John Berlau
Columnist at Forbes
Director, Finance Policy at The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)
Director of Finance Policy, @ceidotorg Husband of Bukky. Author of @StMartinsPress book George Washington, Entrepreneur. Speaker at events. My own views.
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3 weeks ago |
cei.org | John Berlau
No matter who’s in charge of the presidency or Congress, flawed proposals to close the so-called carried interest loophole just keep coming back. News outlets reported last week that in addition to asking House Speaker Mike Johnson to raise top tax rates, President Trump requested tax hikes for carried interest earned in business partnerships.
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4 weeks ago |
cei.org | John Berlau
Yesterday, the Senate approved a resolution pursuant to the Congressional Review Act to overturn a regulation from the Biden administration that would sharply restrict bank mergers. The resolution, sponsored by Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), is now pending in the House. Below is a statement I sent to Congress on behalf of CEI in support of overturning this harmful rule. Competitive Enterprise Institute Statement on S.J. Res.
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1 month ago |
cei.org | John Berlau
In the 2024 presidential election, one of the big winners was prediction markets. During the weeks leading up to election day, venues such as Kalshi, PredictIt, and Polymarket – in which participants purchased contracts on outcomes of elections and other events – consistently pinpointed Donald Trump as the winner of the presidential election. Many pollsters, by contrast, showed a tossup. Some prominent polls – such as the Des Moines Register poll by J.
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1 month ago |
cei.org | John Berlau |Ryan Smith
On Friday, federal financial regulators made the right decision in approving the merger of Capital One and Discover. In their joint approvals of the merger, the Federal Reserve and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) seemed to recognize points made by CEI in its favor. Namely that, far from being anticompetitive, the merger could introduce new, game-changing competition into the markets for credit and payments.
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1 month ago |
cei.org | John Berlau
On Wednesday, the Senate confirmed Paul S. Atkins to serve as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As I have stated before, Atkins is an excellent choice to serve in this position with a proven record of standing up for good policy during his previous tenure as an SEC commissioner.
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