News Release
CEI Congratulates Consumer Advocate Melissa Holyoak on Appointment as Utah Solicitor General
Blog
Thirteen Years and Counting: Idaho Case Illustrates How Regulatory Enforcement Can Go Awry
In 2007, Mike and Chantell Sackett broke ground on a lot near scenic Priest Lake, Idaho, where they planned to build their dream home. It…
Blog
A Fond Farewell to a Dear Friend
Blog
A Memorial Note About Christopher L. Culp (April 7, 1969 – June 30, 2020)
Daily Caller
How Are Dem Candidates Who Support Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Faring In the Primaries?
Liberty Unyielding cites CEI’s report on the Green New Deal: Despite the mockery, Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts…
News Release
Supreme Court’s Ruling On CFPB-A Good Advance For Accountability, But Not a Great One
The Supreme Court ruled today in a case challenging the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). CEI filed an amicus in the case,…
The Washington Examiner
Kill the Never-Needed Regulations Slowing the Economic Recovery
Our attention is focused on a single, terrible story like we’ve rarely seen before, a story that commands such a level of attention because it…
News Release
New Executive Order to Stimulate Recovery by Deregulating Builds on CEI’s #NeverNeeded Campaign
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) commended President Trump’s decision today to sign a new Executive Order directing cabinet members and agency heads to immediately identify…
News Release
Energy and Manufacturing Leader Karen Wright Shares Perspective on Capitalism
Business leaders like natural gas CEO Karen Wright create a market for skilled workers, invest in their communities, and offer products and services that enable…
Study
Profiles in Capitalism: The Role of the Business Leader in Public Affairs and Philanthropy
When Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) President Kent Lassman sat down to interview Ariel Corporation CEO Karen Wright at the CEI Summit in New Orleans in…
The Washington Examiner
Contact Tracing: Let the Private Sector Lead
As state and local restrictions begin to relax, the essential questions for many people are remarkably similar to what we asked in March. What will…
Washington Examiner
Contact tracing: Let the private sector lead
News Release
CEI Welcomes Senior Fellow with Health Care and Legal Expertise
The Competitive Enterprise Institute is pleased to welcome medical and legal expert Joel M. Zinberg, M.D., J.D. as a senior fellow working on health care…
News Release
Report: Repeal #NeverNeeded Regulations to Help COVID-19 Response
COVID-19 relief bills have so far focused on keeping businesses and households afloat during the pandemic closures and quarantines, but the federal government should continue…
News Release
CEI Experts Blast Attempts to Politicize COVID-19 Relief Bill
While the nation suffers, Washington has descended into an unseemly squabble over the latest COVID-19 relief bill. Politicians from all quarters are attempting to expand…
The Hill
This Is How Devastating the Green New Deal Would Be for Wisconsin
The Hill cites CEI’s joint study on the costs of the Green New Deal: The Green New Deal is not some far-left fantasy.
The Daily Caller
Report: Green New Deal Will Impose a $75,000 Per Year Cost On Swing-State Households
The Daily Caller cites CEI’s Green New Deal study, coauthored by CEI President Kent Lassman: “Our analysis shows that, if implemented, the Green…
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin Conservatives Slam Green New Deal Supported by Democratic Front-Runner Bernie Sanders, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel cites CEI’s Green New Deal study, coauthored by CEI President Kent Lassman. The study’s…
The Washington Times
AOC’s Green New Deal Would Cost $75K Per Household in First Year: Study
The Washington Times cites CEI’s Green New Deal study, coauthored by CEI President Kent Lassman: The study, conducted by…
Fox News
Green New Deal Would Cost Swing-State Households Around $75G in First Year: Study
Fox News cites CEI’s Green New Deal report, coauthored by CEI President Kent Lassman. The report, released by the Competitive…
Newstalk 1130
AUDIO: CEI President Kent Lassman Discusses the Green New Deal on Newstalk 1130
CEI President Kent Lassman joins Newstalk 1130 to discuss the real costs of the Green New Deal.
