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State insurance programs flawed
Re “Insurance assurance,” editorial, April 9 The Times argues that the federal government should provide a "backstop" for state insurance funds like…
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Fighting pirates Letters of marque a solution?
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K Street Files: Springtime in the City
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Ron Paul has a solution to the pirate problem Letters of marque a solution?
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How To Fight Pirates
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US lawmaker: Bring back private pirate hunters
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Vil la sivile jakte fritt på somaliske pirate
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Backstop bill would be a disaster
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Ron Paul’s Piracy Plan: Let Ships Arm and Defend Themselves
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History offers an answer to piracy: bounty hunters
"If we have 100 American wannabe Rambos patrolling the seas, it's probably a good way of getting the job done," said Competitive Enterprise Institute's Eli…
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Ron Paul to pirates: Here come the bounty hunters
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US lawmaker calls for return of private pirate hunters
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‘Bring back private pirate hunters’
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Ron Paul: Deal with piracy like we should be dealing with terrorism
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Bring back private pirate hunters
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US Rep Paul Favors Revival Of Armed, Private Pirate-Hunters
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US lawmaker: Bring back private pirate hunters
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RON PAUL’S ANTI-PIRACY PLAN
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Ron Paul’s plan to fend off pirates
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Horse Corral
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Why Florida Should Not Receive a Pre-Funded Federal Bailout
Full Document Available in PDF Since early 2009, Florida state…
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‘Backstop’ idea appears too risky: Catastrophe fund may have opposite effect
Texans have many reasons to worry about hurricanes. Two large storms struck the state last year, insurance rates have risen steadily in most coastal areas,…
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Geithner promises repeat of Bush’s regulatory mistakes
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s testimony before Congress last weekrightly angered a lot of conservatives, small-government leftists, libertariansand other friends of the free market. And Geithner’s…
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Disputing the Need For State Insurance Regulation
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The Constitutional Answer to the Pirate Problem
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Letter to Senators Dodd and Shelby, and Congressmen Frank and Bachus regarding National Regulatory Modernization
Full Document Available in PDF This letter written to Senators Dodd and Shelby, and…
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Florida Senate passes bills to address hurricane fund shortfall
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Lawmakers told to overhaul property insurance
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The Five Dumbest Product Bans, 2009
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Lawmakers told to overhaul property insurance: A coalition pushes for reform to help prevent economic disaster.
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Legislature aims to overhaul property insurance system
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The five dumbest product bans, 2009 Source: Competitive Enterprise
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The Five Dumbest Product Bans, 2009
Eli Lehrer's Annual Review of Regulatory Absurdity…
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Human Achievement Hour
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‘Battlestar’ Rules: In the Wasteland of TV Drama, An Intergalactic Tour de Force.
Untitled Document When it premiered to high ratings in 1978, the producers of Battlestar Galactica promised their show would bring feature-film standards to…
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Geithner’s Power Grab: Not All Bad
Testifying before the House of Representatives today, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner asked for vast new powers to oversee banks, investment houses, hedge funds, and…
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Time to put an end to AIG’s misery
Sometimes, it seems like AIG’s crisis couldn’t get any worse. After all, what was once the world’s largest insurance company has already consumed…
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Taxpayers Getting Hosed By The Collapse Of AIG’s Insurance Business
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Fla. Insurance Market Fix Outlined In Paper
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The Breaking up of Money-Pit Behemoths if Necessary
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Restoring the Private Property-Insurance Market To Reduce Florida’s Risk of Financial Insolvency
Eli Lehrer examines why Florida could very well become financially insolvent.
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Is a ‘modern hermit’ the best poet for laureate
The Niagara River by Kay Ryan Grove, 97 pp., $14 Kay Ryan writes fine, thoughtful, accessible poetry. A master of…
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Coastal business | S.C. exports rise, not in local port
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The Beach House Bailout?
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CEI Asks: Is a Beach House Bailout Next?
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States Insurance Funds Should Not Receive Federal Backing
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No to State Backed Hurrican Fund
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States Broke the Insurance Regulatory System
About six months after the U.S. government first injected taxpayer money into AIG, the company continues to teeter on the brink of bankruptcy…
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The Calculation of Climate Change Risk in the Provision of Insurance
Full Document Available in PDF It is obvious to anybody that a risk of climate change exists: weather patterns…
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AIG Price Tag: $1,400 Per Taxpayer Family
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CEI Naming Vermont Best, Florida Worst for State Insurance Regulation
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Flood Insurance Plan To Get Extension
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A House Appropriations Bill Calling for a Six-Month Flood Insurance Extension
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Scholars Saddness at Seeing State Farm Go
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Florida Seeking Federal Aid To Close Gap In Hurricane Fund, With Startups At Risk
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Critics Hitting U.S. Insurance Regulator Bill Proposal
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Let Credit Unions Lend More
Eli Lehrer makes the case for expanding credit union business lending, which would unlock otherwise idle capital and thereby help create jobs.
