Comment
CEI Comments on CFPB Proposed Rule on Debt Collection Practice
On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI"), we are pleased to provide the following comment letter on the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s (“Bureau”…
The Heartland Institute
Households Would Pay Big for GND, Analysis Shows
The Heartland Institute cites CEI’s study by President Kent Lassman and Executive Director of Power the Future Daniel Turner: A new study conducted…
Blog
PRO Act Undermines Employee Choice
Democrats in Congress introduced the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act with the state goal of strengthening union power and increasing union membership, which…
Blog
Business Roundtable Restates Obvious: Stakeholders Matter (and Always Have)
There’s a flurry of news coverage this morning about the Business Roundtable releasing a new public statement on “the purpose of a corporation.” Whereas previous…
Blog
This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
Last week was the Federal Register’s busiest of the year, with its 3,075 pages almost tripling a normal week’s count. A new economically significant regulation…
Blog
Climate Study Urges Blacklisting of Contrarians
Authors of a study published recently in the journal Nature Communications want editors and journalists to blacklist “climate change contrarians.” Of course, the study doesn’t…
Blog
VIDEO: Why Beer Sucks in Socialist Countries
The trend of younger voters allegedly becoming more favorable to socialism has alarmed and chagrined many observers recently, from members of the New York Post…
CCN
Ron Paul Fights for Bitcoin after Fed’s Payments System Threatens Crypto
The Washington Times
Trump’s Tariff Delay on China Eases Christmas Worries, Sends Markets Higher
The Washington Times cites Senior Fellow Ryan Young on tariffs: Ryan Young, a senior fellow at the free market Competitive Enterprise Institute, said…
Reason
Democrats Join Trump in Seeking Balance by Policing Speech
Reason cites Vice President for Policy Wayne Crews on free speech and Section 230: Removing Section 230 protection from platforms that bureaucrats consider…
Reason
Truck Platooning Is Making Progress
Reason cites CEI’s paper by Marc Scribner on automated vehicle platooning: Platooning is still not allowed in the majority of states. Last month…
The Washington Post
Trump Finally Acknowledges His Tariffs Could Hit Consumers
The Washington Post cites Senior Fellow Ryan Young on tariffs: “The decision to delay new tariffs on Chinese-made toys, smartphones, laptops and other…
Blog
Children’s Environmental Health Programs Translate to Junk Science
For more than a decade now, the federal government has doled out millions of dollars to fund junk science and political activism under the guise…
Blog
States Making Predictable Grab for Revenue via Online Sales Taxes
Fallout from the 2018 South Dakota v. Wayfair Supreme Court decision, which allowed remote sales tax collection from online purchases, has begun and The Wall Street Journal editorialized…
Blog
Modernizing Passenger Facility Charge Can Promote Airport Investment, Reduce Federal Spending
The passenger facility charge (PFC) is a local airport user fee that serves as an important revenue tool with less federal meddling than its primary…
News Release
Report: Congress Should Let Airports Make Infrastructure Decisions, Eliminate Cap on Passenger Facility Charge
A new Competitive Enterprise Institute report argues airport authorities nationwide should be empowered to make their own decisions about how best to finance infrastructure improvements.
News Release
CBS-Viacom Merger Good Sign for Competition in the Multimedia Marketplace
Viacom and CBS today announced a merger that would combine the two entertainment companies into a single entity more able to compete with companies like…
News Release
CEI Experts: Delay on China Tariffs Shows Real Burden Is on Consumers
On news today that the US Trade Representative will delay new tariffs on some consumer items until Dec. 15, as well as exclude some products from tariffs.
Study
Modernizing the Passenger Facility Charge to Increase Airport Investment, Reduce Federal Spending, and Save Travelers Money
The passenger facility charge (PFC) is a congressionally authorized, federally regulated local airport user fee. The PFC exists alongside the Airport Improvement Program (AIP), a…
Blog
This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
Rumblings of a “Navarro recession” are growing louder, and the 2019 Federal Register will likely crack the 40,000-page mark early this week. Rulemaking agencies published…
Blog
Climate Rent-Seeking Backfiring on Chemours
In perhaps the most egregious example of climate change-related rent seeking to date, chemical giants Chemours and Honeywell have joined forces with environmental activists to…
Blog
New Rule to Limit State Government Abuse of Clean Water Act for Climate Activism
Making good on a promise made in an April 10th Executive Order entitled Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rule restricting…
Blog
Climate Blame Game
In “Reformed Climate Deniers Don’t Deserve Redemption,” author Dave Leviton argues that Republican pollster Frank Luntz had no business testifying before the Senate Democrats’ Special Committee…
Blog
Leaked White House Executive Order on ‘Censorship’ Violates Two Basic Constitutional Tenets
Earlier this week it was reported that the Trump administration was drafting an executive order to combat perceived “censorship” of conservatives on online platforms such…
News Release
Draft White House Executive Order Aimed at Social Media Companies Would Violate First Amendment
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.
