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The Politics of Global Warming
THE POLITICS OF GLOBAL WARMING[1] Full Document Available…
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October Edition of the Monthly Planet
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “On…
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Fred L. Smith, Jr. on the “Paperwork and Regulatory Improvement Act of 2003.”
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Medicare Reform Unfair Burden on America’s Youth
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A Bright Idea: Deregulate
The massive blackout that shut off lights along the East coast, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Midwest and Canada need not…
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August Edition of CEI’s Monthly Planet
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Developing World’s Moral Voice Absent in Bilateral Agreements (Letter to the Editor)
Sir, Daniel Griswold (“Bilateral deals are no threat to global trade”, July 27) raised several valid points in the defence of bilateral trade agreements. However,…
Roll Call
Fireworks Fly
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Importing Drugs from Foreign Countries
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Cowboys Versus Cattle Thieves
Full Document Available in PDF Fred L. Smith, “Cowboys Versus Cattle Thieves,” in…
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Broadcast of “Corporate Aftershock” Book Forum
Watch a webcast of the forum on the new book, Corporate Aftershock: The Public Policy Lessons from the Collapse of Enron and Other Major…
Chron
The Mother of all Financial Scandals
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Protecting the Environment (Letter to the Editor)
SIR – Your article about the resignation of Christine Todd Whitman as head of America’s Environmental Protection Agency suggests that the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s opposition…
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April/May edition of CEI’s Monthly Planet
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Avoid More Mandates
As more and more Americans become investors, paternalistic regulators are demanding greater disclosure by mutual funds to protect consumers from excessive brokerage commissions…
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Joint Letter to Chairman Henry Hyde on Climate Change Language in State Department Authorization Legislation
The Hill
Can Free-Market Greens Rescue the GOP’s Environmental Image?
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Joint letter to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Pete Domenici
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An Open Letter To The Bush Administration On Its Plan To Unbundle Local Phone Networks
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CEI Letter To CPSC Requesting Extension On Arsenic-Treated Wood Comment Deadline
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CEI’s Fred Smith and Marlo Lewis Send Coalition Letter To President Bush On The Proposed Greenhouse Gas Registry
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November/December 2002 Edition of CEI Update
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “FDA’s Pediatric Rule…
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How to Drive Competition in a “Deregulated” Market
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The Hill
Letter to the Editor, The Washington Post
Railroad deregulation provides a model for liberalizing all network industries. Network industries such as railroads, electricity and telecommunication have two elements: the flows (trains,…
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The Bankruptcy of Collectivist Environmental Policy
Full Document Available in PDF Classical liberals have done much over…
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An Open Letter To President Bush About His Plan To Award Regulatory Credits For “Voluntary” Greenhouse Gas Reductions
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August/September 2002 Edition of CEI Update
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “Nothing But Hot…
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Getting The Rails Back On Track
As the recent crash of an Amtrak passenger train in Maryland illustrates, our nation's railroad tracks are in dire need of maintenance or replacement.
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An Open Letter To President Bush About The World Summit On Sustainable Development
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Dream The Impossible Scheme
The Bush administration came out of the box on the energy issue with a reasonably positive mix of supply-side strategies – they are even willing…
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Can Science Make Us More Secure?
Fred L. Smith, Jr. President, Competitive Enterprise Institute The search for a safe society is dangerous as hell. One of the most…
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Why We Are United
As the patriotic tunes of July 4 reminded us, America is a highly diverse nation. We’re black, brown, white, red, and yellow; Catholic,…
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False Representation
In her book Whose Trade Organization, Lori Wallach argues that corporate interests have for too long dominated the World Trade Organization and that…
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Andersen Verdict Disappoints: Moves To Criminalize Accounting Mistakes Are Counterproductive
Given the media frenzy over Enron, no one should be surprised that Arthur Andersen, its accountant, was found guilty. The formal charge was…
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Verdict Disappoints
Given the media frenzy over Enron, no one should be surprised that Arthur Andersen, its accountant, was found gutty. The formal charge was obstruction of…
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Joint Letter To President Bush On The EPA’s Climate Action Report
Dear President Bush, We write to share our concerns with Climate Action Report 2002, which your administration recently transmitted to the United Nations Framework…
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Open Letter To President Bush On The Climate Action Report 2002
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The Hot Air from the Bush Administration
Well, Bush didn’t sign the Kyoto Global Warming protocol. It’s too bad he couldn’t leave well enough alone. While continuing to insist that…
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Secretary Gale Norton: Roosevelt Republican?
Gale Norton, an individual who was once libertarian and who has long espoused a principled view of private property and the market, now…
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Worrying About Frankenstein’s Monster
A specter is haunting Europe—called the “precautionary principle”. As generally defined, the precautionary principle states that a product or technology can be banned even if…
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June/July 2002 Edition of CEI Update
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “Daniels In The…
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Electricity Restructuring Is No License For Central Planning
Economists sometimes gets confused—specially when the real world doesn't fit into their…
Business Week
Harvey Pitt: Thunder to the Left, Thunder to the Right
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Where Were The Inside Traders When We Really Needed Them?
Contrary to what you hear from just about every politician and every pundit, the Enron collapse suggests that less regulation might make future…
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George “Smoot Hawley” Bush
The Bush administration’s decision to abandon its free trade position to protect the domestic steel industry is distressful. Even Clinton didn’t give in…
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A Man, A Plan, A Boondoggle
The Bush administration is not his father’s Oldsmobile—I mean administration—but it isn’t Ronald Reagan’s either. Bush II is amenable to reducing government, but…
Washington Post
Global Warming Plan Due
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New Laws are Unnecessary
Politicians of all stripes are rushing into the Enron fray, eager to use this event as the pretext for enacting new regulations and laws against…
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New Laws Are Unnecessary
Politicians of all stripes are rushing into the Enron fray, eager to use this event as the pretext for enacting new regulations and…
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February 2002 Edition of CEI Update
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “Poised For A Broadband…