The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. ENERGY

Many of the hurricane-damaged energy facilities in the Gulf Coast are still offline.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of Energy Policy Myron Ebell on the need to develop domestic oil and gas resources in the Alaskan Arctic.

2. PRIVACY

The European Union investigates the privacy implications of using microchip “tags” to track business inventory and verify personal identification information.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Analyst Jim Harper on why we shouldn’t fear the use of RFID tags.

3. HEALTH

The Food & Drug Administration votes to allow multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri back on the market.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Fellow Dr. Henry I. Miller on the debate over who should have access to Tysabri and other controversial medications.

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