Past Events

• 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…

• 11/18/2020

In the forthcoming Big White Ghetto: Dead Broke, Stone-Cold Stupid, and High on Rage in the Dank Woolly Wilds of the “Real America”, Kevin Williamson…

• 11/17/2020

In March 2020, thousands of at-risk students in Fairfax, VA saw their school lunch programs suddenly suspended as America went under lockdown to fight COVID-19.

• 11/10/2020

In the recently published Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know: And Many Others You Will Find Interesting, coauthors Ron Bailey and Marian Tupy…

• 10/28/2020

Online Event: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has come under increased scrutiny since the outbreak of COVID-19. For years,…

• 10/14/2020

Book Forum Featuring Casey MulliganWednesday, October 14, 2020 In the just published You’re Hired! Untold Successes and Failures of a Populist President, former Chief…

• 10/08/2020

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has put the spotlight back on the politics of the Supreme Court. In the recently published Supreme…

• 09/30/2020

Each year since 2001, CEI pays tribute to free-market economist, professor, and consummate optimist Julian Simon by presenting the Julian L. Simon Memorial Award…

• 09/24/2020

Just a few years ago, socialism seemed utterly discredited. Unfortunately, the socialist temptation has come back with a vengeance. A generation of young people who…

• 09/22/2020

Some of the most helpful policy responses to the coronavirus pandemic have loosened rather than imposed restrictions. Many of the regulations that are being scrapped…

• 09/16/2020

We often read about unprecedented levels of infighting and strife in the White House, but are these incidents really so momentous? In Fight House:…

• 09/03/2020

Some of the most helpful policy responses to the coronavirus pandemic have loosened rather than imposed restrictions. Many of the regulations that are being scrapped…

• 08/18/2020

As cryptocurrencies have proliferated in the private sector, central banks are now contemplating getting into the game. Venezuela tried unsuccessfully to popularize  its currency with…

• 08/06/2020

In The Socialist Temptation, CEI Vice President Iain Murray examines why, despite its lethal record, skepticism of socialism has waned. To reverse this dangerous…

• 07/30/2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Unleashing the innovation and productivity of American workers and repealing costly #NeverNeeded…

• 07/23/2020

In the just published False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet, skeptical environmentalist…

• 07/10/2020

In partnership with the Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance and Australian Libertarian Society and over a dozen international liberty groups, the Competitive Enterprise Institute is participating in…

• 07/07/2020

Join CEI for an online book forum about George Washington, Entrepreneur featuring author and CEI Senior Fellow John Berlau and renowned Economics Professor Deirdre McCloskey.

• 06/22/2020

Some of the most helpful policy responses to the coronavirus pandemic loosen rather than impose restrictions. Many of the regulations that are being scrapped to…

• 06/10/2020

Please join the Competitive Enterprise Institute for an online discussion of the intersection of today’s political realignment and the partisan response to the pandemic featuring…