Blog
Underfunded Public Pensions Put Future Taxpayers on the Hook
One of the most well-known and enduring lessons of public choice economics is the dynamic of concentrated benefits and diffuse costs. Well-organized groups have both…
Blog
VIDEO: Where the Regulatory State Came From
Our friends at the Pacific Legal Foundation have a funny and insightful explainer video on the historical development of the regulatory state (also known as…
Blog
Limits of ‘Soft Law’ Approach to Tech Regulation
Can the regulation of new technology be voluntary and non-coercive? In a recent op-ed for The Hill, Mercatus Center law and technology analyst Jennifer Huddleston…
The Heartland Institute
Trump Deregulation Will Save $3,100 Per Household, CEA Reports
The Heartland Institute cites CEI’s 10kc report. “The Competitive Enterprise Institute puts the annual economic cost of federal regulations at $1.9 trillion,” Herrick…
The Kevin Miller Show
Kevin Miller 6am 080819
CEI President and CEO Kent Lassman joined the Kevin Miller Show to discuss the state of the economy.
The Washington Examiner
The Truth about Plastic Straws
President Trump’s campaign has raised nearly half a million dollars in a matter of weeks selling plastic straws with “Trump” emblazed on each one. They…
FreedomWorks
Support the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, H.R. 3972
FreedomWorks cites CEI on the cost of federal regulations. According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, federal regulation cost nearly $1.9 trillion in 2017…
The Washington Times
Trump Administration Seeks to Juice Dishwashers by Scrubbing Energy Regulations
The Washington Times cites General Counsel Sam Kazman on dishwasher efficiency. Sam Kazman, general counsel of the free-market Competitive Enterprise Institute, which…
Citation
White House Should Refrain from Taking Executive Action against Tech that Violates First Amendment Rights
According to a new Politico report, the White House is considering an executive order to “address allegations of anti-conservative bias by social media companies.”…
Inside Sources
Consumer Choice Is Not Elitist
Rep. Frank Pallone, D-New Jersey, thinks it’s fine that your new dishwasher takes more than 2 hours to complete a cycle — we think consumers…
Blog
Evils of ‘Craving Engineering’
America is a decidedly liberal (in the sense of being tolerant) nation comprised of people with different—often competing—worldviews. As a culture, we value the ability to…
Forbes
Will the Regulatory Right-to-Know Act Ever Be Enforced?
For the past two years there's been a big production made of the Trump Administration’s year-end Status Report on the “one-in, two-out” regulatory reduction program. These…
Inside Sources
Consumer Choice Is Not Elitist
Rep. Frank Pallone, D-New Jersey, thinks it’s fine that your new dishwasher takes more than 2 hours to complete a cycle — we think…
Blog
The Millionaires and Billionaires of Environmental Politics
There’s a story that’s told in newspapers, on news networks, and in the buzzing of Twitter. In this story, there’s a clear good guy, a…
Blog
Nipping at Big Tech’s Heels: Competition in Social Media
There has much bemoaning and hand-wringing by members of Congress on the alleged dangers of social media.
Florida Daily
Green New Deal Will Cost Florida Households $73,000 in First Year, Study Finds
Florida Daily cites CEI’s recent study with Power the Future, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household.” The Competitive Enterprise Institute and Power…
The Spokesman-Review
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers to Appear at Town Hall Wednesday at Gonzaga University
The Spokesman-Review cites CEI’s recent Green New Deal study with Power the Future, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household.”…
Blog
Response to State Lawsuit against T-Mobile/Sprint: Mergers Signal Dynamic Markets
The end of the first blog post in this series warned that the real result of a successful lawsuit to block the merger of Sprint…
Blog
Guidance Documents of the Week: Agriculture, Housing, Management
Guidance documents are statements of policy issued by your favorite alphabet soup of agencies, which more often than not translate into law, despite rarely going…
Fox News
Daniel Turner, Kent Lassman: Green New Deal is No Deal at All – We Know because We Studied It
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…
Blog
Dietary Guidelines for Americans (Except Those with Eating Disorders)
The goal of the government's Dietary Guidelines for Americans is to provide simple advice that promotes nutritional health, but for millions of Americans it may do…
Blog
State Lawsuit against T-Mobile/Sprint Counterproductive for Consumers
State attorneys general from fourteen states and the District of Columbia have sued to block the merger of mobile phone and Internet service providers T-Mobile…
News Release
Federal Reserve’s FedNow Payments Processing System Illegal and Misguided
The Federal Reserve today announced plans to set up a payment processing system called “FedNow.”…
The Wall Street Journal
Death by Accounting?
