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You’ve Got Cancer!
Ladies, Don’t Be Fooled By Those Fear-Mongering E-mails Admit it. You’re deep into the mid-afternoon lull when you hear that carol of…
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Are Most Americans Dirty? The League of Conservation Voters Thinks So
Is your congressman “pro-environment” or “anti-environmental” Is your congressman "pro-environment" or "anti-environmental"? Every year, the League of Conservation Voters tries to answer that…
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CEI/Cooler Heads Sue EPA: Agency Stonewalling on Constitutional End-Run
The Cooler Heads Coalition and the Competitive Enterprise Institute filed suit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US District Court…
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Odds & Ends: Toe Sucking Advice; Nader’s Right?; Deputy Undersecretary for Hot Sauce
GO GREEN, AL! Disgraced political consultant Dick Morris has weighed in with advice to the vice president on how to win in November:…
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The Protocol’s Illusionary Principle
In an editorial last month, this journal pointed out that the biosafety protocol recently completed in Montreal “violates a cardinal principal of regulation—namely, that the…
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Regulatory Cost Balance Sheet
A new report to Congress by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) finds that health, safety and environmental regulations cost between $174 billion and…
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Internet Sales Taxation: Beyond the Moratorium
The Internet sales tax debate has been between the National Governors Association’s proposal to grant states the power of remote taxation and the…
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Antitrust Not On Internet Time: Microsoft Remedies Discount Serious Competitive Threats
Many have come to believe that the technology industry requires strict governmental policing of allegedly anti-competitive behavior. But today’s software and Internet companies…
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Vol. IV, No. 6
Politics Norway’s Government Falls on Anti-Kyoto Vote After a vote of no confidence on March 8, Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik announced the…
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CEI/Chamber of Commerce Environmental Summit 2000 slated for April 7
The gloves come off April 7. That’s when Ron Bailey, adjunct scholar at CEI and the editor of Earth Report 2000, squares off…
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Debate: Should The Kyoto Protocol Be Ratified?
Debate: Should The Kyoto Protocol Be Ratified? *** MEDIA ADVISORY*** CEI Scholar…
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Privacy Disclosure Requirements: Boon or Bane?
View Full Document as PDF Après Reg P: Le Deluge–You’ve Got (Lots of) Mail The booming US economy demonstrates the…
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The Sun Also Warms: Harvard Scientist to Address Capitol Hill on Friday
*** MEDIA ADVISORY*** The Cooler Heads Coalition Invites you to A Global Warming…
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Public Interest Group Hails Supreme Court Snuff-Out of FDA Tobacco Regs
Washington, DC, March 21, 2000 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute applauded today’s Supreme Court invalidation of the Food and Drug Administration’s attempt to regulate…
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Institute Proposes ‘Golden Rule’ of E-Commerce
Washington, DC, March 20, 2000 – “I urge the Advisory Commission of Electronic Commerce to do the right thing this week and oppose taxation…
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EPA Follows CEI Advice…7 Years Late
Washington, DC, March 20, 2000 – In January 1993, the Competitive Enterprise Institute warned the Environmental Protection Agency that the plan to increase the…
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Rocket Fuel for Tech Stocks
Delong Op-Ed in Tech Central Station Last week, Bill Clinton and Tony Blair harrumphed about ownership rights in human genetic research, and biotech…
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Al Gore Gets His Way
“Higher taxes on fossil fuels…is one of the logical first steps in changing our policies in a manner consistent with a more responsible approach…
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What On Earth Is Going On? CEI vs. Worldwatch, Round 1
Ron Bailey, science correspondent for Reason magazine and a former CEI Warren Brookes Fellow in Environmental Journalism,…
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CEI Invites Norway to Join Cooler Heads Coalition
Washington, DC, March 10, 2000 – “The Norwegian Parliament’s decision yesterday to proceed with natural gas-fired power plants is a major setback for the…
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Vol. IV, No. 5
Politics Carbon Tax in England Great Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that his country will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent…
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Inside Track–Cloudy Horizons in a Brave New World: Miller and Conko FT Op-Ed
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New Article Blasts Environmental Myths
Washington, DC, March 6, 2000 – Environmental journalist Ronald Bailey proved Al Gore and his radical Green friends wrong today with his new article…
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Only Smart Air Bag Mandate is No Mandate at All
By the time you receive this newsletter, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) either will have issued its “smart” air bag mandate, or will…
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Agencies release a lot of air on bags
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Keep Internet Privacy Privatized
The Federal Trade Commission announced to some fanfare recently it would be investigating various health care Web sites, along with Internet advertising agency DoubleClick,…
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Say It Ain’t So, Andy!
