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Report: No Loan for You, Too!

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date June 15, 2023
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Patrick M. Brenner stands outside Del Norte Credit Union during our "No Loan For You, Too!" experiment.

The unintended consequences of price controls on consumer access to credit.

Tags American Southwest Credit Union, Bank of America, Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), Credit, Del Norte Credit Union, Everyone’s Federal Credit Union, FirstLight Federal Credit Union, Four Corners Credit Union, Internationalites Federal Credit Union, Lending, Mountain America Credit Union, National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Navy Federal Credit Union, No Loan For You!, Nusenda Credit Union, Otero Federal Credit Union, Payday Alternative Loan, Pentagon Federal Credit Union, Specialized Emergency Loans, The Pew Charitable Trusts, U-1st Community Federal Credit Union, U.S. Bank, U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union, Veridian Credit Union, Wells Fargo

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April Fools Day: Latest SPPI Policy Priorities to Include Support for Universal Basic Income

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date April 1, 2023
21 Comments on April Fools Day: Latest SPPI Policy Priorities to Include Support for Universal Basic Income

We officially support Universal Basic Income, universal healthcare, government monopolization of education, and tax increases for the rich to pay for it all.

Tags April Fools, Public School, Universal Basic Income, Universal Healthcare

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Newsmax: Antitrust Watchdogs Should Focus on Substance, Not Size

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date May 16, 2022
No Comments on Newsmax: Antitrust Watchdogs Should Focus on Substance, Not Size

Save for the rare instances where high start-up costs or other extreme barriers to entry are present or the potential customer base is extremely limited, most economists agree: Monopolies are bad for consumers. This thinking, now more than a century old, gave rise to the adoption of increasingly more comprehensive laws giving the federal government […]

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