The likelihood of a flu pandemic this season may be remote, but many in Washington don't want to take chances. Agencies from the Centers for…
CEI Planet
CEI Planet Spring 2019
Washington Examiner
FDA Can Save Lives by Rejecting Scott Gottlieb’s Lies
E-cigarettes have proven effective at helping people quit smoking, a massive potential public health gain, considering nearly half a million people die every year from…
Blog
This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
In a pre-recess Parthian shot, the Senate passed a massive new spending bill that would increase federal spending by $320 billion over two years and…
The Blue Swan Daily
US Act on Airport Passenger Facility Charges Could Pave the Way to Faster Airport Modernization
The Blue Swan Daily cites CEI and other liberty-oriented organizations for their support of legislation removing the federal cap on airport passenger facility charges.
PJ Media
Washington D.C. Conference Exposes ‘Climate Delusion’
PJ Media cites CEI’s Myron Ebell following a climate conference hosted by the Heartland Institute. Finally, Myron Ebell, director of the Competitive Enterprise…
Blog
Advocacy Journalism Gears up to Promote UN Climate Conference
The Columbia Journalism Review reported on July 26th that more than 60 news organizations have signed up to devote “one week of focused coverage” to the international…
Blog
Judge Rejects Climate Suit to Establish ‘Right to Wilderness’
Oregon District Court Judge Michael McShane on July 31st rejected a petition by two nonprofit groups—Animal Legal Defense Fund and Seeding Sovereignty—and six individuals who allege the…
Blog
Climate Change Gets 21 Minutes in Five-Hour Presidential Debate
CNN hosted the 2nd Democratic presidential candidates’ debate this week on two consecutive nights (July 30th and 31st). Twenty of the 24 Democratic candidates participated, with 10…
Blog
Senate Highway Bill with First-Ever Climate Title Unanimously Clears Committee
On July 30th, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) passed S. 2302, America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019. The vote was 22-0.
Blog
VIDEO: Green New Deal’s Bad Science
This week the Competitive Enterprise Institute released a new study by CEI President Kent Lassman and Power the Future Executive Director Daniel Turner on the costs of the…
The Heartland Institute
Supreme Court Allows Fast Tracking of Property Rights Case
The Heartland Institute cites Attorney Devin Watkins on the Knick decision. The Knick decision should help ensure states play fair with takings claims, says Devin Watkins, an…
The Daily Signal
How Faulty Assumptions in Climate Predictions Could Mean Big Costs for Americans
The Daily Signal cites Director of the Center of Energy and Environment Myron Ebell’s comments on the Green New Deal. Other conference speakers…
The American Spectator
Fake Science on Climate Change Threatens Economic and Civil Freedoms
The American Spectator cites CEI’s recent study with Power the Future, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household.” The Competitive…
The Hill
Democratic Moderates Only Fuel the Conservative Case Against Socialism
The Hill cites CEI’s new study with Power the Future, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household.” The “wishlist economics”…
News Release
Tariffs Fail to Move China, Congress Should Revoke President Trump’s Trade Authority
Tariffs fail to move China, Congress Should Revoke Pres. Trump’s Trade Authority…
Newsmax
Study: Green New Deal Costs ‘More Than They Can Afford’
Newsmax cites CEI’s recent study with Power the Future, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household.” In an interview on Fox…
CNSNews
Report: Green New Deal Would Cost More Than $70,000 Per U.S. Household in First Year
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…
The Washington Times
AOC Miffed After Hickenlooper Calls Green New Deal a ‘Distraction’
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…
Fox News
Fox News The Five Discuss CEI’s Green New Deal Study
Fox News’ The Five discusses CEI’s study, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household,” conducted with Power the Future.
