Tag: Regulation
American Offshore Aquaculture: Cutting Bait
(Source) Today, more fish are farmed worldwide than are caught in the wild with demand only increasing year over year. Economic projections predict global seafood consumption to nearly double in the next quarter century. Future growth in aquaculture will lie offshore, with inshore aquaculture remaining largely stagnant. In contrast, American inshore aquaculture projects to…
19 Mar 2025
SPACs: Avoiding Volatility, Evading Regulation
(Source) The American economy shattered records in 2020. In April, the unemployment rate rose to 14.7%, the highest rate in the history of the data. By June, national debt had increased by twenty-five percentage points since the end of 2019, the strongest surge in history. In July, the Bureau of Economic Analysis found that U.S….
22 Feb 2021
Chasin’ Carry: Assessing the IRS’ § 1061 Proposed Regulations
(Source) The world of private equity is fascinating. Larger-than-life firms pool immense amounts of capital from individual and institutional investors. Firms organize these pools into funds, secure leverage, and begin investing in, restructuring, and ultimately selling for profit, a variety of assets, like distressed businesses and real estate. In theory, numerous parties stand to…
9 Oct 2020
Legalize and Regulate: The Solution to the Unsolvable Drug Problem
(Source) Legalizing recreational drug use, which is not morally wrong since its use does not directly harm anyone but the user, will benefit society as a whole by allowing for safer participation, less incarceration, and increased economic contributions through taxes. Since the passage of the 21st Amendment in 1933, which ended the nation’s prohibition on…
21 Aug 2020
Regulating For-Profit Higher Education
Scott Davidson weighs in on the need to regulate for-profit schools.
5 Feb 2014
Regulating Our Nation’s Food Waste
Lauren Bowman discusses strategies for reducing domestic food waste.
13 Apr 2013
Regulation Room: Getting More, Better Public Participation
Professor Cynthia Farina discusses how Cornell’s e-Rulemaking Initiative’s “Regulation Room” helps government get better public participation in writing new regulations
13 Dec 2011