This Week in Financial Regulation, July 8th
News and Commentary The Federal Reserve recently announced the results of its annual stress tests of U.S. banks which found that banks are healthy enough to withstand the economic crisis [...]
A Perfect Opportunity for a Patent Pool
Two bills to promote semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S., the American Foundries Act and the CHIPS for America Act, have been introduced in the Senate as part of an effort [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, July 7th
Rent Check Gilead has released its pricing plan for the drug remdesivir, focusing exclusively on the welfare provided by the drug in a plan totally foreign to almost any other [...]
Gilead’s Gall
The best critiques of the patent system--both in theory and as it exists in practice--can be boiled down to a simple point: there is a world of difference between capturing [...]
The National Emergency Library is Dead and Controlled Digital Lending May be Next
Tuesday was supposed to be the last day of the National Emergency Library’s operation. But after claims of copyright infringement filed by the publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, and [...]
When Patents Suppress Innovation
Last week, Niskanen hosted a webinar on drug patents and COVID-19, where Brink Lindsey, Kodiak Hill-Davis, and I discussed the role of the patent system and its effects on potential [...]
This Week in Land-Use Regulation, June 26th
News and Commentary Matthew Haag writes in The New York Times about the New York City affordable housing lottery and the massive scramble of residents who apply for one of [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, June 24th
News and Commentary Emma Ockerman writes for Vice News about former inmate Dario Gurrola who risked his life fighting wildfires as an inmate but is now banned from pursuing a career [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, June 23rd
News and Commentary Kate Davidson reports for The Wall Street Journal that Andrew Olmem, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, has left The White House. Olmem was a key figure in [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, June 23rd
Rent Check As an author whose works appeared on the National Emergency Library, Brink Lindsey explains why he's happy his books are available for all to read. You can watch [...]