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From Barbers to Bailouts: How Corporate Welfare Threatens Free Markets
Bill Frezza will moderate a panel on cronyism at the Young Americans for Liberty National Convention with speakers Romina Boccia, Heritage Foundation; Bob McNamara, Institute…
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The Way Forward for Britain, Europe and the US
CEI Vice President for Strategy Iain Murray presents to the ALEC Task Force on Federalism and International Relations on the effects of the UK's…
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Protecting Your Constituents from Government Harassment
CEI executive director Gregory Conko participates in a workshop on how to stop government agencies from targeting and harassing people based on their personal beliefs.
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Innovation Requires Freedom: Stories from a 40-Year Tech Veteran
Bill Frezza will speak on the main stage at the Young Americans for Liberty National Convention.
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E-Commerce and Taxation Joint Working Group
CEI fellow Marc Scribner…
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Heritage Foundation Panel on Repealing the Renewable Fuel Standard Featuring Marlo Lewis
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Sam Kazman Speaks at Hill Briefing on State AG Climate Change Investigations
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ICREI Conference on Environmental Entrepreneurship
Sustainable development is a rallying concept, but we must go further: think about methods, imagine instruments, and above all implement them. This 10th International Conference…
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IES-Europe Summer Seminar on Political Economy
For thirty-two years Aix-en-Provence has been the “rendez-vous” for outstanding faculty and participants coming from around the globe - all sharing a strong interest in classical…
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Wayne Crews To Testify Before Senate Regulatory Subcommittee
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Heritage Foundation Panel on Reducing Regulatory Obstacles in Agriculture Featuring Gregory Conko
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Beyond the Runway Coalition Briefing: Airport Finance, A Free Market Approach, and Airports as Economic Engines
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War on Free Speech panel at the Republican National Lawyers Association’s National Policy
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Drone Regulation: For the Birds? Seeking a Better Approach to U.S. Drone Policy
On February 19, 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration’s drone-owners’ registry went into full effect. Remarkably, it is now a federal felony to fly a drone…
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Signing the Paris Climate Treaty and Funding the Green Climate Fund: How Can Congress Respond?
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The Policy, Regulation and Innovation Landscape of Commercial Drones
Will commercial drones, also known as unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), lead the way on technological innovation and bring about new business models and practices on…
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Examining EPA’s Regional Haze Program: Regulations Without Visible Benefits
The Environment Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled Examining EPA’s Regional Haze Program: Regulations Without Visible Benefits on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at 9:30 a.m. in Room…
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Human Achievement Hour 2016
Human Achievement Hour is CEI's annual celebration of human progress and will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2016, from 8:30-9:30PM in your own time…
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VW: Litigating a Corporate Crisis
Volkswagen was recently alleged to have used software in its diesel vehicles to deceive emissions tests. In response, various plaintiffs have filed litigation concerning this…
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The New Intellectual Forum
The Ed Snider Center for Enterprise & Markets at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, and the Center for Advancing Capitalism…
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How Free is the TPP: What Should Congress Do About Trade?
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Free the Market: Ending the Corporate Welfare Racket
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Commercial Class Actions: Hot Topics, Trends and Settlement Fairness
Litigation of commercial class actions has dramatically increased in recent years and much of it occurs in the Federal Court. Join us on February 23,…
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Regulatory Threats to Flexible Employment & Worker Freedom: What Can Congress Do?
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R Street’s Music Policy Briefing & Breakfast
Even if you’ve learned the basics of U.S. copyright law, once you delve into music copyrights, you discover an even more complex system is operating…
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The Wild West of Lending: The Untamed Small Business Lending Marketplace
CEI's John Berlau will speak on the Financial Services Innovation Coalition lunch discussion panel "The Wild West of Lending: The Untamed Small Business Lending Marketplace."…
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Sin, Virtue and Rent-Seeking at the Cato Institute
Have public choice economists adopted fatalism? While economists have produced a rich theory of “sin,” they have neglected an offsetting theory of “virtue.”…
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A Preview of the Paris Climate Change Conference
A Preview of the Paris Climate Change Conference Featuring a Keynote Address by The Honorable Mike Lee (R-UT) United States Senator Followed by a…
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Global Regulatory Forum on Alternative Finance at Organization of American States in DC
Crowdfunding has seen huge leaps in the private sector. CEI's John Berlau discusses these developments along side lack of progress on crowdfunding in Congress.
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Dodd-Frank: 5 Years Later at Money 20/20
Dodd-Frank's Durbin Amendment largely caused the problem of higher debit fees for the underbanked. Now, five years later, it now threatens innovation like Apple Pay and bitcoin…
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Passcode for Liberty: Why the Government Shouldn’t Restrict Encryption
Most Americans own a smartphone and use cloud computing services such as Gmail, Dropbox, and Facebook. Increasingly, we store sensitive data on…
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Will the Transportation Security Administration Follow the Law?
