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  • White Paper No. 11

    Fifty-Five Percent

    Senator Elizabeth Warren’s own evidence explains the price she objects to and why blocking charters would shrink credit for the households most in need.

    Patrick M. Brenner and Gregory A. Schroeder  |  August 15, 2026

  • Coalition Letter

    SPPI Joins Coalition: Judge Bank Applications on the Statute, Not the Comment File

    A new SPPI report supplies the evidentiary record: 68 million Americans live in counties with no community bank headquarters, and rate caps move credit up the income ladder rather than lowering its price.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  August 15, 2026

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    California’s Crackdown on Consumer Credit Just Hit a Wall

    The fight over bank-fintech partnerships is really a fight over price controls, preemption, and access to credit.

    Originally published inDC Journal

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  June 25, 2026

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    National Media and Policy Leaders Highlight SPPI

    National media, policy leaders, and regional voices alike are amplifying SPPI’s research, analysis, and solutions.

    Southwest Public Policy Institute  |  December 25, 2025

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    Buried in Bias

    The Center for Responsible Lending’s “Buried in Debt” report fails as policy analysis.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  December 12, 2025

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    Hit the brakes on Elizabeth Warren’s beleaguered bureaucracy

    If the CFPB is watching financial institutions for bad behavior, who’s watching the CFPB?

    Originally published inFox News

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  July 11, 2023

  • White Paper No. 4

    No Loan for You, Too!

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

    Patrick M. Brenner, D. Dowd Muska, Brandt Kringlie, and Jack Radomski  |  June 15, 2023

  • Policy Brief

    What’s Past is Prologue: David Silberman’s History of Attacking the Products He’s Now Tasked With Studying

    David Silberman has a history of weaponizing the government to routinely and aggressively target the very products he is now charged with assessing the safety and affordability of.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  October 23, 2022

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