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Congress Should Require the Administration to Adopt a Regulatory Budget in Exchange for Raising the Debt Ceiling

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Congress Should Require the Administration to Adopt a Regulatory Budget in Exchange for Raising the Debt Ceiling

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 01/19/2023

Every once in a while, the escalating drama of Washington policy debate has a genuine problem behind it. The suddenly heated focus on the need to…

Regulatory Reform

White House Confiscatory Tax Proposal Underlines Why CEI Is Challenging Provision of 2017 Tax Reform

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White House Confiscatory Tax Proposal Underlines Why CEI Is Challenging Provision of 2017 Tax Reform

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 03/28/2022

Today President Biden previewed his proposed fiscal year 2023 budget. I am in complete agreement with the first five words: “Budgets are statements of values.” …

Business and Government

Staying the Course for Liberty

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Staying the Course for Liberty

  • By: Jessica Melugin, Kent Lassman
  • 02/16/2022

At the Competitive Enterprise Institute, we focus on policy issues ranging from tech and telecommunications to energy and the environment to financial regulation and monetary…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

In Memoriam: P.J. O’Rourke

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In Memoriam: P.J. O’Rourke

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 02/16/2022

From Rolling Stone to nearly 20 rollicking books, P.J. O’Rourke explained the inexplicable, from war and every imaginable human privation to the peccadillos of Congress…

Capitalism

Markets Aren’t Perfect; Regulation Is Often Far Worse

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Markets Aren’t Perfect; Regulation Is Often Far Worse

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 10/15/2021

A rhetorical tactic commonly employed by both my technocratic and progressive friends is a straw man argument. “If market processes are so great,” they charge,…

Business and Government

Don’t Believe the Hype: ESG Investing Advice Hides Serious Flaws

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Don’t Believe the Hype: ESG Investing Advice Hides Serious Flaws

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 04/22/2021

In a recent video for the “Moral Money” section of the Financial Times, reporter Brooke Fox took on the question “What does ESG-friendly really…

Capitalism

Welcome to the New CEI.org

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Welcome to the New CEI.org

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 11/16/2020

At the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), we are constantly thinking of ways to more effectively expand the boundaries of freedom. With that goal in mind,…

Capitalism

Louisiana Frog Feud Illustrates Regulatory Threat to Property Rights and Economic Freedom

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Louisiana Frog Feud Illustrates Regulatory Threat to Property Rights and Economic Freedom

  • By: Kent Lassman, Steven D. Anderson
  • 10/06/2020

The dusky gopher frog doesn’t grow very large—only to about three inches long, on average. But despite its diminutive size, this little frog has had…

Property Rights

Thirteen Years and Counting: Idaho Case Illustrates How Regulatory Enforcement Can Go Awry

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Thirteen Years and Counting: Idaho Case Illustrates How Regulatory Enforcement Can Go Awry

  • By: Kent Lassman, Steven D. Anderson
  • 09/08/2020

In 2007, Mike and Chantell Sackett broke ground on a lot near scenic Priest Lake, Idaho, where they planned to build their dream home. It…

Energy and Environment

A Fond Farewell to a Dear Friend

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A Fond Farewell to a Dear Friend

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 07/30/2020

James Gattuso (December 1, 1957 – July 23, 2020) has left behind a profound legacy of devotion to family and commitment to liberty. Requiescat in…

A Memorial Note About Christopher L. Culp (April 7, 1969 – June 30, 2020)

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A Memorial Note About Christopher L. Culp (April 7, 1969 – June 30, 2020)

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 07/27/2020

Chris Culp, or simply Culp as he was invariably known, died unexpectedly and leaves a loss in the world and in the CEI community to…

Getting My Bearings in Taipei: Personally and Politically

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Getting My Bearings in Taipei: Personally and Politically

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 09/11/2019

Key Insight of the Day: While not every aspect of life in Taiwan is dominated by the relationship with the People’s Republic of China, every…

Trade and International

Sharing Insights and Observations from the Road: A Travelogue

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Sharing Insights and Observations from the Road: A Travelogue

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 09/11/2019

This week I’m in Taiwan as a part of a delegation of free-market trade experts. I’ll write short posts for the Competitive Enterprise Institute team…

Trade and International

David Koch (1940-2019), R.I.P.

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David Koch (1940-2019), R.I.P.

