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Groups of a Feather Regulate Together

When millions of Americans visited the supermarket this week to purchase their Thanksgiving turkey, they likely found a label from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) certifying the bird as Grade A—defect-free, high-quality, and “meaty.” But USDA is not the … Continue reading

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How to Better Regulate Payments to Research Participants

The development of life-saving drugs and cutting-edge treatments depends on people participating in clinical research. But federal regulators restrict clinical researchers from using the exchange of payments for research participation—a powerful study recruitment strategy—because they worry that this practice leads … Continue reading

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How Do We Regulate Contracts That We Need and Hate?

Anne Fleming, City of Debtors: A Century of Fringe Finance (2018). Aditi Bagchi About fifteen years ago, Bruce Mann’s Republic of Debtors offered an intriguing narrative about the origins of American bankruptcy law. Among other claims, Mann suggested that debt … Continue reading

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Getting Railroads to Regulate Sleep Disorders

In recent years, New York commuters have encountered significant railroad disasters. A passenger train crash in 2016 resulted in over 100 injuries and one fatality. Only thirteen weeks later, another train derailed because it did not brake correctly, and hundreds … Continue reading

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How to Regulate During a Financial Crisis

Since President Donald Trump entered office, the U.S. economy has by many measures continued the upward trajectory started under former President Barack Obama. Most notably, the economy grew 2.3 percent during his first year in office and unemployment has dropped … Continue reading

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