The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. ECONOMICS

Offical plans for rebuilding New Orleans draw harsh criticism from local homeowners.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Senior Fellow Iain Murray on what history can teach us about rebuilding major cities.

2. BUSINESS

Proponents of new SEC disclosure rules seek to publicize “excessive” CEO pay packages.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Fellow Henry I. Miller on why the real threat to companies is CEOs who become “social responsibility” activists.

3. CONGRESS

House leaders scramble to produce new rules on gifts and donations from lobbyists.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Journalism Fellow Timothy Carney on why big business often lobbies for greater federal regulation, not less.

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