Yahoo Finance
DoJ Okays T-Mobile/Sprint Merger: Winners & Losers
Yahoo Finance cites Associate Director for Technology and Innovation Jessica Melugin on the T-Mobile/Sprint merger. Dish Network aims to reach out 70% of…
BizPac Review
New Study Shows Green New Deal Would Cost Households at Least $70K Just in First Year
BizPac Review cites CEI’s recent study with Power the Future, “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household.” A new study…
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter in in Support of FCC Actions on 621 of the Cable Act
We write in support of the draft Third Report and Order on the implementation of Section 621 of the Cable Act and urge its adoption…
Morning Transportation
Surface Bill Lands in the Senate
POLITICO‘s Morning Transportation cites Senior Fellow Marc Scribner on highway funding legislation in the Senate. VMT pilot: The bill would authorize $12.5 million per…
Fox Business
How Much AOC’s Green New Deal Could Cost the Average American Household
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…
News Release
CEI Applauds EPA Decision to Withdraw Preemptive Veto of Pebble Mine Project
This week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it intends to withdraw the Obama Administration's preemptive rejection of the Pebble Mine project in Alaska and…
The Daily Caller
Study: Green New Deal Would Suck More Than $70K From Households In Five States In Year One
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…
The Washington Examiner
Green New Deal to Cost up to $100,000 per Home in First Year
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…
The Daily Wire
STUDY: Green New Deal Would Cost Some States More Than $1,000,000,000,000
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…
The Blaze
New Study Reveals the Crippling Economic Burden of the Green New Deal on Average American Households
The Blaze cites CEI’s “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” study with Power the Future. The study by libertarian…
The Washington Free Beacon
Study: ‘Green New Deal’ Would Cost $75-K Per Household in Year 1
The Washington Free Beacon cites CEI’s “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” study with Power the Future. The report…
The Washington Times
AOC’s Green New Deal Would Cost $70K-Plus per Household in First Year: Study
The Washington Times cites CEI’s “What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household” study with Power the Future. In five model…
Roll Call
Road Bill Would Hike Spending by 25 Percent, Speed Permits And Add Climate Title
Roll Call cites Senior Fellow Marc Scribner on highway funding legislation in the Senate. “Given that Congress has already bailed out the Trust…
Blog
Environmental Red Tape Could Roadblock Green New Deal
The Green New Deal reads like a progressive’s letter to Santa, a wish list that is, by the admission of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) chief of staff,…
Blog
Department of Justice Creates Frankenstein Imitation of Market Competition
The Department of Justice’s long-awaited merger approval for T-Mobile and Sprint is good news for consumers on balance, but the conditions required for the agency’s blessing are…
Blog
Is White House ‘Guidance on Compliance with the Congressional Review Act’ Restraining Agency Rulemaking?
At a time of trillion dollar runaway peacetime deficits, big-spenders can take smug comfort knowing that regulation is even less disciplined, especially where ostensibly sub-regulatory…
Blog
If You Vape (Illicit Street Drugs), It May Kill You (Duh)
Over the last four weeks, eight Wisconsin teenagers have been hospitalized with severe lung damage. The news that vaping caused these illnesses has swept across…
Blog
CEI Leads Coalition in Support of Bipartisan Passenger Facility Charge Reform
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) sent a letter to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leadership supporting the bipartisan H.R. 3791, Investing in America: Rebuilding…
Fox News
Swing-State Households Would Lose at Least $70G Within First Year of Green New Deal, Study Finds
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.
News Release
Study: Green New Deal Would Cost Households in Five States More than $70K in First Year of Implementation
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,…
Study
What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household
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…
Letters
CEI Leads Coalition Letter in Support of H.R. 3791, “Rebuilding America’s Airports Infrastructure Act”
Dear Chairmen DeFazio and Larsen and Ranking Members Graves and Graves: We write today in strong support of H.R. 3791, Investing in America: Rebuilding America’s…
Blog
Greater Financial Transparency Could Prevent Next Union Scandal
Earlier this year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation served indictments to several high level United Auto Workers (UAW) officials, some of who have already pleaded…
News Release
Senate Highway Bill Seeks Fiscally Irresponsible Spending Hikes
Today the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works released their much-anticipated draft bill on federal highway funding, with markup scheduled for Tuesday. CEI transportation…
Comment
CEI Comments on DOL Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports for Trusts in Which a Labor Organization Is Interested
On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), I respectfully submit the following comments in response to the Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Labor-Management…
Blog
Guidance Documents of the Week: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Friends
Guidance documents are statements of policy issued by your favorite alphabet soup of agencies, which more often than not translate into law, despite rarely going…
Study
What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Family
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…
Edge Media Network
AP Explains: What T-Mobile Takeover of Sprint Means for You
The Edge Media Network cites Research Fellow Patrick Hedger on the T-Mobile/Sprint merger. “Private industry has every incentive to give American consumers what…
Epoch Times
Conference Urges Republicans to Reject the Left on Climate Change
The Epoch Times cites Director of the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell on the Green New Deal. Myron Ebell of the Competitive…
U.S. News & World Report
The Latest: T-Mobile Expects to Close Sprint Deal in 2019
U.S. News & World Report cites Associate Director of the Center for Technology and Innovation Jessica Melugin on the T-Mobile/Sprint merger. On the…
Blog
This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
Congress has adjourned for its August recess, so the republic is safe for another month. Rulemaking agencies are still on the job, however, and published…
Blog
Major Automakers Cave to California on Trump Auto Rule
The Washington Post reported on July 25th that Ford, Honda, Volkswagen, and BMW North America have “struck a deal with California to produce fleets that are more…