American Radio Journal
This week on American Radio Journal:
Lowman Henry talks with Jim Burling from the Pacific Legal Foundation about the hidden story of America’s housing crisis; Scott Parkinson from the Club for Growth has the Real Story on the…
CNBC
Up to $400 to change a lightbulb? Appliance repair costs are no joke
News Release
House set to rebuke EPA’s de facto EV mandate
Director of CEI’s Center for Energy and Environment Daren Bakst: “The very idea that the federal government would try and kill off…
Fox News
5 insane Biden-Harris appliance regulations heading your way
It took an angry public reaction against proposed federal restrictions on gas stoves to get the Biden-Harris administration regulators to reconsider. But that…
American Institute For Economic Research
The Supreme Court Reshuffles the Regulatory Deck
We sometimes forget that the Constitution of the United States is intended both to direct the nation’s governance and to advance the nation’s economy. But…
Blog
Magatte Wade to accept Julian L. Simon Memorial Award and share her story at the CEI dinner
According to demographers, about one-quarter of the world’s population is expected to be African at the middle of this century. Many are currently quite poor. …
Blog
House expected to consider legislation to block EPA’s ‘EV mandate’
This week the House is expected to consider a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) April 2024 rule…
Human Progress
Appliances Contribute to Human Progress—but Regulations Threaten Their Affordability
Summary: Home appliances have drastically improved human life, from preventing heat-related deaths with air conditioning to making household tasks more efficient with washing machines and…
The American Thinker
Labor unions are turning into roach motels for generations of workers
The American Thinker quoted CEI’s expert on unionized workers Sean Higgins, a former colleague at Investor’s Business Daily, now at the Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
Blog
Free the Economy podcast: Economic mobility in the 50 states with Gonzalo Schwarz
In this week’s episode we cover poll results on corporate social responsibility, the plight of California landlords, hard times for cable…
National Review
‘Free Enterprise Is My Birthright as an African’
National Review quoted CEI’s award winner Today Wade is being awarded the Julian L. Simon Memorial Award from the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a free-market…
NTD
Rate Cut Won’t Lead to Higher Inflation, But Signals Recession Concerns: Economist
NTD discusses economic issues with CEI Senior economist…
Nonprofit Quarterly
Project 2025: What Does It Mean for Racial and Economic Justice?
Nonprofit Quarterly cited CEI’s CEO about Project 2025 The document has been widely described as a “blueprint” for a possible incoming Donald…
Blog
Teamsters’ non-endorsement exposes internal divisions
The announcement that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters will not endorse a presidential candidate this cycle is a sign of the internal struggles within…
Blog
Turning point on interest rates
The Federal Reserve went for the big cut at its interest rate meeting this week. There was uncertainty on whether the federal funds rate…
News Release
Fed reduces interest rates by 50 basis points: CEI analysis
The Federal Reserve today cut interest rates by 50 basis points, the first rate reduction in over two years. CEI experts give their analysis…
News Release
Updated REINS Act introduced in Senate and House
Today, Senator Rand Paul (R–KY) and Representative Kat Cammack (R, FL-03) introduced an updated version of the REINS (Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny)…
Blog
DOJ’s flawed case against AI’s incredible rent machine
In Tom Smith and The Incredible Bread Machine, the famous political poem about an inventor at first hailed for his machine that slashes the…
Blog
CEI’s The Surge: HUD hiking housing costs, wind and solar subsidies, and more
If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental issues, then we encourage you to subscribe to this new publication…
Blog
Political review of agency adjudication and recommendations for reform
Abstract Formal agency adjudication reserves the final decision-making authority to the political leadership of the agency. Many organizations and watchdogs have taken issue with how…
Citation
Lunch Hour Ep. 101 – Kent Lassman
Federal Newswire featured CEI’s CEO Kent Lassman reflects on CEI’s accomplishments, liberty and prosperity, and effective activism.
