advocates Want to Redefine Your Retirement

By Richard Morrison December 13, 2021

‘Socially responsible’ investing is coming for your retirement fund.

Regulatory Policy

Will the Energy Crisis Be ESG’s Great Reset?

By Richard Morrison October 12, 2021

The true popularity of the ESG movement’s climate policies will be put to the test sooner rather than later.

Business

Conservatives Waking Up: ‘Responsible Investing’ Could Mean Left-Wing Control

By Richard Morrison September 3, 2021

Progressive activists with ideas unlikely to prevail at the ballot box are directing their efforts at big-business boardrooms.

Regulatory Policy

Forecast for the SEC: Storm’s a Comin’

By Richard Morrison July 20, 2021

When it comes to the agency’s moves on climate, batten down your hatches. It’s going to get a lot worse before it gets better.

Regulatory Policy

When ‘Voluntary’ Becomes Obligatory — Regulatory Creep and the SEC

By Richard Morrison May 12, 2021

No firm should be forced by the SEC to adopt the ostensibly beneficial policies some theorists are urging.