News Release
Study: Green New Deal Could Cost Households in 11 States at Least $70K — Just in the First Year after Passage
American households in eleven key states could expect more than $70,000 in higher costs if the Green New Deal is implemented, according to a new…
Study
What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household
In early 2019, a handful of progressive Democrats galvanized their party around a set of proposals that, even if only partially implemented, would radically restructure…
Breitbart
Latest CEI Ad Shows How Green New Deal Effects Thanksgiving
Breitbart cites President Kent Lassman on the Green New Deal and CEI’s latest ad. A new advertisement from the Competitive Enterprise Institute displays how…
The Washington Times
‘Green New Deal Thanksgiving’ Ad Aims to Ruffle Democratic Feathers
The Washington Times cites CEI President Kent Lassman on the Green New Deal. “Since Washington politicians are asking the American people to support…
News Release
CEI’s Consistent Opposition to Government Regulation Protects Consumers
Last night, television entertainer Tucker Carlson aired a segment attacking CEI and other free-market groups for opposition to using government power to intervene in markets…
Fox News
Lassman & Murray: Is New Conservatism Really Progressivism?
For much of the past century, conservatives in America largely fused the ideas, means and political factions of two distinct worldviews: traditional social arrangements informed by…
Citation
VIDEO: The Impact of Prescription Drug Price Controls: An International Policy and Patient Perspective
To address the cost of prescription medicines, the Trump administration and congressional leaders have proposed instituting international reference pricing policies, like the International Pricing Index…
News Release
New CEI Ad Imagines How the Green New Deal will Change Thanksgiving at Grandma’s
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today launched a new television ad as part of an ad campaign illustrating the costs and tradeoffs associated with the…
News Release
Foreign Reference Pricing Schemes Threaten Patient Health and America’s Leadership in Medical Innovation
International policy experts and patients gathered today in Washington, D.C. to discuss the potential impact of foreign reference pricing schemes, which have been proposed by the…
News Release
International Experts Voice Concerns About International Pricing Index and Foreign Reference Pricing Proposals for Prescription Drugs
To address the cost of prescription medicines, the Trump administration and congressional leaders have proposed instituting international reference pricing policies, like the International Pricing Index…
News Release
As Democrats Debate, New Ad Campaign Asks: Can You Afford the Green New Deal?
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today launched a new advertising campaign asking the American people if they can afford the so-called Green New Deal. …
News Release
CEI Commends Executive Action Restricting Use of Regulatory Dark Matter
The White House today announced President Trump will sign two executive orders aimed at stopping the practice of agencies using guidance documents to effectively implement…
Blog
Getting My Bearings in Taipei: Personally and Politically
Key Insight of the Day: While not every aspect of life in Taiwan is dominated by the relationship with the People’s Republic of China, every…
Blog
Sharing Insights and Observations from the Road: A Travelogue
This week I’m in Taiwan as a part of a delegation of free-market trade experts. I’ll write short posts for the Competitive Enterprise Institute team…
News Release
Tech Antitrust Probes Good Politics for State AGs, but Terrible for Consumers
According to reports, a group of state attorneys general are planning to launch antitrust probes into Facebook and Alphabet’s Google division. New York AG Leticia…
Blog
David Koch (1940-2019), R.I.P.
Friend, philanthropist, inventor, and industrialist David Koch has died at the age of 79. He was a father and husband. Known best for his pro-liberty…
The Heartland Institute
Households Would Pay Big for GND, Analysis Shows
The Heartland Institute cites CEI’s study by President Kent Lassman and Executive Director of Power the Future Daniel Turner: A new study conducted…
News Release
Draft White House Executive Order Aimed at Social Media Companies Would Violate First Amendment
Following yesterday’s Politico report about a draft executive order aimed at social media companies’ policies, CNN obtained a copy of the proposed order on Friday.
