Cato
Public Choice and Political Advocacy
In the three decades since I founded the Competitive Enterprise Institute, I have seen the pro–free market intellectual movement grow by…
The Guardian
CPAC 2013: An angry and beaten US right fires out scattergun wacky policies in hunt for victory
CPAC embraced Trump but did not invite gay Republicans, with their GOProud organisation reduced to a single speaker on…
The Guardian
John Kerry’s Climate Change Alarmism
Wall Street Journal
E-Verify’s ‘Hang Everyone’ Approach
This op-ed was coauthored by Laura Murphy, director of the ACLU's Washington Legislative Office If you hang everyone, the old saying goes, you…
Financial Times
Letter to the Editor: Companies should never apologise for making products people enjoy
Sir, The key (if unintended) message of Alan Rappeport’s analysis of Coca-Cola’s response to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s “anti-obesity” measures is that corporate appeasement…
Washington Post
Fred Smith passes the torch at CEI
Most think tanks are earnest places — and then there’s the Competitive Enterprise Institute. “People say, ‘CEI has fun people, but some of them are…
AJC
Tax pledge proves its worth
Grover Norquist’s Tax Pledge isn’t perfect. But it successfully forces lawmakers and taxpayers to address America’s current fiscal path. Opponents of the pledge say it…
Forbes
Why Grover Norquist’s Tax Pledge Works
Listening to the media these days, it seems Grover Norquist is Public Enemy No. 1. His insistence lawmakers keep their promises to voters—in the form…
Letters
Coalition Letter on the Fiscal Cliff and the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Republican Members of Congress, We, the undersigned organizations, who represent millions of Americans dedicated to fiscal…
Blog
Jeffrey Sachs: Macro-Keynsianism Is “Outdated And Outmoded”… So, We Need Micro-Keynsianism!
Jeffrey Sachs, the harbinger of bad policy, has written his first post-election column in the Financial Times, “Obama has four years to transform America’s…
Real Clear Markets
Markets, Not Mandates, Are the Key to Sustainable Development
What exactly is sustainable development? Former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Brundtland, speaking at the United Nations' Stockholm Conference in 1972, described it as "development that…
America's Future Foundation
Profiles in Liberty: Fred Smith
From Tom Swanson's column for America's Future Foundation: As he prepares to name a successor, Fred Smith has big plans for the…
America's Future Foundation
Is China doing capitalism better than the United States?
D.C. anchor Mike Walter interviews Peter Schiff, the CEO of Euro Pacific Capital Inc., and Fred Smith, President of the Competitive Enterprise Institute about a…
Blog
Remembering Elinor Ostrom
Among the individuals with whom I wish I could have greater opportunities to exchange ideas is Elinor Ostrom. She passed away today, and now I…
Study
MCOOL and the Politics of Country-of-Origin Labeling
The Mandatory Country-of-Origin Label (MCOOL) for beef and pork products was brought into force by the United States in 2008. It imposes uneven tracking, segregating,…
Washington Post
Would Don Draper Hate Today’s Corporate Ad Campaigns?
From Suzy Khimm's post in The Washington Post's WonkBlog: If an ad man like Don Draper saw the groveling, apologetic PR coming from…
Financial Times
Letter to the Editor: U.S. Principles at Stake As Government Keeps Growing
Sir, Martin Wolf’s latest column ignores the wisdom of conservative commentator Stan Evans: “The problem with pragmatism is that it doesn’t work!” (“American power needs…
Blog
Bailouts Wanted — All Taxpayers Solicited!
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Why Are Statists So Inconsistent?
News OK
Letter to the Editor: Companies Have Right to Engage in Political Process
Regarding “Activist shareholders want full disclosure” (Business, May 6): Shareholder proposals calling for greater disclosure regarding “lobbying” sound reasonable until one considers the aim of…
Washington Times
Driving the Market From the Marketplace of Ideas
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin recently came under attack from left-wing activists for meeting with representatives of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a nationwide association…
Blog
Legacy Risks
European and American political and private institutions have made many non-sustainable retirement promises over the last 50 years. These promises cannot be kept and that…
Michigan Capitol Confidential
Federal ‘Stimulus’ Spent $34.5 Million In Michigan For Only 183 Total Jobs
From Anne Schieber's article on Michigan Capitol Confidential: The real problem is that the government is creating these programs in the first place;…
Blog
European Lessons for America
George Will warns that America’s system of competitive federalism is threatened by our own “Greeces.” (“In Illinois the bills are coming due,” April 27). Europe…
Reason
Leftwing Pitchforkers: Kill the Limited Government Monsters!