GWU Regulatory Studies Center
Political Review of Agency Adjudication and Recommendations for Reform
Formal agency adjudication reserves the final decision-making authority to the political leadership of the agency. Many organizations and watchdogs have taken issue with how political…
Blog
Why Europe’s ‘Farm to Fork’ policies collapsed
The new European Commission, the European Union’s executive body, will soon be tasked with “simplifying” agricultural regulations within the Union. “The Commission is…
Wall Street Journal
“Cigna Demands FTC Retraction in Escalating Drug-Price Fight”
The Wall Street Journal reports on Express Scripts’ suit over the FTC’s recent report on pharmacy benefit managers.
Blog
Some thoughts on Constitution Day
As I drove into work today, it occurred to me: we so often take for granted the extraordinary power that the automobile gives us. Once…
The Federalist Society
Federal Court Recognizes Limits to Federal Power Over At-Home Distilling
What are the limits of the federal government’s powers? That critical question has been debated since the nation’s Founding, and a recent federal court decision…
Blog
Hey Fed! Don’t worsen devastating Durbin debit card price controls
Consumers using their debit and credit cards just can’t catch a break these days from politicians, bureaucrats, and big retailers pushing Big Government ripoffs. In…
Blog
This week in ridiculous regulations: Robocalls and toddler carriers
Culture warriors falsely accused immigrants of eating people’s pets. Donald Trump discussed the issue in his presidential debate with Kamala Harris. The final…
Washington Examiner
Trump’s ‘no taxes on overtime’ proposal: What to know
Washington Examiner quoted CEI’s expert on no-tax-on-overtime proposal Sean Higgins was quoted in the Washington Examiner concerning Trump’s dubious no-tax-on-overtime proposal. “It’s not clear how many people…
Blog
Removing taxes on overtime would have only marginal impact
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s proposal to remove the taxes on overtime would likely have little effect on the workers and the economy. It…
Truth on the Market
“Antitrust at the Agencies: The Meat of the Matter Edition”
Dan Gilman discusses the FTC’s latest comments to the US Department of Agriculture’s rule under the Packers and Stockyards Act.
Washington Examiner
FTC lawsuit over Kroger-Albertsons merger is a political tightrope for Harris and Trump
The Washington Examiner cited CEI’s expert on antitrust matters Alex Reinauer is a research fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, where he specializes in antitrust…
Issues & Insights
What We’re Reading: Urbanist Dreams, Kamala’s ‘Bluetooth’ Earrings, Climate Indoctrination … And More
Issues & Insights cited CEI’s article for some headlines that caught their eye. Just 5 percent of private sector workers voted for their unions —…
Hoover Institution
Where the Candidates Stand on Regulation
The Hoover Institution cited CEI’s expert on regulatory burdens The US regulatory state is massive. Wayne Crews, the vice president for policy of the Competitive…
Blog
Free the Economy podcast: Why we can’t have nice things with Eric Boehm
In this week’s episode we cover weaponized financial regulation, poverty policy beyond handouts, and Italy’s call to slow down the electric…
Substack
The American Dream of a Cheetah
Substack cited CEI’s Julian L. Simon Awardee In the next few days Magatte will receive the Julian Simon Award from the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
Blog
Proposed USDA rule disregards recent Supreme Court rulings
The first two of the four priorities the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) lists on the homepage of its website are tackling social justice,…
The-A-Word
People can be authoritarian about anything. That includes liberals and freelance busting. This Q&A with Luke Conway explains why.
The-A-Word cited CEI’s expert on the rise of authoritarianism I was thinking about all this when Iain Murray of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a libertarian…
Blog
Just 5 percent of private sector workers voted for their unions
Imagine if you lived in a country where a vote held decades previous determined which party held control of the government and people had little…
Epoch Times
Congress’ Post-Chevron Dilemma: Take Back Power From Agencies or Concede It for Good
Epoch Times cited CEI’s expert on excessive government regulation When federal regulatory expert Wayne Crews was asked recently what Congress should do about excessive government…
News Release
August CPI report shows housing prices driving up inflation: CEI analysis
Today’s Consumer Price Index report for August shows an overall inflation increase of 0.2 percent, mostly driven by rising housing prices. CEI senior economist…
Blog
A cry for Yelp or crocodile tears?
