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Dodd-Frank’s Conflict-Minerals Rule Increases Violence in the Congo
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New York’s Minimum Wage Increase: Severe Trade-Offs
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CEI v. OMB
Full Document Available in PDF This lawsuit challenges the Office of Management and Budget’s contemptuous disregard for the Freedom of Information Act…
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A Remedy for the Lone Star State’s Taxpayer Giveaway to Unions
Full Document Available in PDF Use of taxpayer funds should be reserved for purely public purposes, not the private benefit of an…
ProfessorBainbridge.Com
Reason argues Dodd-Frank conflict minerals rule has made bloodshed in the Congo worse
The ProfessorBrainbridge cites CEI`s Hans Bader on the Dodd-Frank mineral rules: According to a working paper from Dominic P. Parker of the University of Wisconsin…
News Release
Report: Texas Cities Reveal Cost of Labor Union Subsidy
A new report released today by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) reveals some of the costs associated with a little-known taxpayer giveaway to labor unions in…
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The good, bad, and ugly of the latest Energy & Commerce bill
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Obama’s 2015 Report to Congress on Federal Regulations Is MIA
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Utah’s Contact Lens Law Flouts Constitution’s Commerce Clause
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CEI Comments on Labor Department Fiduciary Rule
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Sir or Madam, On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and FreedomWorks Foundation, we are pleased…
Overlawyered
Yet more on Dodd-Frank conflict minerals rules
The Overlawyered cites CEI`s Hans Bader on Dodd-Frank conflict minerals rules:…
Overlawyered
July 22 Roundup
The Overlawyered cites CEI`s Hans Bader on HUD's "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing:…
Letters
Coalition Letter Supporting Aviation Industry Modernization
Full Document Available in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute joined a coalition of free-market organizations in writing a letter to aviation leaders of the…
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Dodd-Frank Is Five Years Old
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Dodd-Frank’s Dire Legacy: The Durbin Amendment
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Happy “No Food is Junk Food” Day!
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Reports of Capitalism’s Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
British journalist Paul Mason has famously declared that capitalism is dying, and he is in no sniffling state of mourning about it. In advance…
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Not Dodd-Frank, Not Glass-Steagall, But Real Competition to End TBTF
Progressives cheered Hillary Clinton last week when she said policy makers need to “go beyond Dodd-Frank.” She didn’t rule out repeal of some sections, but most…
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HUD’s “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” Rule Is about Social Engineering, Not Desegregation
Failure to meet a racial quota is not the same thing as segregation. That basic fact has eluded the federal Department of Housing and Urban…
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CEI’s Battered Business Bureau: The Week in Regulation
It was a busy week for the Federal Register, which included a 629-page proposed regulation from the EPA for greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy for…
Citation
The Bob Zadek Show – Lawson Bader on Curtailing the Regulatory State
WND
The Obama-Clinton Cloward-Piven legacy
The WND cites CEI`s Bill Frezza on Obama`s welfare reforms: In his Forbes article, “Deconstructing Obamanomics: What is the Real Goal?,” Bill Frezza, an MIT…
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EEOC Legislates New Federal Ban on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
When Congress declines to pass a law that would expand an agency’s powers, the agency will sometimes respond by making up the law on its own.
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The Persistent Truth of Income Mobility
There’s a lot being written these days about income (and wealth) inequality, and how a free market economy allegedly exacerbates the divide between the rich and…
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How Dodd-Frank Harms Main Street
The financial crisis of 2007-2008 was a drastic shock to the American economy. Now five years after being signed into law, Dodd-Frank was just as powerful…
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After 80 Years, Labor Law Needs Reform
Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) recently penned an op-ed that celebrates the 80th anniversary of the National Labor Relations Act and praises the work of the…
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Slate Exposes Deceitful Heart of the Anti-GMO Movement
Will Saletan has an exhaustively researched and cogently argued piece at Slate on the dishonesty of the anti-biotechnology activists and the harm they have caused.
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What Cartoons Can Teach Us about Capitalism
The Freeman has an excellent article by FEE advisory board member Robert Anthony Peters on economic lessons in popular culture—in this case focusing on the wealthiest…
Fox News
Whisky: A living testament to the human spirit
Overlawyered
EEOC: federal law already bans sexual-orientation bias
The Overlawyered cites CEI`s Hans Bader on EEOC Llgislation banning discrimination based on sexual orientation:…
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CEI Sues TSA for Violating Federal Law and Court Order on Body Scanners
Yesterday, July 15, 2015, CEI filed a petition for writ of mandamus with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Our suit requests the court enforce its…
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More Unintelligible Gibberish on GMO Risks from Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A few months ago, statistician and risk analyst Nassim Nicholas Taleb, known mostly for his intriguing 2007 book The Black Swan, teamed up with a handful…
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A Bird in the Hand and No Banks in the Bush
Full Document Available in PDF Radio Shack. Borders Books and Music. Blockbuster Video. Eastman Kodak. These are the names of…
News Release
Too-Big-To-Fail Banking Entrenched by Regulations
The Albuquerque Journal
PRC should fight EPA on haze rules
$115 million. That’s how much of your money the Public Regulation Commission could throw away for nothing. This is no joke. In order to comply…
FoxNews.com
TSA sued over airport body scanners
Marc Scribner is quoted in a report on a lawsuit filed by CEI over the deployment of body scanners in airports: “There is…
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CEI v. TSA
At issue in this case is TSA’s multi-year failure to complete its…
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Sunsetting Federal Regulations
An average of around 70 rules and regulations are issued every week. There were 3,554 in 2015, and have been 1,693 in 2015 as of…
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Do Conservatives Really Care about the Poor?
American Enterprise Institute president Arthur Brooks has a new book out this week, The Conservative Heart: How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous…
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Ex-Im Expired: Now What?
Two weeks ago, the Export-Import Bank’s authorization lapsed. The agency remains open, but is not allowed to consider new loans or other projects. It may…
USA Today
Lawsuit: TSA needs formal regulations for full-body scanners
The USA Today cites CEI`s Marc Scribner on the TSA body scanners: The latest lawsuit is a demand for action from the Competitive…
Washington Examiner
TSA sued over airport body scanner regs
The Washington Examiner cites CEI`s Marc Scribner on TSA body scanners: "For four years the TSA has flouted the court's order, preventing the…
Overlawyered
July 15 Roundup
The Overlawyered cites CEI`s Hans Bader on Fair Housing Act: “Every state county or municipality…should think…
News Release
CEI Sues TSA For Violating Federal Law With Body Scanners
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed a lawsuit today against the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for violating the law by deploying body scanners before following…
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The SEC Sinks Its Claws Deeper into Executive Pay Packages
Once upon a time critics of corporate America complained that executive salaries were too high, and too often disconnected from the performance of the firm.
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Join the “I, Whiskey” Team
The Competitive Enterprise Institute's newest film project, I, Whiskey: The Spirit of the Market, is currently in production, and you can help make it…
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Highlights of FreedomFest 2015
The happy warriors of CEI have returned from our sojourn to Las Vegas and the excitement of FreedomFest 2015: Discover the New American Dream. The…
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CEI’s Battered Business Bureau: The Week in Regulation
The newest batch of federal regulations cover everything from municipal fireworks shows to Venezuelan sanctions. On Monday, the Federal Register will likely pass the 40,000-page mark. On…
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I, Whiskey: The Spirit of the Market
Forbes
Congress Better Fix ‘Regulatory Dark Matter’
In pursuit of job creation and economic growth, Congress is debating several red tape reforms with elevated but still insufficient focus. In the wake of its…