From Ronald Bailey's article in Reason: In a letter to the editor in the Wall Street Journal about the relentless Team Blue crusade…
Wall Street Journal
Letter to the Editor: An Attempt to Drive Free-Market Voices From the Field
The attack on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is part of a broader attack by those seeking to drive all market voices from the…
Blog
FDR on FDIC
Robert Samuelson’s column (April 8, 2012) discussing President Franklin Roosevelt’s reservations about the longer term implications of Social Security should not be surprising. In…
Sun Live
Winning Millions, Saving the Planet and Pink Boots
From Brian Rogers' article in SunLive: Meanwhile, clear-thinking readers were again subjected to another dose of Earth Hour nonsense this week – when…
Blog
CSR: Business’s Shampoo?
To the Editor, Financial Times: Gillian Tett notes the vogue among CEOs for “corporate social responsibility” (When Making Shampoo Becomes a Service to Society).
Blog
How Worrisome is the Race to the Bottom Argument?
Blog
The Demographics of Politics
Reason
Environmentalist Protection Racket: Sierra Club Takes the Money and Runs
Wall Street Journal
Letter to the Editor: McDonald’s and Pepsi’s Different Response to Pressure
Holman Jenkins's "What Pepsi Can Learn From McDonald's" (Business World, Jan. 28) hits on a failure of corporate management that is far more widespread…
Institute of Economic Affairs
Countering the Assault on Capitalism
Full Document Available in PDF Introduction: Capitalism has been the most successful institution in human history yet it…
Blog
Elites of the World, Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose!
And they are — but we have much to lose. See Iain Murray’s latest piece on the EU crisis. The intellectual temptation — the…
Daily Caller
Leaders with Ginni Thomas: Fred Smith, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Washington Post
A Stake in Financial Markets
Capital standards are critical to the stability of any financial system. However, whether such standards are better achieved by markets rather than political entities…
Blog
In Memoriam: William Niskanen
Wall Street Journal
The Fiscal Union Delusion
Any day now, the leaders of the euro zone will present a grand plan to prevent future fiscal or financial crises from threatening the single…
Point of Law
Mr. and Mrs. Smith Go to Baltimore
PC World
US Lawmakers Push to Limit Gov’t Mobile Tracking
USA Today
Opposing View: ‘Occupiers’ Should Look Beyond Wall Street
The Occupy Wall Street crowd has a few things in common with the Tea Partiers. Both would sign onto the slogan, "The banks got…
USA Today
Thoughts on “Hayekian Insights for Trying Economic Times”
Following a recent panel at the Cato Institute commemorating the publication of a new edition of F.A. Hayek’s The Constitution of Liberty, Arnold Kling brought…
Blog
Pull Out of Basel III: The Moral Hazard of Government Ratings
Recently and for different reasons, two high-profile players from different parts of the financial sector -- JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon and respected banking analyst…
Blog
The Constitution May Not Be Perfect — But it is Much Better than What We Have Now!
Blog
Not Easy to Disentangle the Legal and Value Aspects of Marriage — But it is Important!
Blog
The Establishment Turns Against Democracy!
The Financial Times‘ lead editorial today, “Democracy’s Slow Cure for the Euro,” illustrates a growing willingness of “experts” to argue that people are too…
Ceske Noviny
Czech President Warns in USA Against Effort to Restrict Freedom
Radio Praha
President Klaus Warns Against Global Governance
Radio Praha
Principal-Agent Problem Meets the Public Sector
What works for business should work for government, right? Not necessarily. Law professors Frederick Tung of Boston University and M. Todd Henderson of the University…
Blog
Infrastructure Pork versus Infrastructure Investment: In Washington, There is No Difference
The labor theory of value still survives -- at least in politics. Both Democrats and Republicans still believe that "government must create jobs," and if…
Radio Praha
Debt Downgrade: Why Did It Take S&P So Long?
Now that Standard & Poor’s has downgraded America’s government credit rating, the real questions everyone should be asking are: What took them so long, and…
Radio Praha
Medical Magellans
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules are supposedly intended to ensure the safety and efficacy of new drugs and medical devices. It is FDA’s technology…
Reason
What Would You Do to Improve Job Growth?