The Sobering Scope of EPA’s Total Maximum Daily Load The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will not allow California farmers Guido…
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The Counterproductive Clean Air Act
Both the Clean Air Act and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that implements it are now almost thirty years old. A flawed approach from…
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EPA in Need of Adult Supervision
After Carol Browner was confirmed as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, one of her first actions was to promulgate new rules governing reformulated gasoline.
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The Heat is On
Does America Have the Energy to Weather $2-Per-Gallon gas Prices? This winter’s spell of cold weather doesn’t tell us anything about whether…
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The Gore Report: Leo the Lip; Neglected Tuna; Altoids, Anyone?
Lock Up the Gore Girls! Leonardo DiCaprio came out of the political closet last month and announced he is a passionate supporter of Al…
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Odds & Ends: Eunuchs & Soybeans on the March; Bloody Valentines; USPS Down for the Count
Cut Them Off at the Halls of Power Wire reports recently indicated that the latest political story out of India is the entrance…
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CEI, CSE Petition FCC on Bell Atlantic-GTE Deal
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CEI, CSE Petition FCC on Bell Atlantic-GTE Deal
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Don’t Tax the Net: Fred Smith in Economic Affairs
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CEI’s Fred Smith is Marketing the Market
Full article available in pdf format.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Navigator: CEI was founded in…
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Jump, Jive an’ Reform Regulation
Full Document Available in PDF Cost-benefit analysis has long been a centerpiece of regulatory…
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Sea Levels Have Been Rising Since End of Last Ice Age
Washington, D.C., February 29, 2000 – “The Pew Center on Global Climate Change continued their mythmaking campaign today with the release of their latest…
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New Study Provides “How-To” Guide for Regulatory Reform
Washington, DC, February 29, 2000 –A new report released today by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) called for congressional approval of all major regulations…
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Melting Polar Ice Caps Most Likely Caused By Natural Changes
Washington, DC, February 28, 2000 – The U.S. Global Change Research Program is holding a public seminar today on Capitol Hill, “Climate Change in…
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Global Warming Scare Tactics in Maine
Washington DC, February 28, 2000 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute today accused Physicians for Social Responsibility of releasing a misleading and politically motivated report…
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Opération Déclubage Management of Recreational Fisheries in the Province of Québec
Full Document Available in PDF In the 1974 movie The Apprenticeship…
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Vol. IV, No. 4
Politics More Backdoor Implementation The Clinton-Gore Administration has publicly stated on several occasions that it has no intention of implementing the Kyoto Protocol…
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CEI Criticizes ATF’s Proposed Ban On Alcoholic Beverage Health Statements
Washington, D.C., February 23, 2000 – CEI today filed comments urging the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) to withdraw its proposed…
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I Want My Antitrust! MTV Experiences Government’s Peculiar View of the Real World
I Want My Antitrust! MTV Experiences Government’s Peculiar View of the Real World In December, the antitrust…
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ATF Hears CEI Comments on Alcoholic Beverages
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CEI Files Amicus Curiae In The Case of Trans Union Corporation vs. The Federal Trade Commission
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League of Conservation Voters “Scorecard”: Most Americans Are “Dirty”
Every year, the League of Conservation Voters issues a “Congressional Scorecard.” Supposedly, this Scorecard tells the American public which members of Congress support…
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The Dangers of Precaution
Full Document Available in PDF Has Europe, long the home of so…
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Most Americans Are “Dirty,” Says Enviro Group
Washington, DC, February 14, 2000 – “According to the League of Conservation Voters’ (LCV) Congressional Scorecard, most Americans are ‘anti-environmental,’” said Angela Logomasini, Director of…
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Testimony Before The House Subcommittee On Transportation in 2000
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Vol. IV, No. 3
Politics Clinton Releases Global Warming Budget The Clinton-Gore Administration’s FY2001 budget is laden with global warming pork and flouts the Knollenberg provision that prohibits implementation…
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Bias May Taint Lesson Materials
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Air Bag-Related Recalls Demonstrate The Need For Real-World Testing As A Prerequisite For Any Air Bag Mandate Whatsoever