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A Strategy for Advocates of Economic Freedom
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Women Fighting the Culture of Alarmism
Americans are bombarded with messages about how food, everyday products and certain activities threaten their health and the health of their children; politicians and government…
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Lawson Bader at Freedomfest: Think Tanks Make a Difference!
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Lawson Bader at Freedomfest: Gavel Out! Legal Opportunities to Push Back Regulatory Overreach
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Heritage Foundation Panel on the Social Cost of Carbon featuring Marlo Lewis
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Are Streetcars Good for America? – With Marc Scribner
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Economic Freedom in the World: Where Does America Stand?
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The Constitutional Limits of the Endangered Species Act
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The State of Freedom in the UK
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John Berlau at the Crowdfunding USA Forum
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Retirement Industry Trust Association’s Alternative Asset Conference
Join CEI's John Berlau for a public policy panel discussing SEC rules affecting IRAs.
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Crowdfunding Policy, Legislative and Implementation Discussion
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Silicon Valley: the Rise of Alternative Finance
Join CEI's John Berlau for a panel discussion on IRAs.
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CPAC 2015: Obamacare and the Supreme Court: Standing Up To the IRS
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CPAC 2015: Friends in Low Places, How Cronyism Corrupts the Free Markets
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CPAC 2015: Climate: What Tom Steyer Won’t Tell You
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The Future of Media – Is Government Regulation In Today’s Media Landscape “Over-The-Top”?
Join CEI's Ryan Radia and The Federalist Society for a panel discussion on the overregulation of media. Panelists: Jeffrey H. Blum Senior Vice President…
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Cato Institute Policy Forum: How Should Ridesharing be Regulated
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Heritage Action for America Policy Summit
Heritage Action for America will be hosting a two-day policy summit to be held at The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Auditorium. CEI's Myron Ebell will be commenting with…
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Illegal Volunteers?: A Look at How Federal and State Law Restricts Community and Family Volunteers
Did you know that the federal minimum wage prohibits Americans from volunteering for entities organized as a for-profit business? As a result many family businesses…
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The Cato Institute: Repeal Day
Featuring Walter Olson, Senior Fellow, Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute & Editor, Overlawyered.com Stacia Cosner,…
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Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocate Regulatory and Advocacy Summit
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Crowdfund Banking and Lending Summit
Coastal Shows, producer of the annual Crowdfund Global Expo (CFGE), will host the CFGE Crowdfund Banking and Lending Summit at San Francisco’s Grand Hyatt…
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The End of Transit and the Beginning of the New Mobility: Policy Implications of Self-Driving Cars
Experimental self-driving cars have successfully operated more than 700,000 miles on American highways. Such cars will be on the market by 2020 and will radically…
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Human Achievement Hour 2014
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CPAC 2014: After Obama, Day 1: What Are the Big Alternative Ideas Conservatives Should Present as Obama’s Term Ends?
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CPAC 2014: And Entrepeneurship Shall Set You Free: How to Celebrate Free Market Capitalism in the Popular Culture
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CPAC 2014: What’s the Deal With Global Warming?
An Al Gore fever dream? Real but with caveats? Real but irrelevant? Joe Bast, President, The Heartland Institute (Moderator)Steve Milloy, Director of External Policy…
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2013 Preserving the American Dream Conference
Marc Scribner will be presenting on the dangers of re-regulating the railroads.
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Testimony on Park Closings
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Forum: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Dodd-Frank
CEI Senior Fellow John Berlau will be speaking at this event.
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Chattanooga, UAW & Free Markets
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What Should Congress Do About Cell Phone Unlocking?
WASHINGTON D.C. — Should copyright law stop you from unlocking your cell phone? Join TechFreedom and the Competitive Enterprise Institute on June 17 at noon…
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Farm Subsidy Programs in House Farm Bill
Farm Subsidy Programs in House Farm Bill Representatives from Environmental Working Group, American Enterprise Institute, R Street Institute, Cato Institute, Competitive Enterprise Institute, National…
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“Richard Windsor,” Gina McCarthy, and the Abuse of Power
The Competitive Enterprise Institute invites you to a Congressional Staff and Media Briefing on EPA’s FOIA Scandals “Richard Windsor,” Gina McCarthy, and the Abuse of…
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Fixing America’s Crumbling Infrastructure: How Competitive Bidding Offers a Way Out
Through a panel of experts, the Competitive Enterprise Institute will show how opening up the competitive bidding process – at the federal, state, and local…
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Webinar: The Broadcast Incentive Auction
The Broadcast Incentive Auction: Balancing Competing Goals in the Spectrum Incentive Auction The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is developing service and auction rules to transition…
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Is Dodd-Frank’s FSOC Harming Financial Stability and Transparency?
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Roundtable Luncheon: Autonomous Vehicles and Public Policy
The roundtable luncheon is hosted by the Competitive Enterprise Institute and Reason Foundation, and will focus on public policy challenges related to autonomous vehicle technology.