Products
Fred Smith Discusses “The Day After Tomorrow” Film on Capital Report on CNBC
GLORIA BORGER, co-anchor: And welcome back. “The Day After Tomorrow” hits theaters this Memorial Day weekend, sending a tidal wave of political debate on global…
Reason
The Regulatory Recession
The debt ceiling negotiations and debates over government spending have transfixed the nation for the last few weeks. President Obama’s call for a “clean” debt…
Products
Fred Smith Discusses Auto Worker Strike on CNN Crossfire
CNN CROSSFIRE, July 13, 1998 HEADLINE: Who Will Give in the Auto Workers Strike that Has Crippled GM? GUESTS: Michael Moore, Fred Smith BYLINE: Bill…
Study
Markets and the Environment: A Critical Reappraisal
The nature of the environmental problem perhaps is best addressed by reviewing the economic problem. The basic economic problem is scarcity. Demands are unlimited…
Products
Fred Smith and Pat Buchanan discuss the Bush administration’s handling of steel tariffs on CNBC
Copyright 2003 CNBC, Inc. CNBC News Transcripts SHOW: Capital Report (9:00 PM ET) – CNBC November 11, 2003 Tuesday LENGTH: 1487 words HEADLINE: Fred Smith…
Products
Fred Smith and Michael Jacobson discuss proposed legislation to fight obesity on CNBC Capital Report
BODY: GLORIA BORGER, co-host: And welcome back to CAPITAL REPORT. The FDA is looking for ways to combat the exploding rate of obesity in…
Blog
Congress Shall Make No Law…
Products
Fred Smith on Kudlow & Cramer
Blog
Bloomberg on Energy
Mayor Bloomberg, America’s chief nanny regulator, is moving on to bigger things -- energy! During the recent heat spell he urged New Yorkers to turn down…
Study
A Free-Market Environmental Program
The Soviet Union should not adopt the U.S. approach to protecting the environment. The fact that the United States has a superior environment has far…
Reason
A Case Against Mandatory Voting
Big government “solutions” for every social problem under the sun are all around us. I thought I’d seen them all — until recently, when I…
Forbes
Idealistic Capitalism vs. Idealistic Socialism
The Hill
The Need for an Immigration System Worthy of America
The Hill
The Political Principal/Agent Problem
If business is to address its conflicts with an expanding government, it must ensure that its external relations departments are well managed. To do…
Blog
Why Behavioral Economists Are So Often Mystified
Center of the American Experiment
Eisenhower’s Second Farewell Warning
President Dwight Eisenhower’s 1961 Farewell Address includes one of the most quoted phrases in political rhetoric. He warned “against the acquisition of influence, whether sought…
Center of the American Experiment
Why Does Capitalism Enjoy So Little Support From Politicians?
As government grows, businesses try to adapt, often by opening government affairs offices in Washington. Yet the regulatory burden continues to increase as public attitudes…
Newsmax
Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Fred Smith: Strip EPA Before It Kills Economy
Blog
Dilbert on Green Technology!
Blog
March Madness
In the closing days of March, not only are sports fans a bit crazy, so also are the electorate. Consider the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg,…
Blog
Geo-Engineering?
Seismologists have long feared that “BIG” earthquakes might trigger other “BIG” earthquakes (a view that warms the cockles of catastrophist’s hearts who immediately connected global…
The Real News
Debate: Will Clean Energy Investment Transform Economy and Create Jobs?
Letters
Coalition Letter Against Mandatory Implementation of E-Verify
Full Document Available in PDF We, the undersigned free-market advocacy groups and public interest organizations, write to share our concerns…
The Real News
Fred Smith on the Future of the Automobile
CEI President and Founder Fred Smith appeared on a panel at the 2011 Washington Auto Show to discuss the…
The Detroit News
Nature Conservancy gets $10M from Dow to find sustainable solutions
Study
Reining in America’s Regulatory Leviathan: America Gets a Second Chance
Liberate to Stimulate Index We at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) have spent 26 years raising the saliency of regulations on our…
The Detroit News
Obama’s Version of Regulatory Reform
The Detroit News
Government Force vs Personal Choice
President and Founder of the Competitive Enterprise Institute Fred Smith discusses the ways government limits individual freedoms…
Blog
Confusion about “Conflict of Interest”
Study
A Solid Waste Estimation Procedure: Material Flows Approach
Blog
Anti-Terrorism: A Political Auto-Immune Disease?
The Detroit News
It’s Time to End the Ethanol Boondoggle
Study
A Vision for Environmental Policy
Full Document Available in PDF As…
NCPA
The Problem with Public-Private Partnerships
Blog
The Problem With Public-Private Partnerships
Study
Business Must Fight for Economic Freedom
Business Must Fight for Economic Freedom Fred L. Smith, Jr. President, Competitive Enterprise Institute Written Remarks For the…
Daily Caller
A Giant Awakens?
Yesterday’s election could be the start of something grand — but not because Republicans won the House. Many of the Obama administration’s policies, including…
Blog
Sex in the Board Room!
Daily Caller
Delaying Foreclosures Only Adds to Pain
Federal housing promotion policies over-stimulated the supply and demand for housing and that destabilization continues. Efforts to make home ownership a “human right” are partly…
Blog
Fraudulent Claims in Louisiana – I’m Shocked, Shocked!
Daily Caller
Dare We Mandate a Gender Balance Quota?
Full Document Available in PDF Support for diversity on corporate boards has…
Study
Persuasion and Issue-Framing
Study
Are Corporations Suicidal?
Full Document Available in PDF…
The Slate
Taking the Tea Party to King George
Letters
Senate Should Reject Dodd-Frank
Full Document Available in PDF The so-called financial “reform” legislation, agreed to by House and Senate Democrats in Conference, and…
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