Online review platform Yelp filed a private antitrust suit against Google last month, accusing the tech company of monopolizing the “local search services market”…
Fox Business
VIDEO: Jessica Melugin joins Mornings with Maria to discuss Google antitrust case
Jessica Melugin joined Fox Business to discuss the antitrust case against Google, what the government needs to prove to emerge successful from the case and…
Blog
Regulatory relief, not subsidies, can make housing more affordable
Housing affordability has become a major issue – and for good reason given skyrocketing home prices and high mortgage rates coming at a time when…
Comment
CEI’s comment on Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets
Dear Mr. Offutt: On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, we respectfully submit these comments to the Department of Agriculture (“the Department”) on its proposed…
National Review
How Partisan Bureaucrats Weaponized Financial Regulation
The main goal of financial regulation in the United States is supposed to be the protection of consumers, investors, and their businesses from deception and fraud.
Blog
Scaling deregulation: Can Trump achieve a 10-for-1 rule elimination?
In a speech at the Economic Club of New York, Donald Trump pledged if re-elected to eliminate—not two rules for every one added as he…
Blog
This week in ridiculous regulations: Nuclear casks and radiofrequency toothbrushes
It was a four-day week due to Labor Day. The unemployment rate declined from 4.3 percent to 4.2 percent. The Biden administration signaled it…
Blog
Government efficiency commission: the good, the bad, and the ugly
Donald Trump is proposing a new government efficiency commission and he wants Elon Musk to lead it. Like most campaign proposals, it does not…
Blog
Will Big Nuclear make a comeback?
Following Georgia Power Plant Vogtle Unit 4’s completion and coming online earlier this year, there aren’t any outstanding large nuclear reactors under construction in the United…
Blog
Steeling politics
Politics ruins everything. Right now, it is ruining America’s steel industry. The Biden administration, with plenty of bipartisan support, has announced it will block…
Blog
Junk science behind federal appliance regs about to get junkier
The Biden-Harris administration has embarked on a wave of anti-consumer home appliance regulations over the last several years. Each was justified in part by overblown…
News Release
Unemployment rate edged down in August, all eyes on Fed’s next move: CEI analysis
August’s jobs numbers show an addition of 142,000 jobs to the economy, edging the unemployment rate down to 4.2 percent compared to July’s 4.3…
Washington Examiner
Red Dawn is a misunderstood masterpiece
If ever a film has been ripe for rediscovery and reevaluation, it is Red Dawn, John Milius’s 1984 movie about a group of Colorado…
Blog
The problem with power subsidies
A new paper from the Energy Alliance highlights one of the biggest causes of rising unreliability on the electricity grid: subsidies. The report’s author, Bill Peacock,…
Fox News
Energy groups pan Biden-Harris $7.3B ‘clean energy’ spending ahead of battleground visit
Fox News cited CEI’s experts on environmental policy “Rather than forcing on rural Americans’ energy sources they don’t want, the administration ought to…
National Review
Econception on One of History’s Underrated Inventions
National Review quoted CEI’s luncheon guest Tevi Troy on financial regulation I talk about what it means to say that “complexity is a subsidy.” I…
Blog
Price controls: right problem, wrong solution
In an op-ed being syndicated by Inside Sources, I take a look at Kamala Harris’s price control proposals for groceries and housing:…
Blog
Free the Economy podcast: The future of streaming with Geoff Manne
In this week’s episode we cover social media censorship, automation at US ports, and the property market crash in China. Our…
Forbes
NIST AI Guidelines Misplace Responsibility For Managing Risks
Policymakers are scrambling to keep pace with technological advancements in artificial intelligence. The recent release of draft guidelines from the U.S. AI Safety Institute, a…
DC Journal
Counterpoint: Harris’ Price Controls Won’t Tame Inflation
Right problem, wrong solution. It’s one of the most familiar stories in politics. Thanks to inflation, every American is paying higher prices for groceries and…
Washington Examiner
Congress needs to end regulation without representation
Taxation without representation is the antithesis of freedom and runs counter to the basic principles guiding our nation. So why is regulation without representation not…
Blog
Congress needs to fight the bureaucracy – and itself
After testifying before the House Committee on Administration in July on Congress in a Post-Chevron World, I received a series of Questions for…
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Housing Price Controls
Dear Members of Congress and State Attorneys General, We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, are writing in opposition to all efforts to establish price controls…
Blog
This week in ridiculous regulations: marijuana scheduling and do-not-call fees
Rather than allow more housing to be built to combat rising rents, the Justice Department sued RealPage, a rent-listing service. CEI’s James Broughel released…
Forbes
Unpacking The Pros And Cons Of The Energy Permitting Reform Act Of 2024
As the 118th Congress winds down, Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY) have introduced the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024.
