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CEI Summit Sedona

Arizona is young and daring. She is not tied to precedent, to the convention, to other states’ ways of doing things. She is bent…

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2026 Julian L. Simon Memorial Award Dinner

For the 2026 Julian L. Simon Memorial Award Dinner and America’s 250th birthday, CEI will toast American Treasures and Simon’s vision of humankind as…

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CEI Book Forum: The Great Realignment

In his latest work, The Great Realignment: Why the New Right is Here to Stay, author Stephen Davies synthesizes decades of research to…

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CEI Summit Asheville – 2026 

For our tenth annual policy summit, the CEI team traveled to Asheville, North Carolina — “The Land of the Sky”. Our home for the…

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CEI Luncheon feat. Kevin D. Williamson

Between the resurgence of nationalism, the growth of energy-hungry middle-income economies, and the reassertion of a few eternal facts of economic life, large-scale, ambitious…

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NYC Luncheon feat. Ian Rowe

Children in America deserve to know that their future is not predetermined and that they have the power to achieve a successful life. However,…

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CEI Luncheon feat. Ryan Young

How does change happen in Washington? For CEI, it always begins with the principles of economic and personal freedom. But it doesn’t end there.

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A Free Market is the Best Medicine

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are shaping how Americans obtain and pay for prescription drugs by promoting market competition that lowers prices, fosters innovation, and…

Healthcare

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NYC Luncheon feat. Kent Lassman

In liberal developed countries, the relationship between the natural world and society is regulated by statutory law, regulatory edicts, and government agencies that set…

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Free the Appliances!

For decades, the Department of Energy (DOE) has imposed stringent regulations and efficiency standards on home appliances. While promoted as consumer-friendly measures to reduce…

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Free the Economy 150th Episode Celebration

Please join us for the Free the Economy podcast’s Sesquicentennial Celebration (150th Episode Reception), in which we reflect on and express gratitude for 150…

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NYC Luncheon feat. Iain Murray

Free market economics stands on the shoulders of four giants in particular — Adam Smith, Ludwig von Mises, F.A. Hayek, and Milton Friedman. Join…

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Julian L. Simon Memorial Award Dinner 2025

Dust off your ruby slippers and Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the 2025 Julian L. Simon Memorial Award Dinner. CEI’s annual gala honors Simon’s vision…

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CEI Summit Bar Harbor – 2025 

The CEI team and friends traveled to Bar Harbor, Maine – the summer playground of the nation – for our ninth annual policy summit. While…

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CEI Summit Bar Harbor

Please join the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s ninth annual policy summit in Vacationland this summer. This year’s gathering will be in Bar Harbor, the gateway…

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Powering AI Policy Roundup

Register Please join CEI and the Frontier Institute for policy roundups in Billings, Bozeman, and Whitefish about how policymakers can ensure AI’s…

Tech and Telecom

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NYC Luncheon feat. Daren Bakst and Kent Lassman

The Competitive Enterprise Institute launched a major initiative to change the Environmental Protection Agency and the laws it administers, including the Clean Air Act…

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CEI & IPI Reception

Federal regulations impose an annual cost of more than $16,000 on the average household, yet they receive far less attention than other policy issues.

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Mere Economics Book Forum Featuring Art Carden

In their forthcoming book, Art Carden and Caleb Fuller go beyond economic theory to explore the ethical and spiritual elements of spending, saving, wages, working, and…

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Dear Mr. President Premiere

In 1881, following President James Garfield’s assassination, the country was in turmoil. Many suspected Vice President Chester Arthur, a long-time beneficiary of the spoils…

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CEI Luncheon Featuring Wayne Crews

For 40 years, the Competitive Enterprise Institute has championed sensible regulatory reforms that create meaningful change to the administrative state.  Conventional regulatory reform…

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NYC Luncheon feat. Brian Rankin

The Competitive Enterprise Institute is at the forefront of opposing excessive regulation and advocating for a more hands-off approach that encourages innovation and investment.