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 08/23/2019

Friend, philanthropist, inventor, and industrialist David Koch has died at the age of 79.  He was a father and husband. Known best for his pro-liberty…

Business and Government

Pop Federal Trade Commission’s Dangerous Facebook Trial Balloon

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Pop Federal Trade Commission’s Dangerous Facebook Trial Balloon

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 05/09/2019

Facebook is reportedly negotiating a settlement with a powerful regulatory agency that would impose a new corporate structure, increase liability for one or more executives,…

Antitrust

Chuck Todd’s ‘Daily Show’ Comments Got It Wrong on the Climate Debate

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Chuck Todd’s ‘Daily Show’ Comments Got It Wrong on the Climate Debate

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 01/25/2019

Last night Chuck Todd went on “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” and was asked about his announcement on a recent episode of “Meet the…

Climate

Introducing a Free-Market Agenda for Accountability and Prosperity

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Introducing a Free-Market Agenda for Accountability and Prosperity

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 01/09/2019

The governance of American life has been handed over to an operating system that subtly and perversely drives individuals’ behavior away from their own decisions.

Business and Government

CEI Takes on Antitrust

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CEI Takes on Antitrust

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 12/14/2018

There is a concerted effort from elements on both sides of the political aisle to use antitrust law to regulate and ultimately break apart Big…

Antitrust

Remarks by CEI President Kent Lassman at 2018 Annual Dinner

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Remarks by CEI President Kent Lassman at 2018 Annual Dinner

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 06/29/2018

Remarks by CEI President Kent Lassman at our Annual Dinner and Reception on June 28, 2018, in Washington, D.C.  Welcome to the CEI annual dinner. Thank you all for…

Capitalism and Free Enterprise

What Will You Achieve with Your 8,760 Hours?

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What Will You Achieve with Your 8,760 Hours?

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 03/15/2018

Several years ago CEI launched Human Achievement Hour, an annual celebration of innovation and progress. During this hour—this year, Saturday, March 24th from 8:30pm to…

Business and Government

Trump’s Recent Trade Decisions Could Spell Doom for the Economy

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Trump’s Recent Trade Decisions Could Spell Doom for the Economy

  • By: Annie Dwyer, Iain Murray, Kent Lassman, Marc Scribner
  • 03/08/2018

With President Trump’s announcement on steel and aluminum tariffs and his continued wrong-headed approach to trade policy, there are reasons to be concerned that a…

Trade and International

Exposing Washington State’s Climate Cash Scandal

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Exposing Washington State’s Climate Cash Scandal

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 01/19/2018

Governors Jay Inslee, Jerry Brown, and Andrew Cuomo have a radical agenda unconstrained by the law or basic decency.

CEI Litigation

President’s Fall Policy Update

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President’s Fall Policy Update

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 12/12/2017

We have measures and very clear guideposts to tell us if we are on the right path.

Business and Government

Washington Post Profile on CEI Climate Work Misses Half the Story

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Washington Post Profile on CEI Climate Work Misses Half the Story

  • By: Kent Lassman, Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 09/14/2017

The Post’s story was weeks in the making, and although it gets some things right, the story continually injects presumptions and bias, resulting in an…

Climate

President’s Summer Policy Update

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President’s Summer Policy Update

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 08/24/2017

When it comes to the institutions of capitalism, the advance of human welfare, and liberty, we are here because we love the work.

Banking and Finance

President’s D.C. Summer Update

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President’s D.C. Summer Update

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 08/23/2017

Political posturing and high-level personnel changes in Washington have dominated the news and are shaping what policy changes are possible.

Regulatory Reform

Shrinking Government Bureaucracy in Turbulent Times

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Shrinking Government Bureaucracy in Turbulent Times

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 08/16/2017

We need to ponder what the executive branch we deserve looks like and how it aligns with our Constitution and statutory limitations.

Regulatory Reform

The Key to Prosperity in the Southern Hemisphere and around the World

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The Key to Prosperity in the Southern Hemisphere and around the World

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 06/13/2017

We have the potential to put developing economies on a path to avoid the mistakes made in America and among our European friends.

Business and Government

Through the Looking Glass: Washington Gets Curiouser and Curiouser

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Through the Looking Glass: Washington Gets Curiouser and Curiouser

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 06/08/2017

The following remarks were delivered by CEI President Kent Lassman at CEI’s Annual Dinner and Reception held on June 7, 2017. Thank you. Despite her…

Business and Government

The Future of Liberty and Democracy in Europe

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The Future of Liberty and Democracy in Europe

  • By: Kent Lassman
  • 04/28/2017

The classical liberal tradition calls for respecting the liberty of individuals and of conscience, the freedom to trade goods and services, and even the mobility…

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  • Greg Conko
  • Wayne Crews
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  • Michelle Minton
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