DC Journal
Counterpoint: Workers Are Not Better Off
The perennial question in presidential elections is, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” For American workers, the answer is, lately, not…
Blog
Proof of price gouging is harder to find than Bigfoot
The concept of “price gouging” is a lot like Bigfoot. Lots of people think it exists and have been chasing it for decades. Yet actual…
Testimony
Responses to Questions for the Record House Committee on Administration
The hearing topic and questions for the record raise foundational issues concerning the legitimacy of lawmaking and the entities responsible for crafting those laws.
The American Institute for Economic Research
Did the Bank of England Set Britain on the Road to Ruin?
“The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street” is the affectionate nickname of the Bank of England, as respected an institution as Britain ever had. Calling something…
Blog
Free the Economy podcast: Searching for digital privacy with Jen Huddleston
In this week’s episode we cover the new book What Went Wrong with Capitalism, the problem with price controls (via Brian…
Forbes
“Big Federal Antitrust Cases Heat Up”
Alden Abbott provides the latest in the FTC’s challenge to the Kroger-Albertsons merger.
Washington Examiner
Grocery store-owning congressman blasts ‘reckless’ Harris plan to target price gouging
The Washington Examiner cited CEI’s experts on across-the board tariff regime “Ryan Young, senior economist at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, recently told the Washington Examiner that he…
Acton Institute
Invisible Logic: Boy, Do I Have a Conspiracy Theory for You
At page 99 of their substance-free investigation into the effects of the doctrine they call “neoliberalism,” George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison start talking about “conspiracy…
Blog
The power of proceduralism: Lessons from New York’s Uniform Procedures Act
Within the labyrinth of environmental regulation, good intentions often pave the way to bureaucratic nightmares. But amidst the tangle of red tape, there occasionally emerges…
The Washington Times
Report suggests that real wages have fallen as inflation rose over past four years
The Washington Times cited CEI’s experts on real wages & rising inflation Sean Higgins, an analyst at the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute, said the Pew…
Blog
ESG policy trembles in our post-Chevron world
The US Supreme Court recently rendered one of the most historic decisions in administrative law in the consolidated cases of Loper Bright v. Raimondo…
News Release
Report: New York’s need for straightforward environmental permitting reform
A new Competitive Enterprise Institute report evaluates how the state of New York is handling its system of environmental permitting, the regulatory process that…
Study
Empire State of Mind
Executive Summary New York State’s environmental permitting procedures represent a mixed bag. On the one hand, the Uniform Procedures Act (UPA), signed into law in…
Blog
Congressional Review Act votes could claw back some of Biden’s regulations
As the Biden-Harris baton-passing administration approaches the final stretch of its first term, a critical deadline has passed that could render subsequent major federal rules…
News Release
Biden DOJ prosecution of RealPage will undermine multifamily housing supply and affordability
The Biden Justice Department along with 8 state attorneys general on August 23 announced a lawsuit against real estate software company RealPage, accusing the company…
Forbes
‘Strategic Bitcoin Reserve’ Plans Warrant Caution
At the recent Bitcoin Bitcoin -1.1% 2024 conference in Nashville, speakers proposed many good policies to tame the federal government’s regulatory hostility…
Blog
This week in ridiculous regulations: energy labeling and FCC rules for homework