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Getting Legal Immigration Right
The immigration debate in Washington needs to move past the current illegal immigration problem to the future. If Congress is to seriously consider comprehensive immigration…
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Cybersecurity Information Sharing: Private Ordering or Prescriptive Mandates?
Monday, March 18, 2013 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Room 1539, Longworth House Office Building When should private…
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CPAC panel: In the Tank: The Smartest Guys in the Room
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CPAC Panel: How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love Plastic Water Bottles, Fracking, Genetically Modified Food, & Big Gulp Sodas
CPAC discussion of anti-consumer, nanny-state regulation, featuring CEI’s Angela Logomasini, Senior Fellow, Center for Energy & Environment. Julie Gunlock, Director, Women for Food Freedom Project,…
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CEI Panel at CPAC: A Rainbow on the Right
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CPAC panel: Re-Energizing America
CPAC discussion of energy policy and politics featuring Myron Ebell, Director of CEI’s Center on Energy & Environment. The Honorable Shelley Moore Capito, U.S. Representative…
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CPAC Panel: Lessons They Have Learned and We Haven’t: The Europeanization of America
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CPAC Book Signing: Iain Murray
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Tuesday Morning Group: McDonnell Transportation Plan
CEI Fellow in Land-use and Transportation Studies Marc Scribner will present to Richmond’s Tuesday Morning Group on Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s proposal to overhaul state…
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Alliance for American Innovation Event
John Berlau will be speaking on Basel III international banking agreements. The event is not open to the public.
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Consumer Electronics Show Panel: Facing the Policy Issues of Facial Recognition Technology
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The State of Labor: 2012-2013
CEI and the Heritage Foundation present: The State of Labor: 2012-2013A panel of labor experts will discuss the state of organized labor in both…
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CopyRIGHT: Can Free Marketeers Agree on Copyright Reform?
A panel of free marketeers with diverse views on copyright will explore the debate among conservatives and libertarians about the purpose of copyright, how it…
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Internet Transformation
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Animal Biotechnology: From Frankenfish to Enviro-pig
Despite their potential environmental and consumer benefits, products that can be demonized as FrankenFish or EnviroPig are being delayed by regulatory intransigence, public confusion, and…
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Capitol Hill Briefing by Author Diana Furchtgott Roth on Green Jobs
RSVP: [email protected] What is a “green job” anyway? Few can adequately define one. Even the government isn’t sure, you will learn in these pages.
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Grand Old Picture Show
Join us for an afternoon screening of films that support free enterprise and property rights! Admission is free and includes a complimentary reception before the…
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Book Party for John C. Goodman’s Priceless
The Competitive Enterprise Institute, Independent Institute, and National Center for Policy Analysis invite you to a cocktail reception to honor the publication of Priceless: Curing…
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Capitol Hill Briefing: Airport Body-Scanning: Will TSA Follow the Law?
On Thursday, July 19, the Cato Institute will host a Capitol Hill briefing on the TSA's failure to comply with a July 2011 decision from…
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International Center for Research on Environmental Issues (ICREI) Conference
Senior Fellow Angela Logomasini will speak on Thursday, June 21 at 11:30 am at the ICREI International Conference on free-market environmentalism in agriculture and forestry.
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Capitol Hill Briefing: Reforming Federal Surface Transportation Policy: Problems, Solutions, and a New Path Forward
On Tuesday, May 15, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Independent Institute, and Reason Foundation will host a Capitol Hill briefing on the reauthorization of federal…
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Congressional Immigration Solutions Conference
Arizona Employers for Immigration Reform, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and Texans for Sensible Immigration Policy present a Capitol Hill conference where law enforcement, policy analysts,…
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CEI Hill Briefing: Chemical Policy and Regulation
Efforts are underway on Capitol Hill, at federal agencies, and within state governments to reform a number of chemical laws and regulations to make the…
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CEI Hill Briefing: Securing Property Rights in Space
On Thursday, April 5, the Competitive Enterprise Institute will host a Capitol Hill briefing to introduce a new study by Adjunct Scholar Rand Simberg: "Homesteading…
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Feeding the World & Growing Our Economy: Agricultural Innovation in the 21st Century
Lunch and Panel Discussion Hosted by Americans for Choice and Competition in Agriculture CEI Senior Fellow Greg Conko is a featured speaker.
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Cybersecurity: Will Federal Regulation Help?
Featuring Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies, Cato Institute; Jerry Brito, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University; Ryan Radia, Associate Director…
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2012 Julian L. Simon Memorial Award Dinner
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John Berlau Testifying at House Hearing: “Where the Jobs Are: Employment Trends and Analysis”
“Where the Jobs Are: Employment Trends and Analysis” House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Energy & Commercy Committee…
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CPAC panel featuring Alex Nowrasteh: Immigration – High Fences, Wide Gates: States vs. the Feds, the Rule of Law & American Identity
Alex Nowrasteh, Policy Analyst, Competitive Enterprise InstituteThe Honorable David Rivera (R-FL), United States RepresentativeThe Honorable Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), United States RepresentativeThe Honorable…