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    ‘For Heaven’s sake, stop it’ DIDMCA opt outs harm interstate commerce

    State-level DIDMCA opt-outs threaten to fragment the national credit market.

    Originally published inAmerican Banker

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  June 10, 2026

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    SPPI Supports the OCC in Blocking Harmful State Banking Mandates

    A new comment letter from the Southwest Public Policy Institute highlights the existential threat that state-level interference poses to the national economy.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  May 27, 2026

  • Op-Ed

    To Interchange or Not to Interchange…

    Why state-level price controls threaten $35 billion in credit card rewards and household budgeting.

    Originally published inDC Journal

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  May 27, 2026

  • Op-Ed

    Illinois and Colorado are coming for your airline miles

    Spirit Airlines is gone. The airline business is fragile. Fuel prices move. Labor costs rise. Consumers chase low fares. Regulators block mergers. Politicians threaten bailouts. Then, when the math no longer works, planes stop flying. That…

    Originally published inThe Hill

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  May 27, 2026

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    My Retirement Accounts Fail In the World I Actually Live In

    The rich already invest this way. Workers should be allowed to as well.

    Originally published inRealClearMarkets

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  May 21, 2026

  • Op-Ed

    Instead of Taxing the Rich, Let Americans Invest Like Them

    America has created two classes of retirement savers: One class gets access to the full economy, while the other gets a neutered imitation of it.

    Originally published inNational Review

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  May 19, 2026

  • Op-Ed

    Mortgage Bankers Association’s tri-merge credit reporting reform pushes risky overhaul

    Proposal strips critical safeguards and shifts long-term costs on to American borrowers.

    Originally published inThe Washington Times

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  April 21, 2026

  • Policy Brief

    The Future of Retirement is Here

    The change could quietly unlock billions in hidden retirement wealth for everyday Americans.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  March 31, 2026

  • White Paper No. 9

    Rolling the Dice

    Procurement failures and vendor transition risks threaten the New Mexico Lottery.

    Patrick M. Brenner and Zachary Fort  |  March 23, 2026

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    The Carbon Standardization Project

    International bureaucracies are undermining America’s energy policies.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  March 19, 2026

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