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Coalition Opposes Proposed Taxes for Affiliated Reinsurance
Full Document Available in PDF The Honorable Max Baucus Chairman Senate Finance Committee 219 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C.
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Florida’s Hurricane Catastrophe Fund
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Florida office director for the Competitive Enterprise Institute Scores for Fla.’s McCarty For Cat Fund Lobbying Effort
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Protectionism is the embrace of fear, the rejection of hope
In the context of America’s $17-trillion economy, $12-trillion national debt and $4-trillion federal budget, a few billion dollars worth of international trade doesn’t sound…
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Insurer’s Exit Leaves Florida on the Brink
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Eli Lehrer: “The U.S. government has no business taking over banks.”
Nationalize U.S. Banks: In light of the financial crisis, the U.S. should nationalize banks, taking over the most troubled ones. Pro: The…
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Obama’s Top Economic Adviser Conceding ‘Considerable Uncertainty’ About Stimulus Jobs Claims
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Election Reopening National Catastrophe Fund Debate
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No Midnight Rulemaking
Full Document Avalible in PDF Chairman Steve Cohen 1004 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515 February 3, 2009 Dear Chairman Cohen:…
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State Farm exit will leave Florida on the brink
State Farm’s decision to quit providing homeowners insurance in Florida shows that the state’s insurance market simply can’t survive in its current form.
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Wetlands–An Environmental Issue for Free Marketeers
Conservatives have good reason to question parts of the environmental movement’s wish-list. Proposals for new energy taxes, “green jobs” programs, and restrictions…
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State Farm’s exit leaves Florida on the brink of a crisis
State Farm’s decision to quit providing homeowners insurance in Florida shows that the state’s insurance market simply can’t survive in its current…
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State Farm Looking to Quit Florida Homeowners Market
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Don’t Just Shrink Government — Run It Right
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Salon.com’s Fact Checking
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A Distinctly American Poem; An inaugural poem that celebrates the romance and beauty of everyday life.
Elizabeth Alexander’s inaugural poem, "Praise Song for the Day," doesn’t qualify as a great poem, but it might emerge as an important one. As…
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Americans Tell Obama to Legalize Online Poker
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Statement on the Nomination of Shaun Donovan to Be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Shaun Donovan is a distinguished public servant and, under Mayor Bloomberg, has made a difficult government-run housing agency work better. Unlike a lot of…
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North Carolina’s Insurance chief Jim Long Retirement
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Letter To President Obama on Credit Unions and Business Lending
Full Document Available in PDF December 23, 2008 The Honorable Barack Obama President-Elect…
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The 2008 Year in Poker
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Response to AFSNCP Letter Supporting Mitigation in Stimulus Package
Full Document Avalible in PDF December 18, 2008 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House H-232 Capitol…
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Time to shore up the Beach Plan
Insurance Commissioner-elect Wayne Goodwin has called North Carolina’s Beach Plan a “ticking time bomb.” He’s right. The plan, intended to provide “last…
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A Wrinkle in the Story of Republic Windows and Doors
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A Valid Point In Support of Auto Bailouts?
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The End of Auto Bailouts (Not.)
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Doug, I think you’re partly wrong
Doug, The situation you describe in the UK here is outrageous however one looks at it. Indeed, it provides a strong case why the…
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JLF’s new report urging changes to stabilize, reform coastal insurance coverage
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What is Insurance?
Full Document Available in PDF Insurance is a type of financial product that serves to pool, manage and mitigate against unexpected…
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Internet Poker Cheating Is Government’s Fault, CEI Says
A Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow says that the recent 60 Minutes reports about online poker cheating scandals show the foolishness of efforts to…
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Free Speech Free Zone
Ithaca: Where the 1960s Never Ended. Ithaca, New York, home to my noble alma mater, has long been considered a place where…
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Daschle: Good, Wrong, and Terrible
President-elect Obama has named Tom Daschle to head the Department of Health and Human Services. By some measures the largest department in the government,…
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Natural Poet: Environmental lyrics are more appealing than political verse
Red Bird by Mary Oliver Beacon, 96 pp., $23 In a land where few poets can make more than a…
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Another Housing Crisis Brewing
Irresponsible federal and state homeowners' insurance schemes could easily cost the nation several hundred billion dollars when and if a major hurricane hits.
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Another housing crisis brewing
As it continues to pick up the pieces from the mortgage mess, Congress needs to take note of another housing-related crisis that threatens…
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Catastrophe Funds and Reinsurance
Eli Lehrer answers and explores the most frequently asked questions about catastrophe funds and reinsurance.
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Bush Should Keep Promise To Stop New Regs
Despite his party’s defeat at the polls last week, President Bush still wields enormous regulatory power. The way he manages this power—and, in…
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Obama: A Safe Bet for Depository Institutions Too!
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Next up: Bush administration’s anti-environment rules
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Groups Seek To Halt ‘Midnight Regulations’
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Old is Better Than New (In the Voting Booth)
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