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News Release

Supreme Court’s Ruling On CFPB-A Good Advance For Accountability, But Not a Great One

  • Kent Lassman, Sam Kazman
  • 06/29/2020

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,…

Law and Litigation

The Washington Examiner

Kill the Never-Needed Regulations Slowing the Economic Recovery

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 06/02/2020

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…

Consumer Well-Being

News Release

New Executive Order to Stimulate Recovery by Deregulating Builds on CEI’s #NeverNeeded Campaign

  • Clyde Wayne Crews, Kent Lassman
  • 05/19/2020

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…

Regulatory Reform

News Release

Energy and Manufacturing Leader Karen Wright Shares Perspective on Capitalism

  • Kent Lassman, Richard Morrison
  • 05/04/2020

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…

Capitalism

Study

Profiles in Capitalism: The Role of the Business Leader in Public Affairs and Philanthropy

  • By: Kent Lassman, Richard Morrison
  • 05/04/2020

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…

Capitalism

The Washington Examiner

Contact Tracing: Let the Private Sector Lead

  • By: Kent Lassman, Patrick Hedger
  • 05/01/2020

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…

Business and Government

Washington Examiner

Contact tracing: Let the private sector lead

  • By: Kent Lassman, Patrick Hedger
  • 04/30/2020

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…

News Release

CEI Welcomes Senior Fellow with Health Care and Legal Expertise

  • Joel Zinberg, Kent Lassman
  • 04/28/2020

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…

Health and Safety

News Release

Report: Repeal #NeverNeeded Regulations to Help COVID-19 Response

  • Iain Murray, Kent Lassman
  • 04/06/2020

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…

Health and Safety

News Release

CEI Experts Blast Attempts to Politicize COVID-19 Relief Bill

  • Clyde Wayne Crews, Iain Murray, John Berlau, Kent Lassman, Marc Scribner, Myron Ebell, Patrick Hedger, Ryan Young
  • 03/23/2020

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…

Business and Government

The Hill

This Is How Devastating the Green New Deal Would Be for Wisconsin

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 03/16/2020

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.

Energy and Environment

The Daily Caller

Report: Green New Deal Will Impose a $75,000 Per Year Cost On Swing-State Households

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 02/27/2020

The Daily Caller cites CEI’s Green New Deal study, coauthored by CEI President Kent Lassman: “Our analysis shows that, if implemented, the Green…

Energy and Environment

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Wisconsin Conservatives Slam Green New Deal Supported by Democratic Front-Runner Bernie Sanders, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 02/27/2020

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel cites CEI’s Green New Deal study, coauthored by CEI President Kent Lassman. The study’s…

Energy and Environment

The Washington Times

AOC’s Green New Deal Would Cost $75K Per Household in First Year: Study

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 02/27/2020

The Washington Times cites CEI’s Green New Deal study, coauthored by CEI President Kent Lassman: The study, conducted by…

Energy and Environment

Fox News

Green New Deal Would Cost Swing-State Households Around $75G in First Year: Study

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 02/27/2020

Fox News cites CEI’s Green New Deal report, coauthored by CEI President Kent Lassman. The report, released by the Competitive…

Energy and Environment

Newstalk 1130

AUDIO: CEI President Kent Lassman Discusses the Green New Deal on Newstalk 1130

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 02/27/2020

CEI President Kent Lassman joins Newstalk 1130 to discuss the real costs of the Green New Deal.

Energy and Environment

News Release

Study: Green New Deal Could Cost Households in 11 States at Least $70K — Just in the First Year after Passage

  • Kent Lassman
  • 02/25/2020

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…

Climate

Study

What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household

  • By: Daniel Turner, Kent Lassman
  • 02/25/2020

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…

Climate

Breitbart

Latest CEI Ad Shows How Green New Deal Effects Thanksgiving

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 01/03/2020

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…

Energy and Environment

The Washington Times

‘Green New Deal Thanksgiving’ Ad Aims to Ruffle Democratic Feathers

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 01/03/2020

The Washington Times cites CEI President Kent Lassman on the Green New Deal. “Since Washington politicians are asking the American people to support…

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI’s Consistent Opposition to Government Regulation Protects Consumers

  • Kent Lassman
  • 12/21/2019

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…

Antitrust

Fox News

Lassman & Murray: Is New Conservatism Really Progressivism?

