A Journal of Ideas

Regulation

Rate Players

The utility companies’ ploys to avoid regulation and thwart public power turn out to be as old as the industry itself.

By Marissa P. Gillett

America Needs Independent Regulators

A future Democratic President will be tempted to use power like Trump. That would be a mistake.

By Todd Phillips

The Next Progressive State

We can’t just return to the status quo ante. Paradoxically, we’ll need a federal government with both more power and less.

By K. Sabeel Rahman

Don't Mourn Regulatory Independence

Donald Trump has seized control over previously “independent” federal regulators. That’s problematic—but Democrats should resist the urge to revert to the way things were.

By Seth Frotman Jeremy Kress

Our Plastic Obsession

The story of credit cards is the story of industry versus regulators. Industry won.

By Richard Vague