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Hank Greenberg Rises Again — Takes on Treasury, NY Fed in “Takings” Lawsuit
Feisty 86-year-old Hank Greenberg, long-time chief executive of AIG, is suing the Treasury Department and the New York Federal Reserve Bank charging that its…
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The Stimulus, Childcare, and Fred Weekly
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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton Orders Unionization of Child Care Providers
Openmarket.org The NLRB’s pro-union bias and penchant for overstepping legal precedent has spread to Minnesota. Governor Mark Dayton (DFL) issued an executive order calling…
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What Decline and Fall?
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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton Orders Unionization of Child Care Providers
The NLRB’s pro-union bias and penchant for overstepping legal precedent has spread to Minnesota. Governor Mark Dayton (DFL) issued an executive order calling for…
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United States and China Talk Trade
The annual session of United States – China trade talks was held last week, in the Chinese city of Chengdu. These talks look for…
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Fred Weekly: Give Thanks for Capitalism
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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…
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Ninth Circuit cy pres victory in Nachshin v. AOL
We’ve been at the forefront of noting the problem of abusive cy pres; originally intended as a last resort “second-best” way to benefit the class…
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Obamateurism of the Day
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What’s Trickling Down Are Lies
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Leaders with Ginni Thomas: Fred Smith, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Ecomerce Times
Gates Tells Jury Microsoft’s No Bully
Ecomerce Times
Bank Debit-Card Fees Under U.S. Justice Department Review
Politico
Climate Scientists Scoff at Stolen Emails
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Alternative Energy’s Alternate Reality
Creating a “green energy” economy may be the most daunting central planning task ever attempted. It entails nothing less than the reengineering of our…
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Climategate 2: The Scandal Continues
Washington, DC, November 22, 2011 – The 2009 Climategate scandal was re-ignited today with the release on the Internet of thousands of more e-mails…
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Ninth Circuit Overturns Approval of AOL Class Action Settlement
Metropolitan News-Enterprise reports on why the Center for Class Action Fairness objected to the AOL class action settlement based on the cy pres distribution failing to…
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Today’s Links: November 21, 2011
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Regulation of the Day 199: How to Catch a Tuna
Authorities confiscated an otherwise legally caught bluefin tuna because it was caught with a net. The government intends to sell the fish and keep the…
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And Now, a Word from John Waters . . .
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Stimulus Will Hurt Economy in the Long Run, Congressional Budget Office Confirms
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Obamacare and Herbert Hoover
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California Supreme Court Rejects Union Suit to Bar Private Contractors from Golden Gate Project
Last week, the California Supreme Court rejected a suit by a government employee union, the Professional Engineers in California Government, that sought to…
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Law Schools: Incubators of Evil and Waste?
The New York Times had a disturbing article Sunday about how most law schools are utterly failing to teach their students the basics of how to…
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Obamacare Attacks Your Flex Account — Minimize Damage in 2013 by Doubling Up for 2012
Hey Joe and Jane Citizen, concerned about the future of your country and your family. Please step away for five minutes from the nonstop TV coverage…
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Obama Peddles Myths About the Great Depression: No, Hoover Didn’t Cut Taxes or Spending
Herbert Hoover increased marginal tax rates on the wealthy to 63 percent, and more than doubled government spending as a percentage of the economy. But…
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Washington Offers Lessons for Michigan Alcohol Law Reform
Imagine walking into your local wine, liquor or beer shop and finding all of your favorite brands on sale — permanently. This could be the…
Metropolitan News-Enterprise
Young Lawyers Need Remediation
Metropolitan News-Enterprise
NYT Front-Pager: Law Schools Don’t Teach How to Be a Lawyer
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FCC Net Neutrality Rules Take Effect, Experts Doubt Longevity
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Full Privatization of GM Cannot Come Soon Enough
The Berkeley Blog
Gingrich and the Environment
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The Price We Pay For Investment Apartheid
The federal government protects two different classes of investors very differently against losses they might incur as a result of making poor investment choices. Both…
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VIDEO: Alex Nowrasteh on Highly-Skilled Immigrants
Educated, highly-skilled workers who immigrate to the United States are beneficial to our economy and society. CEI Policy Analyst Alex Nowrasteh explains the benefits of liberalisation…
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The EU Just Repudiated Itself and Nobody Noticed
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More Scholarships for Murderers to Attend Law School: It’s the “Progressive” Thing to Do
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Middle Class in Big Trouble
A new study titled Growth in the Residential Segregation of Families by Income 1970-2009 by Stanford University researchers throws harsh light on a disturbing…
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Thanksgiving, an Alcohol Regulation Roundup, and Fred Weekly
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Today’s Links: November 18, 2011
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Fred Weekly: Conflicts of Interest
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Alcohol Regulation Roundup: Turkey Day Edition
As Thanksgiving quickly approaches many hosts and hostesses are scratching their heads about what drinks to pair with their meal items. The Washington Post…
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Regulation of the Day 198: Talking about Water
In a ruling so dumb that only a panel of intellectuals could have written it, the EU has decided that companies may not claim…
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CEI Weekly: New Study Urges Lawmakers to Reject “Green Chemistry”
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CEI Weekly: New Study Urges Lawmakers to Reject Green Chemistry
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The Urge to Shower Money on Colleges
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Secretary Chu’s ‘Clean Energy Race’ Blather
The House Energy and Commerce Oversight Subcommittee grilled Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu for four hours yesterday about his role in approving…
Tech Liberation
Why SOPA Threatens the DMCA Safe Harbor
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a controversial bill before the House of Representatives aimed at combating “rogue websites,” isn’t just about criminal, foreign-based…
Tech Liberation
Global Warming We Can All Cheer
You can be forgiven if you didn’t know that we’re in the middle of an ice age right now, what with all the talk about…
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