Policy
The EU Carbon Border Levy Starts Charging Importers
The definitive CBAM regime began on 1 January 2026, but the threshold, the deductions and the certificate calendar decide who actually pays.
Valentina Sokolov · August 22, 2026
Policy
Assessment of what governments spend, tax and regulate, measured against the objectives stated when each measure was introduced. Sources include budget offices, program evaluations and comparable schemes abroad. For officials, evaluators and analysts who need the counterfactual as well as the reported outcome.
Policy
How Cost-Benefit Analysis Shapes U.S. Rules
Since 1981, every economically significant federal regulation has carried a price-benefit ledger — and the 2023 rewrite of the government's manual changed how every entry is counted.
Valentina Sokolov · February 9, 2026
Policy
How the Federal Register Turns Rules Into Law
Published every working day since 1936, the Federal Register is the single legal newspaper where every proposed and final federal rule must appear to exist.
Valentina Sokolov · February 4, 2026
Policy
How Federal Mandates Hit State and City Budgets
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act was supposed to make Congress count the cost of the rules it imposes — and the counting is exactly what its reports now show.
Henrik Larsen · January 31, 2026
Policy
How Lobbying Disclosure Rules Actually Work
The 1995 Lobbying Disclosure Act moved influence out of the shadows with quarterly reports — and its foreign-agent sibling reaches conduct the LDA does not touch.
Valentina Sokolov · January 26, 2026