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Kyoto Lite: Credits for Early Action to Reduce CO2
(REPRINTED FROM THE JUDICIAL/LEGISLATIVE WATCH REPORT OF THE NATIONAL LEGAL CENTER FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST) An old joke tells of a young…
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Clinton Budget Is Not The Full Story
Washington, DC, February 7, 2000 – President Clinton’s new fiscal year 2000 budget proposes to spend $1.84 trillion. While that enormous amount would absorb…
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EPA Takes CEI Comments on Drinking Water Regulations
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Clinton Proposal Will Waste Taxpayer Dollars
Washington DC, February 3, 2000 – Today the Clinton-Gore Administration has proposed adding billions of dollars to that already wasted on failed energy and…
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High Tech Expert Joins CEI
Washington, DC, February 2, 2000 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute announced today that Jessica Melugin has joined the staff as a Policy Analyst. Prior…
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AOL Time Warner? Not Big Enough for Tomorrow’s Internet
The America Online-Time Warner alliance is important not just for its size nor for the synergy it may create. It demonstrates in the real…
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OSHA: The 1970s Meet the 21st Century
The reaction certainly wasn’t what anybody expected, least of all at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). It was a simple letter in…
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Kemp: The Triumph of Democratic Capitalism
Every victory brings new risks. The biggest risk today is a statist counterrevolution being engineered by the architects of a "Third Way…
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Why the Buffalo Roam
Contrary to popular myth and legend, the fabled American plains buffalo were not saved by the US government. They are not even true buffalo.
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Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Policymaker’s Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State (2000 Edition)
Full Study Available in PDF Format The federal government spent $1.7 trillion in 1999 to…
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Odds & Ends: Dangerous Wetlands; Up in Smoke; Haider Ho; Who’s This Hayek Guy, Anyway?
They Ban Aerosol Cans, Why Not Wetlands? A big dilemma is shaping up for the environmental left. Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in…
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The Gore Report: Keeping Tabs on Our Favorite Environmentalist
Elect Him, Or We’re Doomed! Each presidential election is always billed by some navel-gazing pundit or analyst as the most important in a generation. Then…
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Vol. IV, No. 2
Politics Global Warming Activists Work Agitate Iowans The Washington, D.C.-based green activist group, Ozone Action, has been protesting the lack of attention paid…
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Weather Models Failed Again
Washington, DC, January 25, 2000 – Over the weekend, local weathermen predicted that the East Coast, and probably Washington, DC, would be hit by…
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The Triumph Of Democratic Capitalism: The Threat of Global Governance
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Windows and the “Applications Barrier to Entry”: Fact or Fantasy?
View Full Document as PDF Very soon, U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson is expected to issue his conclusions of law…
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Regulating Greenhouse Gases: Will EPA Take a Dive?
The International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA) wants the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate carbon dioxide. This fall, ICTA, an anti-technology group…
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Vol. IV, No. 1
Politics Congress Oversees EPA’s New Source Review When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a meeting on January 13 to discuss “an alternative…
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An Open Letter to Celebrity Chefs Opposed to Biotechnology
Today, a group of some 30 celebrity chefs from around the United States will hold a press conference at the high-priced Philadelphia restaurant Le…
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The Green Man’s Burden
Call it a new noblesse oblige or the Green Man’s Burden. Whatever you call it, the desire of privileged western-world activists to keep poor,…
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An Interview with James Glassman
Jim Glassman is among the most prescient observers of political and economic trends in America today, with an understanding of first economic principles that…
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Beware the Internet Tax Hackers
Tax-hungry Grinches aren’t happy that you pay no taxes when Christmas shopping on the Internet. The nation’s governors and state and local officials,…
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The Gore Report: Keeping Tabs on Our Favorite Environmentalist
Debatable Behavior The Washington Post reports that Al Gore’s campaign has been sending a man dressed up as an ear of…
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Odds & Ends: Animal Rights Conundrum; Washington Psychopaths; Evil Vegetables; Who Needs the Constitution?
