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We Need a Leader at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | November 29, 2011

Creating a Successful Progressive Economy | November 22, 2011

Regulatory Nonsense | November 18, 2011

Improving Regulatory Performance: Lessons from the United Kingdom | November 16, 2011

Big Ideas for Small Business | November 10, 2011

Five Canards About Job-Killing Regulations | October 21, 2011

Health Care Industry Consolidation: Focus Needed on Consumer Protection and Balanced Antitrust Enforcement | September 9, 2011

Reinvigorating Antitrust Enforcement | July 12, 2011

FCC Initiative to Stop “Cramming” Charges | June 29, 2011

Ending Too Big to Fail | June 14, 2011

America's Next Top Model Disclosure | May 24, 2011

Don’t Roll Back Wall Street Reform | March 31, 2011

Accountability for Consumer Financial Protection | March 15, 2011

There Are Foolish Things to Defund in the Federal Budget | February 4, 2011

Deregulation by a Different Name: Conservatives Still Think Wall Street Should Do as it Pleases | February 1, 2011

President Obama Outlines Vision for Regulation: New Directives Strike the Right Balance | January 19, 2011

A Win-Win on Regulatory Reform | January 19, 2011

The Need for a New Antitrust Paradigm in Health Care | December 7, 2010

Facts vs. Fiction: Conservatives Claims About Small Business Taxes Are Bogus | November 15, 2010

True North | August 26, 2010

Antitrust Enforcement Agencies Face Unprecedented Challenges | July 27, 2010

Public Opinion Snapshot: Congress’s Work Is Not Done | July 19, 2010

A Last Bid to Protect Wall Street | July 12, 2010

This Week in Congress: July 12 - 16, 2010 | July 12, 2010

Getting Financial Regulation Right | June 29, 2010

Fixing Wall Street, Protecting Main Street | June 29, 2010

Show Us the Money | June 29, 2010

Making Health Care Competition Work | June 25, 2010

Making the Volcker Rule Count | June 23, 2010

Keeping Loopholes Out of Derivatives Reform | June 16, 2010

Don’t Exempt Car Dealers: They Need to Follow Basic Consumer Protection Rules | June 7, 2010

Enforcing Reform | June 4, 2010

Rein in Irresponsible Oil Drillers | June 3, 2010

Financial Reform End Game | June 1, 2010

Public Opinion Snapshot: The Public and Wall Street | May 17, 2010

The Greek Myth of Profligacy | May 14, 2010

First Wall Street, then Your Street | May 10, 2010

A New Plan to Protect American Workers | May 10, 2010

Public Opinion Snapshot: Public Strongly Backs Financial Regulation | May 10, 2010

Bring the FTC into the 21st Century | May 5, 2010

Infographic: Derivatives Regulation | May 3, 2010

Breaking the Technology Bottleneck: The FTC's Intel Case Is Critical to Innovation | April 28, 2010

Ask the Expert: Why Do We Need Better Regulation for Banks? | April 26, 2010

Infographic: How to Prevent Bank Bailouts | April 26, 2010

Regulating Derivatives Traffic | April 19, 2010

Shining a Light on Shadow Banking | April 16, 2010

Public Opinion Snapshot: Enough Is Enough! | April 12, 2010

The FTC's Challenge to Intel | April 6, 2010

Public Opinion Snapshot: Public Backs Financial System Reform | April 5, 2010

No Gambling With Federal Funds | March 31, 2010

Highmark Chutzpah: Pennsylvanians Have a Right to Know What Big Insurers Are Up To | March 29, 2010

The Elephant in the Room | March 24, 2010

A Step Toward Real Consumer Protection | March 22, 2010

“Free Market” Is Free Lunch to Financial Sector | March 17, 2010

Investors Need Climate Information to Make Decisions | March 4, 2010

Problems Arise When Pharmacy Chains Own Pharmacy Benefit Managers | February 23, 2010

McCarran-Ferguson Antitrust Reform 101 | February 22, 2010

One Cheer for Antitrust | February 13, 2010

Make the Market Work for Health Care | February 9, 2010

The Foundations of Economic Recovery and Growth | January 28, 2010

Merger Lessons Learned: Why the DOJ Must Block Ticketmaster/Live Nation Monopoly | January 11, 2010

Transparent Lending to Small Businesses | December 15, 2009

Getting the Job Done Right: Strengthening the Senate Bill to Fully Protect Competition | November 30, 2009

Note to the Financial Industry: Time to Put Up or . . . Well Just Put Up | November 24, 2009

Interactive Map: Insurance Market Concentration Creates Fewer Choices | November 5, 2009

Don't Reward Risky Business | October 30, 2009

Block This Music Monopoly | October 30, 2009

Protecting Unmarried Women from Unscrupulous Lenders | October 28, 2009

Unlocking Competition | October 28, 2009

More Public Voice in Government-Rescued Companies | October 26, 2009

Don’t Leave It to the States | October 22, 2009

This Week in Congress: October 13-16, 2009 | October 13, 2009

Protecting Consumers and Promoting Health Insurance Competition | October 8, 2009

Too Much Faith in Free Market | October 5, 2009

Heal Thyself: Hard Times a Good Time for Doctors, Bankers to Become Entrepreneurs | September 22, 2009

Competition That Works: Why the Google Books Project Is Good for Consumers and Its Competitors | September 17, 2009

A Fair Deal for Taxpayer Investments | September 16, 2009

Competition that Works: Why the Google Books Project Is Good for Consumers and Competitors | September 10, 2009

The Earth is Not Flat: The Public Interest and the Google Book Search Settlement: A Reply to Grimmelmann | July 22, 2009

The Effects of Regulatory Neglect on Health Care Consumers | July 16, 2009

Keeping Banks Honest | July 8, 2009

Frack Attack | June 25, 2009

Generic Drug Competition in Health Care Reform | June 24, 2009

Removing Obstacles to Generic Drug Competition | June 23, 2009

Financial Regulation Done Right | June 18, 2009

After the Stress Tests | May 18, 2009

Weekly Round Up: May 11 - 15, 2009 | May 15, 2009

Trust Busters | May 13, 2009

A Different Approach to Antimonopolization Enforcement for the Obama Admininstration | May 11, 2009

Restoring Trust in Antitrust Enforcement | May 11, 2009

Building a Charismatic Nonprofit | April 21, 2009

Monopoly Building | April 20, 2009

Transparency Can Alleviate Systemic Risk | April 17, 2009

Recommendations for the Public-Private Investment Program | April 9, 2009

Live Nation Ticketmaster Merger Is Too Good To Be True | March 16, 2009

A Progressive Agenda for Antitrust Enforcement at the Antitrust Division | March 10, 2009

Processor Wars Speed into Court | February 25, 2009

The Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger: What Does It Mean for Consumers and the Future of the Concert Business? | February 24, 2009

An Open Letter to the Next Federal Trade Commission Chairman | February 23, 2009

Bringing Back Antitrust Law | February 16, 2009

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