Readable Research

Readable Research | Samantha Cook | Budget deficit, Politics, Taxes
Jan. 16, 2013 — The resolution of the “fiscal cliff” pushed by President Obama and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and accepted by Congress at the beginning of this year made permanent...view
Readable Research | Raphael Pope-Sussman | Corporate influence, Regulation
  Oct. 12, 2011 — In the wake of the wreckage of the financial crisis, there have been numerous post-mortems of what went wrong, including some that have focused on the role of the Securities and...view
Readable Research | Abby Ferla | Regulation
  Oct. 5, 2011 — In 1970, Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act and, to enforce it, created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Congress declared that its...view
Readable Research | Abby Ferla | Health, Regulation
September 7, 2011 — Regulatory failures are often reported in isolation from one another. In one news cycle, it is the Minerals Management Service that takes “a lax attitude toward overseeing [oil...view
Readable Research | Craig Gurian | Housing
May 11, 2011 — As reported in Gotham Gazette, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says that he supports the “strongest possible” strengthening of the state’s rent regulation laws, but, with those...view