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Listen for insights and commentary on regulatory policy from The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center. We are a leading source for scholarship on best practices, benefit-cost analysis, regulatory risk assessment, competition analysis, and public interest comments in the rulemaking process. The Center's weekly Regulation Digest newsletter is a popular source for policy news and commentary.

  1. FEB 11

    Podcast: Meet the Center’s New Deputy Director

    Will Yeatman is a lawyer specializing in administrative law and regulatory policy. He recently joined the RSC team as research professor and deputy director.

    22 min

  2. JAN 21

    2025 Regulatory Year in Review

    Looking back at the important developments from the previous year, our team highlights nine themes from a time of unprecedented change in regulation activity and practice. Policy analysts Finn Dobkin and Matias Vesperoni and research specialists Tambudzai Gundani and Henry Hirsch drill down into the details and discuss the impacts they expect these policy changes to have going forward. Read the full commentary for more insights.

    41 min

  3. JAN 14

    Authors Gramm & Boudreaux Discuss ‘The Triumph of Economic Freedom’

    Former US Senator Phil Gramm and George Mason University economics professor Donald Boudreaux share lessons gleaned from their new book—a work notable for its approach to framing, interrogating and debunking common myths about capitalism. In conversation with Professor Susan Dudley, the authors explored the transformative power of free markets through major historical developments including the Industrial Revolution, Great Depression, New Deal reforms, the decline of America's postwar preeminence in world trade, and the Great Recession.

    32 min

  4. 10/01/2025

    AI Regulation and Federalism: What the Moratorium (That Wasn’t) Debate Revealed

    Tech policy expert and researcher Tambudzai Gundani discusses how efforts to adopt a state-level moratorium against policies regulating artificial intelligence (AI) would help ensure consistency, prevent legal fragmentation, and allow Congress time to develop a comprehensive national framework. Read Gundani's full commentary at our website.

    16 min

  5. 09/24/2025

    Lack of Coordination Threatens Environmental Policy

    Senior Policy Analyst Finn Dobkin discusses rulemaking authority of the Council on Environmental Quality and coordination across federal agencies to disclose environmental impacts of development projects. Without interagency and intergovernmental cooperation under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), environmental outcomes will suffer. Read Finn's essay at The Regulatory Review.

    13 min

  6. 09/10/2025

    Congress Reviewed: The 119th Congress's Use of the Congressional Review Act

    Policy Analyst Sarah Hay discusses the Congressional Review Act and actions taken by the 119th Congress to exercise its oversight of regulations from the prior administration. Important differences are compared to the 115th Congress's use of CRA during the last presidential transition year. Read Sarah's commentary at our website.

    13 min

  7. 08/19/2025

    Mary Sullivan on Anticompetitive Rules

    Visiting Scholar and economist Mary Sullivan shares insights from her recent public comment submitted in response to the Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force of the Department of Justice. Sullivan made recommendations for keeping a level playing field between large and small businesses through the use of a tiered adjustment to compliance burdens based on company size. Read the full text of Mary's public comment.

    16 min

  8. 02/11/2025

    Trump Administration Ramps Up Deregulatory Actions Early in Second Term

    Susan Dudley recaps the regulatory actions taken during the early weeks of the second Trump term. Milestones include a pause to all rulemakings in progress, a delay of effective dates, and rescinding Biden's guidance to agencies for conducting regulatory impact analysis. Going forward, Dudley expects a slowdown in the number of rulemakings but the process will continue to be central to the administration's regulatory reductions. Read more atNew Trump Executive Order Aims To Speed Deregulation.

    16 min
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Listen for insights and commentary on regulatory policy from The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center. We are a leading source for scholarship on best practices, benefit-cost analysis, regulatory risk assessment, competition analysis, and public interest comments in the rulemaking process. The Center's weekly Regulation Digest newsletter is a popular source for policy news and commentary.

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  • Creator
    GW Regulatory Studies Center
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    44
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    © GW Regulatory Studies Center
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