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The greatest AI threat may not be technological. A new CEI report from Clyde Wayne Crews warns that "AI alignment" is increasingly being used to justify industrial policy, government-business coordination, and expanded federal involvement in the economy.

CEI Report: AI Industrial Policy Schemes Create “Misalignment by Design” and a New AI Welfare State - Competitive Enterprise Institute A new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute contends the greatest risk associated with artificial intelligence is not technological misalignment but what author Wayne Crews calls “misalignment by design”-- the deliberate fusion of government ...

A bill intended to improve rail safety could have the opposite effect. CEI's Steve Swedberg argues that making freight rail more costly may push shipments onto highways, where transportation fatalities are dramatically higher.

The Railway Safety Act would shift freight from safer rails to deadlier roads - Competitive Enterprise Institute More than 36,000 Americans died on US roads in 2025. Fewer than 1,000 died on the rail system. Yet while highway fatalities rarely attract sustained attention, a single freight-train derailment can dominate national headlines for weeks. The 2023 East Pa...

Federal agencies issued 63 final regulations, 37 proposed regulations, and 344 notices last week alone. CEI's Ryan Young tracks the ever-growing volume of rules, paperwork, and mandates coming out of Washington.

The week in regulations: Onion marketing and refrigerator leaks - Competitive Enterprise Institute PCE inflation, which the Federal Reserve uses for its interest rate decisions, rose to 3.8 percent, nearly double the Fed's 2.0 percent target. President Trump directed the Treasury to issue a $250 bill with his image on it. The Justice Department opene...

As AI advances, policymakers are proposing subsidies, workforce planning, public-private partnerships, and new governance structures. CEI's Clyde Wayne Crews warns these policies risk aligning AI with politics rather than consumers.

CEI Report: AI Industrial Policy Schemes Create “Misalignment by Design” and a New AI Welfare State - Competitive Enterprise Institute A new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute contends the greatest risk associated with artificial intelligence is not technological misalignment but what author Wayne Crews calls “misalignment by design”-- the deliberate fusion of government ...

A proposal moving through Congress would require union contracts to be finalized within 100 days or be imposed through government arbitration. CEI's Sean Higgins argues the measure could leave workers represented by unions they never voted for, particularly in industries with high employee turnover.

The Faster Labor Contracts Act would force workers into unions they never voted for - Competitive Enterprise Institute Unions and their allies in Congress say that the Faster Labor Contracts Act is needed to prevent businesses from endlessly delaying workers' efforts to secure representation. But the push has another motive: trying to get union contracts approved before...