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ABOUT LABYRINTH INSIGHTS

The latest insights produced by Labyrinth Insights

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OUR WORK

Labyrinth Insights LLC is a boutique strategic research platform focused on policy and public accountability. We regularly publish independent research and analysis on a wide range of policy issues at the federal, state, and local levels.

 

Our research primarily centers on issues concerning the impact of concentrated economic and political power on public policy, including how money in politics shapes decision-making. Labyrinth Insights additionally publishes research concerning regulatory enforcement and the track record of officials more generally. ​

MOUD policy: Prospects of federal reform in 2026 and beyond

Labyrinth Insights analysis assesses, among other issues:

- The ongoing crisis of market concentration across sectors

- Shifts in state and federal antitrust enforcement patterns

- Competition-related issues such as noncompete agreements

- The importance of strong financial regulation measures 

- Frameworks for ending surveillance pricing

- The importance of strong financial regulation measures 

- How Congress can reassert its war powers authority 

- The need for a human-rights oriented towards human rights

- Accountability on defense spending and strategic coherence 

- The need for affordable, walkable communities

- The roles of federal, state, and local actors in building a more liveable America 

- Analyzing transit project planning and delivery

- Assessing the harmful role played by money in politics

- How the 'revolving door' undermines the public interest

- How corporate lobbying has harmed consumers and workers
 

WHO WE ARE

Aidan Smith is the founder of Labyrinth Insights LLC, a boutique strategic research platform based in Washington, D.C.

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