The Kevin Miller Show
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CEI President and CEO Kent Lassman joined the Kevin Miller Show to discuss the state of the economy.
Fox News
Daniel Turner, Kent Lassman: Green New Deal is No Deal at All – We Know because We Studied It
When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., unveiled the Green New Deal in February, they instantly changed the conversation on environmental policy. What in times past…
CNSNews
Report: Green New Deal Would Cost More Than $70,000 Per U.S. Household in First Year
CNSNews cites CEI’s study with Power the Future, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household.” A new study by the Competitive Enterprise…
The Washington Times
AOC Miffed After Hickenlooper Calls Green New Deal a ‘Distraction’
The Washington Times cites CEI’s study with Power the Future, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household.” A report by the free-market…
BizPac Review
New Study Shows Green New Deal Would Cost Households at Least $70K Just in First Year
BizPac Review cites CEI’s recent study with Power the Future, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household.” A new study…
Fox Business
How Much AOC’s Green New Deal Could Cost the Average American Household
Fox Business cites CEI’s study “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” with Power the Future. A new study released by…
The Daily Caller
Study: Green New Deal Would Suck More Than $70K From Households In Five States In Year One
The Daily Caller cites CEI’s “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” study with Power the Future. A new study released Tuesday…
The Washington Examiner
Green New Deal to Cost up to $100,000 per Home in First Year
The Washington Examiner cites CEI’s “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” study with Power the Future. The liberal Green New…
The Daily Wire
STUDY: Green New Deal Would Cost Some States More Than $1,000,000,000,000
The Daily Wire cites CEI’s “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” study with Power the Future. A new study released jointly…
The Blaze
New Study Reveals the Crippling Economic Burden of the Green New Deal on Average American Households
The Blaze cites CEI’s “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” study with Power the Future. The study by libertarian…
The Washington Free Beacon
Study: ‘Green New Deal’ Would Cost $75-K Per Household in Year 1
The Washington Free Beacon cites CEI’s “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” study with Power the Future. The report…
The Washington Times
AOC’s Green New Deal Would Cost $70K-Plus per Household in First Year: Study
The Washington Times cites CEI’s “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” study with Power the Future. In five model…
Fox News
Swing-State Households Would Lose at Least $70G Within First Year of Green New Deal, Study Finds
Fox News cites CEI’s latest study on the Green New Deal, written by CEI President Kent Lassman and Power the Future Executive Director Daniel Turner.
News Release
Study: Green New Deal Would Cost Households in Five States More than $70K in First Year of Implementation
American households can expect tens of thousands of dollars in higher costs for energy, housing, transportation, and shipping if the Green New Deal is implemented,…
Study
What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household
In early 2019, a handful of progressive Democrats galvanized their party around a set of ideas that—even if only partially implemented—would restructure vast areas of…
Study
What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Family
In early 2019, a handful of progressive Democrats galvanized their party around a set of ideas that—even if only partially implemented—would restructure vast areas of…
The New York Times
Facebook Objects to Chris Hughes Essay Calling For Its Breakup
The New York Times cites President Kent Lassman on industry-specific regulations. But Kent Lassman, the president of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said industry-specific regulations…
Blog
Pop Federal Trade Commission’s Dangerous Facebook Trial Balloon
Facebook is reportedly negotiating a settlement with a powerful regulatory agency that would impose a new corporate structure, increase liability for one or more executives,…
Comment
CEI Leads Coalition Letter to CFPB Regarding Proposed Rule on Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans
Dear Director Kraninger, The undersigned organizations write in strong support of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s decision to rescind portions of the Payday, Vehicle…
The Washington Times
Party Time at CEI
Legal Newsline
SCOTUS Punts on Cy Pres Issue; Millions Would be Paid to Lawyers and Causes of their Choosing, While Class Members Get Nothing
Legal Newsline cited CEI President Kent Lassman on Frank v. Gaos. In Frank v. Gaos, a class action-related case initiated by former Competitive Enterprise…
