November 2025

Join us Monday, November 10 for a thought-provoking discussion with Phil Gramm and Don Boudreaux on their new book, The Triumph of Economic Freedom: Debunking the Seven Great Myths of American Capitalism, which challenges prevailing narratives about capitalism and explores the transformative power of free markets. Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event. Read More >

The Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis (SBCA) will offer a professional development course November 18 and 21 exploring the law’s relationship to benefit-cost analysis in regulations. The workshop brings together leading scholars to discuss the dynamic topic of benefit-cost analysis, risk valuation, regulatory analysis and administrative law.

Upon completion of the workshop, participants will have a comprehensive understanding of how benefit-cost analysis fits within the regulatory process, current challenges in performing these analyses, and how courts are likely to treat such analyses in a post-Loper Bright world. Featuring instructors Caroline Cecot, Cary Coglianese, Susan Dudley, Elissa Philip Gentry, W. Kip Viscusi, and Jonathan B. Wiener.  Read More >

On October 23 the Regulatory Studies Center and FGV Rio Law co-hosted a series of discussions exploring topics including Sustainable Finance, Digital Finance, and Evolving Trends and Outlooks on Financial Market Regulation. Read More >

The Regulatory Studies Center co-hosted with the Center for Industry Self-Regulation of the national Better Business Bureau an October 7 conference bringing together industry leaders, academics, and policy makers to examine how the challenges and opportunities for America's business sectors can be addressed by independent and effective industry self-regulation, a type of “soft law.” The agenda featured remarks on “The New Normal for Administrative Law and Technology” by RSC scholar and GW Law Associate Dean Aram Gavoor. Professor Roger Nober presented on Loper Bright and the End of Chevron Deference. Read More >

Congrats to RSC Policy Analyst and 2025 Trachtenberg MPP graduate Sarah Hay, who is starting her next chapter as the Senior Manager, Energy & Environmental Policy for the Alliance for Automotive Innovation! We are very impressed with Sarah’s accomplishments since joining the center nearly three years ago, including her leading work on the Congressional Review Act, a debut appearance on C-SPAN and numerous media interviews, and valuable enhancements to the RegStats data series, among many other highlights. Join us in cheering on her new successes at the AAI!

In September we welcomed to the team our newest Policy Analyst, Matias Vesperoni. Matias is a PhD candidate in Economics at the George Washington University and a Policy Analyst at the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center. Before arriving at the center he earned his BS in Economics from the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland and MA in International Trade, Finance, and Development from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. Read More >

Welcome to researcher Lucas Thevenard! Lucas is a PhD candidate at FGV Rio Law (Brazil) and a visiting researcher at the GW Regulatory Studies Center. He is also a permanent researcher at FGV’s Regulation in Numbers project, where he leads empirical studies on regulatory impact assessment, public participation, transparency, and the governance of Brazil’s regulatory agencies, with particular emphasis on the health, insurance, and telecommunications sectors. Read More >

November 5, 2025
Commentary by Tambudzai Gundani

Sessions at the IMF annual meeting considered the adoption of AI and regulatory capacity to guide responsible AI development. Read More >

October 23, 2025
Column by Susan Dudley for Forbes

To support innovation as the lifeblood of progress and the engine of growth, institutions must be designed to accommodate innovation, rather than obstruct it. Read More >

October 6, 2025
Essay by Richard Pierce, Jr. for The Regulatory Review

The Court should no longer allow the government to require that broadcasters air opposing views on public issues. Read More >

September 24, 2025
Essay for The Regulatory Review by Finn Dobkin

Without interagency and intergovernmental cooperation under NEPA, environmental outcomes will suffer. Read More >

September 24, 2025
Book review by Susan Dudley for Forbes

A review of the new book on market economics and history by Phil Gramm and Donald Boudreaux. The authors call for less government intervention in the economy. Read More >

September 16, 2025
Commentary by Tambudzai Gundani 

Adopting a state-level moratorium against policies regulating artificial intelligence would help ensure consistency, prevent legal fragmentation, and allow Congress time to develop a comprehensive national framework. Read More > | Listen to Podcast >

September 10, 2025
Commentary by Sarah Hay

Analyzing the Spring 2025 Unified Agenda, the first released by the second Trump administration. It covers rulemaking highlights from the Agenda and identifies emerging regulatory and deregulatory trends in the new administration. Read More >

September 5 2025
Commentary by Tambudzai Gundani

Summary of introductory remarks by CFTC Commissioner Kristin Johnson and Ohio State University Law professor Bridget C.E. Dooling delivered at our July event, Can AI Streamline Regulation and Reduce Compliance Burdens? Read More >

August 28, 2025
Essay by Roger Nober for Eno Transportation Weekly

The U.S. freight system is strained; reauthorization should spur private investment with stable rules, streamlined permitting, and fair automation policies – driving efficiency and safety without new taxpayer costs. Read More >

August 25, 2025
Public comment by Mary Sullivan

Comment in support of FTC data collection for furthering the Commission's consumer protection and competition missions. Read More >

August 22, 2025
Column by Susan Dudley for Forbes

DOGE’s AI-powered deregulatory plan can jumpstart cutting of red tape. But to withstand legal scrutiny it needs more procedural rigor and solid analysis & justification. Read More >

Professor Susan Dudley presented at the annual regulatory conference of the Frankfurt Competence Centre for German and Global Regulation. Dudley discussed deregulatory actions, opportunities for artificial intelligence to streamline compliance burdens, and approaches to promote innovation while regulating emerging technologies (October 30, 2025). 

Professor Susan Dudley presented a keynote address on Pro-Productivity Regulations at the Knowledge Week conference of the Inter American Development Bank in Washington, DC (October 10, 2025). 

Professor Susan Dudley participated in the forum, Innovation Track: A New Era for Transportation, hosted by the Association of American Railroads (October 8, 2025). 

At the third annual conference of the C. Boyden Gray Center, Professor Susan Dudley discussed deregulatory actions and the efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency (October 3, 2025). 

The Central Park AI Forum featured a discussion with Susan Dudley and  former Senator Phil Gramm about the lessons from his new book, The Triumph of Economic Freedom, and how these lessons apply to emerging challenges of artificial intelligence (September 24, 2025).

Sarah Hay was interviewed on Federal News Network: The Trump Administration’s First Unified Agenda is Already Reshaping Federal Regulation (October 29, 2025).

Roger Nober was quoted in Government Executive: White House Pushes Agencies to Deregulate Faster (October 28, 2025).

Joe Cordes was quoted in Bloomberg: Trump's 'Unheralded' Deregulation Agenda Divides Economists (October 7, 2025).

Tara Sinclair was quoted in Newsweek: Weak Jobs Report Sparks Backlash From Donald Trump Critics—What to Know (October 1, 2025).

Susan Dudley was interviewed on Federal News Network: How to Use Artificial Intelligence to Fix Federal Regulations Without Breaking the Law in the Process (September 23, 2025).

Susan Dudley was quoted in National Law Journal: Trump Moving Faster to Deregulate in Second Term, Study Finds (September 11, 2025).

Roger Nober was quoted in MSNBC: Trump's Push to Assert Control Over Independent Agencies May Reach a Limit (September 9, 2025).

Sarah Hay was quoted in Government Executive: Here’s How Trump’s Planned Regulations Could Impact Federal Employees (September 4, 2025).

Roger Nober wrote for Eno Transportation Weekly: Supporting Freight in Transportation Reauthorization (September 3, 2025).

Listen to our podcast for insights on regulatory trends. Recent discussions have explored the Congressional Review Act, Biden's Data Security executive order, effective public engagement strategies for federal agencies, and more.