Cryptocurrency regulation sits at the intersection of multiple regulatory regimes: financial markets regulators and banking regulators, among many others, have asserted authority over certain aspects of crypto regulation, which has resulted in an overlapping and incomplete regulatory framework that has drawn criticism from both proponents and skeptics of crypto innovation. So, how is cryptocurrency regulated? How should it be regulated? Who should regulate it? Cato’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives is looking at these questions with a series that examines the roles of different regulators and considers what type of regulatory framework should be adopted to balance the risks and innovative potential of cryptocurrencies.
This second panel addresses the role of banking regulators in regulating cryptocurrency, focusing on the current state of banking regulation that relates to crypto and discussing the benefits and limitations of this regulation. Join Dan Awrey, Albert Forkner, and Jai Massari in a panel discussion moderated by Jon Hill from Law360 on how banking regulators should approach crypto regulation.
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The Conservative victory raises a host of questions related to the future of freedom in the United Kingdom. Despite winning a majority, the Conservatives will have to defend their economic plan, which will be strongly opposed by left-wing parties in the House of Commons. Tom Clougherty, Editorial Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, discusses the outcome of the election and what it means for the state of freedom in the UK.
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In 2014, the United States and 17 other countries began negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to create an Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA). The aim of these talks was to remove or reduce tariffs on important environmentally friendly products such as wind turbines, solar panels, and energy-efficient technology. An EGA would allow for freer trade in green products, which would increase global access to environmentally friendly goods. Formal negotiations grew to involve 46 WTO members, representing 90 percent of global trade in environmental goods.
But negotiations on the EGA have stalled since 2016, when negotiators encountered trouble defining what would be included in the list of covered goods. Controversial additions to the list by China prompted European Union resistance to the deal, and the Trump administration decided against pushing for the resumption of EGA talks. President Biden should call for a return to negotiations and for negotiators to resolve difficult questions, such as what should count as an environmental good, whether services should be included, how broad the EGA should be, and more.
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Cato Institute scholars Alex Nowrasteh, Aaron Ross Powell, Neal McCluskey, Mark Calabria, Bill Watson, Chris Edwards, Gene Healy, Chris Preble, Julian Sanchez, Pat Michaels and Trevor Burrus respond to President Obama's 2015 State of the Union Address.
Video produced by Caleb O. Brown, Austin Bragg and Tess Terrible.
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The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations were launched to great fanfare in mid-2013 with the pronouncement that a comprehensive deal would be reached by the end of 2014 on a “single tank of gas.” But after more than two years and 10 rounds of negotiations, an agreement is nowhere in sight and substantive differences remain between the parties. Despite a retreat from the original level of ambition, skepticism is mounting on both sides of the Atlantic that a deal will be reached anytime soon. What are the prospects for fulfilling the promise of a comprehensive trade and investment deal between the United States and the European Union?
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Senators Warren (D-MA) and Sanders (D-VT) are both proposing a new annual wealth tax to address the issue of wealth inequality. However, wealth inequality gives very little indication of poverty versus prosperity. Plans to address this issue should aim to expand everyone's wealth, not divide it up.
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The 2016 Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors discusses fiscal policy trends and examines the tax and spending actions of each governor in detail. The hope is that the report encourages more state policymakers to follow the fiscal approaches of the top-scoring governors.
For more information on the Fiscal Policy Report Card visit: http://www.cato.org/publications/white-paper/fiscal-policy-report-card-americas-governors-2016
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F. A. Hayek’s work made the case for individual freedom of choice, in part because third parties or planners tend to lack the knowledge that individuals hold about their true preferences, or of the traditions and norms that underpin choices. Interferences with evolved market practices and personal freedom, then, will tend to make choosers worse off.
Behavioral economists hold, though, that some choices are driven by a lack of information or else psychological, cognitive, or social phenomena that make such decisions irrational or undesirable. If so, the question is what can be done about it, given the evident limits and disruption of top‐down decisionmaking by planners.
Cass Sunstein believes that a neo‐Hayekian behavioral approach to policymaking would recognize choosers’ biases but also acknowledge the downsides of imposing the preferences of planners. Ideally, he suggests, empirical research should seek to identify what choosers truly want under “epistemically favorable conditions” such that policy can be put into the service of our own preferences.
Does the work of behavioral economists land a killer blow against free choice? And is Hayekian behavioral economics, in practice, an oxymoron? Please join us for this informative conversation.
Please join us for this informative conversation, featuring Cass Sunstein of Harvard Law School (@CassSunstein), Mario Rizzo of NYU Law School, W. Kip Viscusi of Vanderbilt Law School (@WKipViscusi), and the Cato Institute's Ryan Bourne (@MrRBourne).
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