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December 28, 2010: IRS as Tax Preparer?

December 28, 2010: IRS as Tax Preparer?

Fellow in Regulatory Studies Ryan Young looks at the IRS’ proposal to save you time by doing your taxes for you. Because you would be liable for any of the IRS’ mistakes, you would still have to check over your return.…

 
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November 11, 2010: Taxing New IRS Regulations

November 11, 2010: Taxing New IRS Regulations

Fellow in Regulatory Studies Ryan Young explains how an IRS proposal for mandatory certification of tax preparers would hurt consumers and taxpayers. It is one more example of how regulation can hurt competition. Large tax preparation firms would benefit at the…

 
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September 16, 2010: Creating High-Tech Jobs

September 16, 2010: Creating High-Tech Jobs

Ryan Radia, CEI’s Associate Director of Technology Studies, talks about obstacles and opportunities for job creation in the high-tech sector. Regulatory uncertainty is making companies wary of making long-term investments. The sheer number of regulations makes it very expensive to…

 
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September 2, 2010: How Zoning Laws Affected Hurricane Katrina’s Victims

September 2, 2010: How Zoning Laws Affected Hurricane Katrina’s Victims

CEI Policy Analyst Marc Scribner talks about his recent Forbes article, explaining how urban central planning made it harder to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina — and how well Houston, which has no zoning laws, coped with 260,000 Katrina evacuees.

 
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August 23, 2010: The Salmonella Egg Scare

August 23, 2010: The Salmonella Egg Scare

CEI Senior Fellow Greg Conko talks about the salmonella scare that has led to the recall of 550 million eggs 22 states. He believes that the hype is overblown, and that regulators should take an incentives-based approach to food safety issues.…

 
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Episode 63: Suing the Government into Honesty

Episode 63: Suing the Government into Honesty

Your host Richard Morrison welcomes guest co-host Jeremy Lott and Editorial Director Ivan Osorio for episode 63. We start with CEI’s FOIA fight with the U.S. Treasury, 7-Eleven’s attempt to give consumers a big gulp of government and the solution to a jobless recovery. We then…

 
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Episode 61: How About FCC Neutrality?

Episode 61: How About FCC Neutrality?

Your host Richard Morrison welcomes returning guest co-host William Yeatman and special guest commenter Ryan Radia to the program for episode 61. We start with the FCC’s just-announced proposal for “net neutrality,” Treasury documents that reveal the true cost of cap-and-trade legislation and the…

 
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Episode 60: The Man Who Fed the World

Episode 60: The Man Who Fed the World

Host Richard Morrison and co-host Jeremy Lott welcome special guests Lee Doren and Greg Conko to episode 60. We start with a recap of the 9/12 D.C. Tax Protest, look into union rules that hurt minority contractors and consider the alleged ethics violations of former California…

 
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Episode 33: Drinking Our Way to Economic Health

Episode 33: Drinking Our Way to Economic Health

Welcome back to LibertyWeek, with your hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist and technical producer (and this week’s special guest) Ryan Young. After bidding our friend Thor Halvorssen a very happy birthday, we get a fresh recap from Ryan Young on the events…

 
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Episode 31: What in Dodd’s Name?

Episode 31: What in Dodd’s Name?

This week, host Cord Blomquist and co-host William Yeatman, along with guest commentator Ryan Young (Richard Morrison is off this week) take a whiff of the bank nationalizations floating through the air, and say they stink. Sen. Chris Dodd’s dodgy dealings in real estate come…

 
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