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    Elizabeth Warren Came to Dance On a Grave. The Corpse Was at Home

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren spent months demanding regulators kill Enova International’s bank deal. On Sept. 14 she got her wish. Enova announced a buyback. As funerals go, it was upbeat. Enova withdrew its applications with the Comptroller…

    Originally published inRealClearMarkets

    Gregory A. Schroeder  |  September 19, 2026

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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

  • 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 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

  • Op-Ed

    The dangerous politicization of bank charters

    The U.S. has a financial inclusion crisis. Some special interest groups want to solve it by making it harder to start a bank. That makes no sense. Millions of Americans remain underserved by traditional banks. According…

    Originally published inThe Hill

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  August 11, 2026

  • Op-Ed

    The Costly Campaign to Politicize Bank Charters

    Washington is locked in a high-stakes duel over the future of American banking. On July 21, leaders of the House Financial Services Committee—including Chairman French Hill and Subcommittee Chairman Andy Barr—pressed the Federal Reserve to end…

    Originally published inRealClearMarkets

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  July 28, 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

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    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

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    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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