News Release
CEI Disappointed in Outcome of Supreme Court Decision in Class Action Settlement Case, Frank v. Gaos, but Hopeful for Future Resolution
In Frank v. Gaos, a class action-related case initiated by former CEI attorneys, the U.S. Supreme Court today decided to send the case back to…
Blog
Chuck Todd’s ‘Daily Show’ Comments Got It Wrong on the Climate Debate
Last night Chuck Todd went on “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” and was asked about his announcement on a recent episode of “Meet the…
The Daily Caller
DC Think Tank Calls on NBC to Stop Blacking Out Climate Skeptics
The Daily Caller cited CEI President Lassman on CEI’s NBC Climate Debate ad campaign: The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) created an ad campaign…
News Release
CEI Calls on NBC and Chuck Todd to Stop Denying the Debate Over Climate Change
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) launched a new campaign today, taking issue with NBC’s Meet the Press hour-long special last month on climate change, which…
The Washington Times
Go Ahead and Prosper
The Washington Times cited President Kent Lassman and CEI’s report, Free to Prosper: A Pro-Growth Agenda for the 116th Congress: The Competitive Enterprise…
Blog
Introducing a Free-Market Agenda for Accountability and Prosperity
The governance of American life has been handed over to an operating system that subtly and perversely drives individuals’ behavior away from their own decisions.
The Washington Times
‘Free to Prosper’: Competitive Enterprise Institute Offers Congress A Pro-Growth Agenda
The Washington Times cited CEI’s latest report, Free to Prosper: A Pro-Growth Agenda for the 116th Congress: The Competitive Enterprise Institute has released a handy…
News Release
CEI Offers Plan for Congress to Reform Regulations, Help America Prosper
Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) offered a set of ambitious, achievable regulatory reform goals for the 116th Congress.
News Release
CEI Congratulates Ted Frank and CCAF on the Launch of the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute
Since merging with CEI in 2015, the Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) has continued the mission Ted Frank began nearly a decade ago. CCAF has…
Blog
CEI Takes on Antitrust
There is a concerted effort from elements on both sides of the political aisle to use antitrust law to regulate and ultimately break apart Big…
News Release
CEI Calls for Acting Attorney General to Recognize that Commission on Civil Rights Lacks Legal Authority to Operate
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today formally requested the acting Attorney General to find that the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) has no legal…
Travel Weekly
Airline Consumer Advocates Unhappy With DOT Appointment
Travel 60 Weekly cited CEI President and CEO Kent Lassman and CEI Adjunct Fellow Frances Smith on U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao’s appointment of Smith as…
News Release
Competitive Enterprise Institute Scholar to Champion Consumer Interests on Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee
The Competitive Enterprise Institute is pleased to announce that adjunct scholar Fran Smith has been appointed by the secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation…
The Washington Times
Building New Free Trade Alliances
Since the start of the Trump administration, trade has been front and center. The United States has begun raising tariffs and other trade barriers against…
Blog
Remarks by CEI President Kent Lassman at 2018 Annual Dinner
Remarks by CEI President Kent Lassman at our Annual Dinner and Reception on June 28, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Welcome to the CEI annual dinner. Thank you all for…
Washington Times
Why the U.S. and Switzerland should capitalize on momentum to forge a trade deal
The New York Times
Trump Moves to Ease the Firing of Federal Workers
The New York Times cited Kent Lassman on the conditions which have ensued where workplace equity has increased following changes to federal regulation set in…
News Release
CEI Announces 2018 Annual Dinner Keynote: OMB Director Mick Mulvaney
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) announced that White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney will keynote its 2018 Annual Dinner and Reception on June 28…
News Release
Trump Executive Orders on Civil Service Reform Are a Huge Win for Taxpayers, Workplace Equity
On news today that President Trump signed three executive orders aimed at making federal workers more accountable and better-performing, Competitive Enterprise Institute experts praised the…
News Release
CEI to Award Hernando de Soto 2018 Julian L. Simon Memorial Award
“Economist, author, humanitarian, advisor to world leaders, and a serial entrepreneur of ideas, Hernando de Soto has stamped his mark on history through pioneering work…
Blog
What Will You Achieve with Your 8,760 Hours?