There are now more than 2,000 new final regulations on the year. The Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago. A labor market statistic caused…
The Daily Caller
‘Ignore the Economists’: Dems, Liberal Media Scramble To Explain Why Kamala’s Price Control Plan Isn’t ‘Communist’
The Daily Caller cites CEI’s expert over Kamala’s price control plan “Her idea flopped badly. They can’t just withdraw it, so they have to ‘contextualize’…
Blog
Labor issues
Labor Day was established in the late 1800s to celebrate workers and their achievements. Back then, manual labor was the dominant type of work for…
Wall Street Journal
“The ‘Big Grocery’ Lawsuit Goes to Court”
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board discusses the FTC’s suit against the Kroger/Albertsons merger as well as Kroger’s recent challenge to the constitutionality of the…
TheLarsLarsonShow
Sean Higgins What Do The Revised Job Numbers Tell Us About The Future Of Our Economy
CEI expert was featured on TheLarsLarson Show to comment on the financial state of the economy Listen to more at TheLarsLarson Show…
NewsTalksSTL
CEI’s Ryan Young on huge downward revision of jobs report by BLS
NewsTalksSTL cited CEI’s expert who talks about the huge downward revision of over 800,000 jobs between March 2023 and March 2024. Listen to more at…
Washington Examiner
Most ‘swamp’ managers say voters don’t matter
The Washington Examiner cited CEI’s experts on regulation decisions Clyde Wayne Crews, the regulation expert at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, told Secrets,…
Blog
Free the Economy podcast: AI and the future of work with Patrick Carroll
In this week’s episode we report from the State Policy Network’s annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona and some of the great reform proposals…
Freedom Works Radio Show
Freedom Works Radio Show
Freedom Works Radio Show interviewed one of CEI’s experts on corporate shareholder representation Listen to Freedom Works Radio Show for more…
RealClear Markets
Global Regulators Want To Hamstring AI Innovation
RealClear Markets cited CEI on technological innovation Like many efforts at economic planning, subverting market forces — the forces that drive creative destruction — driving…
News Release
Big revision in job numbers spells bad news for the economy: CEI analysis
The economy added 818,000 fewer jobs between March 2023 and March 2024 than previously reported, according to preliminary Bureau of Labor Statistics data. CEI…
Wall Street Journal
“Lina Khan’s Noncompete Ban Goes Down in Court”
The Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board discussed the Chair Lina Khan’s latest loss in court.
Blog
Price signals and virtue signals
It’s a divisive election year, but all of us still have some things in common. Since the pandemic began, inflation has devalued the dollar by…
HeartLand Daily News
FDA Hid COVID Shot Side Effects—Congressional Report
Heartland Daily News cited CEI on COVID public health concerns Joel Zinberg, M.D., senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and director of the Public…
The Western Journal
Mark Levin Uses 6th Grad Econ Test to Show Harris Why Her Inflation Plan Won’t Work
Mark Levin featured CEI’s short film I, pencil to show how Harris Inflation plan won’t work Levin then proceeded to show a video put…
Home Equity Lending News
Presidential Election Could Determine Fate of Freddie CES
Home Equity Lending News cited CEI on FHFA’s home-equity program “Government agencies are always looking for a way to expand their role,” says John Berlau,…
Blog
The social significance of the Consolidated Audit Trail
Personal privacy is important. The ability of citizens to communicate and do business with one another – and to do so with some degree of…
Real Clear Markets
“The FTC Embraces Slant over Reason with PBMs”
Patrick Hanks with the Building Industry Association of Washington explains why the FTC’s new PBM report leaves more questions than answers.