Animal Rights Conundrum, Part I What do you do when a cougar waltzes up to your house and eats your dog? Donald and Nelda…
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Private Conservation and Black Rhinos in Zimbabwe: The Savé Valley and Bubiana Conservancies
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Earth Report 2000
Earth Report 2000: Revisiting the True State of the Planet Date: 1999 Edited by: Ronald Bailey Published by: McGraw-Hill Earth Report 2000 is a…
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The Future of Financial Privacy
Chapters Now Available In PDF Format In The Future of Financial Privacy, a new book from the Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
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A Cowboy Economy?
On recent trips to Europe, I’ve become increasingly aware of a reality disconnect between the way America is and the way we’re viewed…
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Winning Intellectual Battles, Losing Cultural Wars
While free market advocates wage the intellectual fight, the statists have conquered much of our culture. Twice recently, I was asked to contribute…
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Vol. III, No. 26
Politics Aviation and Global Warming Aviation has come under attack in the global warming debate. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released…
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Institute Attacks FAA Child Restraint Mandate As Deadly
Washington, DC, December 17, 1999 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute today charged that FAA’s newly-proposed child restraint mandate will actually increase transportation fatalities. The…
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Complaint to FTC of Deceptive Advertising by Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
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Public Interest Groups File Deceptive Advertising Complaint Against Ben And Jerry’s
Washington, DC, December 16, 1999 – Citizens for the Integrity of Science and the Competitive Enterprise Institute filed a complaint with the Federal Trade…
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Public Interest Groups File deceptive Advertising Complaint Against Ben and Jerry’s
Citizens for the Integrity of Science and the Competitive Enterprise Institute filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission today, accusing ice cream…
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Remarks by Fred Smith to the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce Panel on International Taxes, Tariffs & Duties Assoc
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Remarks To The Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce
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CEI to Commission: Don’t Shackle E-Commerce with Taxes
Washington, DC, December 14, 1999 – Internet taxes would cause irreparable harm to the New Economy, millions of Internet consumers, and the cause of…
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Al Gore’s Statistical Hocus Pocus On Urban Sprawl: Gobbling Up Numbers, Not Open Space
Washington, DC, December 9, 1999 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute charged that Vice President Al Gore’s claim earlier this week of an alarmingly increased…
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Vol. III, No. 25
Politics Ford Leaves GCC In a terse statement dated December 3, the Ford Motor Company informed the Global Climate Coalition “that it will…
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Too Much Fear, Too Few Facts
This article is adapted from Facts, Not Fear: Teaching Children About the Environment (1999, Regnery Publishing), by Michael Sanera and Jane S. Shaw.
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Engines of Liberty: Cars and the Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe
Full Document Available in PDF…
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Privacy and Human Rights: Comparing the United States to Europe
One premise shaping the debate about privacy law in the United States is that the European Data Protection Directive is a more advanced…
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No: Well-Intentioned Boycotts Actually Make the Climb out of Grinding Poverty Even More Difficult
Someone once noted that the law was amazingly equitable – it forbids both the king and the pauper to sleep beneath the bridge! And…
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Institute Releases New Study On “Cars, Women, and Minorities”
Washington, D.C., November 29, 1999 – While grouching over holiday traffic preoccupies much of the nation, the Competitive Enterprise Institute today releases a…
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Africans Have Different Priorities: Ebere Akobundu Op-Ed in the International Herald Tribune
Published in the International Herald Tribune Published in the International Herald Tribune November 26, 1999 Priorities need to…
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