Past Events

• 02/22/2024

Ensuring Climate Policies Have Impact at Scale Event Details February 22nd, 202412:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. EST Online Virtual Event…

• 01/11/2024

The push for extreme climate policy continues at a fever pitch at the state, federal, and international levels. COP28, the United Nations Climate Change Conference that…

• 11/28/2023

On December 5th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Moore v. U.S., a challenge to the Mandatory Repatriation Tax provision of the 2017…

• 11/16/2023

Hosted by The Heritage Foundation This past year, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, chaired by Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), has conducted several…

• 11/15/2023

The Federal Trade Commission, under the direction of Chair Lina Khan, has made a practice of implementing antitrust regulations beyond the agency’s authority. FTC Commissioner…

• 10/23/2023

In his new book, The Capitalist Manifesto: Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World, Johan Norberg highlights how capitalism and markets encourage…

• 10/23/2023

CEI and friends will celebrate the Smith’s beautiful union and the founding of CEI, on our 60th and 40th anniversaries! Guests will enjoy a private…

• 09/29/2023

Please join us for a private brunch and conversation with CEI’s 2023 Julian L. Simon Memorial Awardees Gale L. Pooley and Marian L. Tupy. In…

• 09/28/2023

Thursday, September 28, 2023 Elvis: All Shook Up Thursday, September 28, 2022 6:00 p.m. Reception7:15 p.m. DinnerAfter party to follow Cocktail or Themed Attire…

• 09/22/2023

Description The post-COVID-19 labor market has been unprecedented and unexpected. Although the labor market appears strong, significant economic and policy headwinds are growing, and employers…

• 08/02/2023

A major new legal challenge to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing was filed in New York City this summer. Gibson Dunn partner and former…

• 07/27/2023

Please join us to toast a combined 75 years of incredible work at CEI by Christine Hall, Marlo Lewis, Ryan Lynch, and Iain Murray! With…

• 06/06/2023

For decades, the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers have used broad and vague interpretations of the Clean Water Act to regulate almost…

• 06/01/2023

In search of awe and inspiration, far from the seat of power, the CEI team is traveling to south Lake Tahoe for our seventh annual…

• 04/13/2023

Please join CEI for a conversation with former British Prime Minister, the Right Honorable Liz Truss MP, on the economic challenges the free world is…

• 04/04/2023

In his new book, Shelter from the Storm: How a COVID Mortgage Meltdown was Averted, former Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mark Calabria…

• 11/03/2022

The Cato Institute, CO2 Coalition, and Competitive Enterprise Institute will host friends and family for a reception to honor and celebrate the life of beloved…

• 09/22/2022

CEI Attorney Devin Watkins serves as moderator for The Federalist Society’s teleforum. Click here to register.

• 09/15/2022

The pleasure of your company is requested on Thursday evening, September 15th for the Julian L. Simon Memorial Award Dinner at the National Portrait Gallery.

• 08/24/2022

In anticipation of the Stayin’ Alive: Disco Night at the Museum Simon Dinner, we are polishing up our disco dance moves. Please join the Competitive…

• 08/11/2022

Please join us in celebrating Sam Kazman’s legendary 36-year career at CEI. Kazman launched CEI’s litigation program two years after the organization’s founding. Since then,…

• 05/17/2022

When future histories are written about the next billion people lifted from poverty, prominent among the heroes will be William Easterly, Professor of Economics at…

• 02/16/2022

The future of freedom is under threat from illiberalism at home and abroad. For three quarters of a century, a coalition of traditionalists, libertarians, and…

• 12/07/2021

John Berlau, Author/Journalist, Senior Fellow Tuesday, December 7 11:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. CT / 2:00 p.m. ET Beyond serving as a general…

• 06/29/2021

CEI invites you to join friends and family in celebrating the life of our brilliant, beloved colleague James L. Gattuso (December 1, 1957 – July…

• 06/23/2021

CEI will host the next in the series of Alfred E. Kahn Discussions, an evening devoted to how we develop and advance serious regulatory reforms…

• 05/20/2021

Originally published in 1978 and reissued this month, The Antitrust Paradox: A Policy at War with Itself is a seminal work in antitrust law.

• 03/17/2021

George Washington is well known as a political and military leader, but he was also one of America’s leading entrepreneurs and business men. In this…

• 02/23/2021

What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of George Washington? Whatever it is, it’s probably not as a businessman and…

• 02/11/2021

Describe George Washington in three words. General. Statesman. Businessman.  Wait–businessman? Just when you think you know everything there is to know about our first president,…

• 02/09/2021

Throughout his life of public service, George Washington promoted freedom for Catholics, Jews and other religious minorities. Even though he was not Catholic, Washington made…

• 01/05/2021

Join CEI for an online forum with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler. In conversation with Director of CEI’s Center for Energy and Environment Myron…

• 12/08/2020

Join CEI for an online forum with Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt on the challenges of reforming federal lands policies and the Endangered Species…

• 12/01/2020

For the second time this year, the Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of an independent federal agency headed by a single director. In…