  • By: Iain Murray, Kent Lassman
  • 12/02/2019

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…

Capitalism

Citation

VIDEO: The Impact of Prescription Drug Price Controls: An International Policy and Patient Perspective

  • By: Kent Lassman, Patrick Hedger
  • 11/22/2019

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…

Consumer Freedom

News Release

New CEI Ad Imagines How the Green New Deal will Change Thanksgiving at Grandma’s

  • Kent Lassman
  • 11/20/2019

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…

Climate

News Release

Foreign Reference Pricing Schemes Threaten Patient Health and America’s Leadership in Medical Innovation

  • Kent Lassman, Patrick Hedger
  • 11/05/2019

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…

Health and Safety

News Release

International Experts Voice Concerns About International Pricing Index and Foreign Reference Pricing Proposals for Prescription Drugs

  • Kent Lassman, Patrick Hedger
  • 11/01/2019

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…

Health and Safety

News Release

As Democrats Debate, New Ad Campaign Asks: Can You Afford the Green New Deal?

  • Kent Lassman
  • 10/15/2019

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. …

Energy and Environment

News Release

CEI Commends Executive Action Restricting Use of Regulatory Dark Matter

  • Clyde Wayne Crews, Kent Lassman, Ryan Young
  • 10/09/2019

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…

Business and Government

Blog

Getting My Bearings in Taipei: Personally and Politically

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 09/11/2019

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…

Trade and International

Blog

Sharing Insights and Observations from the Road: A Travelogue

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 09/11/2019

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…

Trade and International

News Release

Tech Antitrust Probes Good Politics for State AGs, but Terrible for Consumers

  • Jessica Melugin, Kent Lassman, Patrick Hedger
  • 09/06/2019

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…

Antitrust

Blog

David Koch (1940-2019), R.I.P.

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 08/23/2019

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…

Business and Government

The Heartland Institute

Households Would Pay Big for GND, Analysis Shows

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 08/19/2019

The Heartland Institute cites CEI’s study by President Kent Lassman and Executive Director of Power the Future Daniel Turner: A new study conducted…

Climate

News Release

Draft White House Executive Order Aimed at Social Media Companies Would Violate First Amendment

  • Clyde Wayne Crews, Kent Lassman, Patrick Hedger
  • 08/09/2019

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.

Free Speech

The Kevin Miller Show

Kevin Miller 6am 080819

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 08/09/2019

CEI President and CEO Kent Lassman joined the Kevin Miller Show to discuss the state of the economy.

Banking and Finance

Fox News

Daniel Turner, Kent Lassman: Green New Deal is No Deal at All – We Know because We Studied It

  • By: Daniel Turner, Kent Lassman
  • 08/06/2019

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…

Energy and Environment

CNSNews

Report: Green New Deal Would Cost More Than $70,000 Per U.S. Household in First Year

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 08/01/2019

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…

Climate

The Washington Times

AOC Miffed After Hickenlooper Calls Green New Deal a ‘Distraction’

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 08/01/2019

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…

Climate

BizPac Review

New Study Shows Green New Deal Would Cost Households at Least $70K Just in First Year

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 07/31/2019

BizPac Review cites CEI’s recent study with Power the Future, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household.”  A new study…

Climate

Fox Business

How Much AOC’s Green New Deal Could Cost the Average American Household

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 07/31/2019

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…

Climate

The Daily Caller

Study: Green New Deal Would Suck More Than $70K From Households In Five States In Year One

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 07/31/2019

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…

Climate

The Washington Examiner

Green New Deal to Cost up to $100,000 per Home in First Year

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 07/31/2019

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…

Climate

The Daily Wire

STUDY: Green New Deal Would Cost Some States More Than $1,000,000,000,000

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 07/31/2019

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…

Climate

The Blaze

New Study Reveals the Crippling Economic Burden of the Green New Deal on Average American Households

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 07/31/2019

The Blaze cites CEI’s “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” study with Power the Future. The study by libertarian…

Climate

The Washington Free Beacon

Study: ‘Green New Deal’ Would Cost $75-K Per Household in Year 1

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 07/31/2019

The Washington Free Beacon cites CEI’s “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” study with Power the Future. The report…

Climate

The Washington Times

AOC’s Green New Deal Would Cost $70K-Plus per Household in First Year: Study

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 07/31/2019

The Washington Times cites CEI’s “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” study with Power the Future. In five model…

Climate

Fox News

Swing-State Households Would Lose at Least $70G Within First Year of Green New Deal, Study Finds

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 07/30/2019

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.

Climate

News Release

Study: Green New Deal Would Cost Households in Five States More than $70K in First Year of Implementation

  • Daniel Turner, Kent Lassman
  • 07/29/2019

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,…

Energy and Environment

Study

What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household

  • By: Daniel Turner, Kent Lassman
  • 07/29/2019

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…

Energy and Environment

Study

What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Family

  • By: Daniel Turner, Kent Lassman
  • 07/29/2019

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…

Energy and Environment

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