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Center Director: Iain Murray

The Center for Economic Freedom works to ensure that voluntary economic transactions remain free from government coercion and control. We work tirelessly to beat back attacks on these freedoms from bureaucrats and nanny-state busybodies, and to expand the orbit of voluntary arrangements in the economy—including banking and finance, labor, insurance, the freedom to take risks as an entrepreneur or a consumer of alcohol, international trade and development, transportation, and many others. We aim for a world where the rights and benefits of free transactions are recognized, respected and protected.

Op-Eds & Articles

Self Help Africa: Why Only Profits Can Cure Poverty

By William Frezza,

May 21, 2013

E-Verify’s biometric database: A huge step toward a permission-slip society

By David Bier,

May 14, 2013

Should Washington Allow Internet Gambling?

By Michelle Minton,

May 13, 2013

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Citations

This Week in Small Business: Small Data

By John Berlau,

May 13, 2013

Could Immigration Bill Lead to Big Brother Database?

By David Bier,

May 13, 2013

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Studies

Separating European Austerity Fact and Fiction

By Matthew Melchiorre,

May 7, 2013

E-Verify Mandate Is Costly for Businesses and Workers

By David Bier,

April 22, 2013

Slow Train Coming?

By Marc Scribner,

March 12, 2013

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Media Appearances

By Matthew Melchiorre

Italian Elections February 28, 2013

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Center for Economic Freedom Experts

John Berlau

Senior Fellow for Finance and Access to Capital

John has written about the impact of public policy on entrepreneurship for publications like Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Investor's Business Daily. He graduated from the University of Missouri with degrees in journalism and economics.
Trey Kovacs

Labor Policy Analyst

Trey Kovacs is a Policy Analyst at CEI. He focuses on economic impacts of labor and finance policy. His research areas include public sector unions, labor policy reform, and employer rights.
Matthew Melchiorre

Warren Brookes Journalism Fellow

Melchiorre’s research focuses on quantitative analysis of political and economic issues and trends within Europe, the Euro Area, and the individual European economies. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, City AM, Orange County Register, National Review, and elsewhere. He has appeared on prime time Al Jazeera television, CBS Talk Radio, and in the European press.
Michelle Minton

Fellow in Consumer Policy Studies

Ms. Minton is CEI's Fellow in Consumer Policy Studies. Before joining CEI she worked in the advertising field managing the production of video advertisements.
Iain Murray

Vice President for Strategy

Mr. Murray is Vice President for Strategy at CEI. He is the author of the best-selling book on environmental policy, "The Really Inconvenient Truths," and specializes in energy, environment, finance, trade, and science and technology policy.
Ivan Osorio

Editorial Director

Mr. Osorio’s writings focus on labor issues and the new economy. Prior to joining CEI, Osorio was editor of Labor Watch, a monthly publication at Capital Research Center.
Matt Patterson

Senior Fellow

Matt Patterson is Senior Fellow at CEI's Center For Economic Freedom, specializing in labor policy.
Marc Scribner

Fellow in Land-use and Transportation Studies

Marc focuses on public policy issues related to the built environment, as well as regional and urban economic policy. His research interests include eminent domain, vehicle automation, entrepreneurship, zoning, privatization, subsurface infrastructure, public finance, transit, intercity passenger transportation, civil aviation, freight transport, economic redevelopment, network industry regulation, and property rights.