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    When the Horseshoe Isn’t Just a Theory

    Nowhere is the horseshoe theory more readily apparent than in consumer finance.

    Originally published inNational Review

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  September 3, 2026

  • In the News

    SPPI in the News

    August coverage spanning insurance regulation, debit interchange, employee ownership, and how New Mexico policy affects national policy.

    Southwest Public Policy Institute  |  August 30, 2026

  • 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

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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

  • Op-Ed

    Trump’s Tariffs Are Changing How Consumers Use Credit

    Tariffs and credit price controls are squeezing American families From both sides.

    Originally published inDC Journal

    Lucas J. Parker  |  December 15, 2025

  • Policy Brief

    The Death Knell for Elizabeth Warren’s CFPB

    Trump’s CFPB reset offers hope for reform, but state attorneys general are already building a fragmented and punitive new regulatory regime

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  November 19, 2025

  • Op-Ed

    Sen. Richard Durbin’s Long-Term Love Affair With Price Controls

    Senator Dick Durbin has spent much of his career in a love affair with price controls. He flirted with them in his infamous Durbin Amendment, the addendum to the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act. He renewed his vows…

    Originally published inRealClearMarkets

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  September 22, 2025

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    Why senators’ efforts to kill overdraft fees is overkill

    Capping overdraft fees won’t help struggling families, it will cut off their last line of credit.

    Originally published inThe Hill

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  September 8, 2025

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