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The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government. Since its beginning in…
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ISO14000: Environmental Regulation By Any Other Name
THE GREENING OF INDUSTRY Over the course of the past 25 years, the governments of most developed countries have imposed increasingly stringent environmental regulations…
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Don’t Block the Debt Limit Deal Over Possible Pentagon Spending Cuts
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Hidden Truth: The Perils and Protection of Off-Label Drug and Medical Device Promotion
Full Document Available in PDF What can you do if you learn you have a life-threatening…
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Morning Media Summary
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Regulation of the Day 191: Sippy Cups
New York’s state legislature just passed a bill requiring warning labels to be put on all sippy cups sold in the state.
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Around the Web: September 11 didn’t create waves of PTSD
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Bullying as a Civil Rights Violation: The U.S. Department of Education’s Approach to Harassment
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Bad Foundation
Most attempts at financial reform have been burdensome, created unintended consequences and have been harmful to economic growth. But compared to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street…
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Arizona’s Immigration Laws Have Stymied Economic Recovery
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Bipartisan Regulatory Reform
Usually, "bipartisan" means "twice as stupid." But for real regulatory reform to happen, both parties need to be involved.
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The Limits of Government-Funded Psychology: 9/11 Counseling Backfires
After school shootings, psychologists fan out and provide “grief counseling” to student bodies, but it’s far from clear that this does any good. Critics say…
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Debt Ceiling Doom, Happy Meals, and Protests
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CEI Weekly: Debt Ceiling Deadline Approaches
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Legislative Band-Aids Won’t Fix the NLRA
Openmarket.org The House will vote on the Jobs Protection from Government Interference Act today. Sponsor Rep. Tim Scott and other representatives of Congress have proposed…
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Regulation of the Day 190: How to Behave While in a Forest
Since time immemorial, Cook County, Illinois has had very strict personal conduct regulations for its forests. Among other things, it has been illegal to:…
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Mandated Mischief: Obama’s 54.5 MPG Standard
President Obama today announced a deal with 13 automakers to boost new-car fuel economy standards from 35.5 mpg in 2016 to 54.5 mpg in…
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Now Gov’t Trying to Ban Sale of Your Supplements
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Polar Bear Researcher Suspended, Under Investigation for ‘Integrity Issues’
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CEI Blasts CARE Act
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Obama’s New Fuel Economy Mandates Risk Lives, Compromise Reliability, Increase Costs
Washington, DC, July 29, 2011 – New fuel economy mandates on cars and trucks announced today by the Obama administration will lead to more traffic…
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Reforming Regulation, Bit by Bit
President Obama recently issued an executive order directing independent agencies to comb through their books and repeal unneeded regulations. This is, as he put it,…
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They Aren’t Math Majors
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False Prophets of Debt Ceiling Doom
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Home Values, Data Retention, and the CEI Podcast
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Legislative Band-Aids Won’t Fix the NLRA
The House will vote on the Jobs Protection from Government Interference Act today. Sponsor Rep. Tim Scott and other representatives of Congress have proposed numerous…
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Flash Mobs, Disobedience, and Democracy
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Stop Messing with My Daughter’s Happy Meal!
There are apples and other fruit sitting around my house, and my four-year-old daughter can eat an apple anytime. By contrast, she seldom gets to…
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Subprime Double Standards
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The Believing Brain
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Hispanic-Americans Latest Victims in FHA Bait-and-Switch Politics
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CEI Podcast for July 28, 2011: Immigration Reform
President Obama made a speech on immigration reform this week. Policy Analyst Alex Nowrasteh dissects several bills already in Congress that would do just that,…
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Regulation of the Day 189: Naming Your Baby
New Zealand’s Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages has a list of names that are verboten for newborn babies.
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Special Interest at Heart of CARE Act
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The Wisdom of the Debt Ceiling
Even though I often disagree with his conclusions, I’ve long been a fan of New Yorker correspondent James Surowiecki. In his articles and his book,…
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Arctic Scientist Under Investigation
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The Coming War on Vitamins
A consumer walking down the aisle of a local drugstore can choose from a wide variety of supplements, vitamins and nutrients for his or her…
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CEI to Score Vote on Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act
The House is expected to vote today on a bill that would rein in the overreach of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The…
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Boehner and House Republicans Improve Their Debt Ceiling Bill
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Mandatory Data Retention Rears its Ugly Head Again
This morning the House Judiciary Committee began markup on H.R. 1981, the “Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011,” which would among other things force…
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Trial Lawyer Sues Father of Three Children Killed in Crash; Why the Right to Criticize Lawyers is Vital
When you criticize lawyers or the legal system, thin-skinned lawyers get indignant. The head of the State Bar of California, Harvey Saferstein, called for…
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Thousands of Jobs and Billions in Wealth Wiped Out by Dodd-Frank Conflict Minerals Provision
Thanks to the "conflict minerals" provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank law, thousands of the world's poorest people will lose their jobs. Why? Simply because they…
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Coalition Letter on Data Retention Bill
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Morning Media Summary
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Objection in Trombley v. National City Bank
The D.C. Circuit is correct, I think, in holding that an attorneys’ fee in a class action should be calculated as a percentage as the…
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Regulation of the Day 188: Cat Licenses
San Diego's city government is going through tough financial times. But legislators have found a lucrative possible revenue source: the city’s 373,000 cats. The city…
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Announcing: Immigration Policy Expert Joins CEI Staff
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Free Market Coalition Opposes Digital Dragnet
Washington, D.C., July 27, 2011 — This morning, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary will mark up H.R. 1981, a bill that…
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