Rent Check Connecticut is the only state in the nation that doesn't require licensing for estheticians, eyelash technicians and nail technicians, but a new bill would introduce such a requirement. The [...]
From slipping and falling in the bathroom to being hit by a motorist crossing the street, I faced countless risks before even stepping into the office this morning. But I [...]
Rent Check Daniel Tarullo on the history of financial regulation from the New Deal to Dodd-Frank. Research from the Chicago Fed finds the prevalence of non-traditional mortgages (e.g. those with [...]
One of the features of the financial system that makes it particularly tricky to regulate is financial innovation, where new securities or investments arrive on the scene (sometimes as a [...]
Rent Check Our current copyright system requires screening software like YouTube's ContentID, but the largely automated nature of the software enables extortionists to threaten unsuspecting YouTubers. News and Commentary [...]
Writing in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, Daniel K. Tarullo offers a history of the changes made in financial regulation from the New Deal era to the post-crisis regulatory regime: [...]
Although many factors have contributed to the decline in geographic mobility over the past several decades, the role of occupational licensing is undeniable. When workers must become re-licensed in a [...]
As intuitive as the fact that supply increases create a downward pressure on prices may seem, there are a number of holdouts who argue against this fact in the housing [...]
Rent Check David Schleicher argues that a new breed of YIMBY politicians and grassroots activism in California may have the political will to correct the mistakes of their predecessors. One of [...]
YouTube’s ContentID system, despite costing the company $100 million to date, is notoriously error-prone. Even if an alleged infringement is a false positive, users who upload such content can easily [...]