Several years ago CEI launched Human Achievement Hour, an annual celebration of innovation and progress. During this hour—this year, Saturday, March 24th from 8:30pm to…
Blog
Trump’s Recent Trade Decisions Could Spell Doom for the Economy
With President Trump’s announcement on steel and aluminum tariffs and his continued wrong-headed approach to trade policy, there are reasons to be concerned that a…
Washington City Paper
Why Do So Many People Here Assume That Riding a Bike Means You’re a Liberal?
Blog
Exposing Washington State’s Climate Cash Scandal
Governors Jay Inslee, Jerry Brown, and Andrew Cuomo have a radical agenda unconstrained by the law or basic decency.
News Release
CEI Congratulates Hester Peirce
Competitive Enterprise Institute President Kent Lassman congratulated Hester Peirce on her confirmation to the Securities and Exchange Commission: “Hester Peirce understands the real…
Carolina Journal
Prohibition Ended with Repeal, but Efforts to Regulate and Restrict Alcohol Continue
Carolina Journal covers CEI and the John Locke Foundation’s Repeal Day Luncheon and screening of I, Whiskey: The Human Spirit. The misguided and ultimately…
Blog
President’s Fall Policy Update
We have measures and very clear guideposts to tell us if we are on the right path.
The Daily Signal
EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Bars Government-Funded Science Advisers from Panels
The Daily Signal discusses EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s decision to prohibit scientists who receive grants from the agency from serving on the agency’s advisory boards with…
Blog
Washington Post Profile on CEI Climate Work Misses Half the Story
The Post’s story was weeks in the making, and although it gets some things right, the story continually injects presumptions and bias, resulting in an…
Study
Shrinking Government Bureaucracy
View Full Document as PDF Shrinking Government Bureaucracy is a series of policy proposals by Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) experts to rein in…
News Release
Response to Washington Post Account of CEI’s Victory on Paris Climate Decision
Blog
President’s Summer Policy Update
When it comes to the institutions of capitalism, the advance of human welfare, and liberty, we are here because we love the work.
Blog
President’s D.C. Summer Update
Political posturing and high-level personnel changes in Washington have dominated the news and are shaping what policy changes are possible.
Washington Times
Federal Government Needs Major Overhaul to Cut Red Tape, Reduce Costs: Report
The Washington Times covers CEI’s latest publication Shrinking Government Bureaucracy. Shrinking the federal bureaucracy would spur economic growth and reduce costs to taxpayers,…
Blog
Shrinking Government Bureaucracy in Turbulent Times
We need to ponder what the executive branch we deserve looks like and how it aligns with our Constitution and statutory limitations.
Inside Sources
CEI’s Kent Lassman: Meeting Policy With People
Op-Eds
The Institutions of Liberty & Liberal Democracy: What is Old Must Be New Again
American Public Media
AUDIO: Kent Lassman Discusses Neomi Rao’s Confirmation on APM’s Marketplace
CEI President and CEO Kent Lassman joins American Public Media’s Marketplace to discuss Neomi Rao’s confirmation to the position of Administrator of the White House…
News Release
CEI Statement on Senate Confirmation of Neomi Rao to head Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Today, the Senate voted to confirm Neomi Rao as Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), the office tasked with the critical job of…
News Release
CEI Supports Senate Consideration of Neomi Rao as OIRA Administrator
Today, the U.S. Senate voted to advance the nomination of Neomi Rao as the Trump administration’s pick to serve as the Administrator of the Office…