Mr. Murray is Vice President for Strategy and senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Murray also directs the Center for Economic Freedom. He is the author of the best-selling books, “The Really Inconvenient Truths” and “Stealing You Blind: How Government Fat Cats Are Getting Rich Off of You.” He has written extensively on free markets and the environment, labor policy, finance, the EU, and trade. He tweets at @ismurray and is a Contributing Editor at Instapundit.com.
Before coming to CEI, Iain was Director of Research at the Statistical Assessment Service. A former civil servant in the United Kingdom, Iain immigrated to the U.S. in 1997 and remains a British citizen. He holds an Master of Business Administration from the University of London and an Master of Arts from the University of Oxford. He is married with two children and lives in Northern Virginia.
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News
Senate-Passed Infrastructure Bill Is a Gigantic, Counterproductive Spending Bill: CEI Analysis
The Senate today passed a complicated, controversial $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. CEI policy experts criticized the mammoth bill as a plan that will do…
CEI Experts React to President Biden’s Wide-Ranging Executive Order on Competition
President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy today, which the White House claims is aimed at enhancing…
New EU Antitrust Investigation into Google More Proof European Antitrust Policy is Untethered from Consumer Harm Standard
The European Union announced today it is launching a new antitrust investigation into Google, alleging the company is using anticompetitive practices in its advertising…
Blog
Happy Constitution Day!
- By: Iain Murray
When I was a civil servant in the United Kingdom, I had a friend who worked at the Ministry of Defence. Part of his duties…
UK’s Attempt to Block a Merger Between American Firms Could Cripple Innovation
- By: Iain Murray
As I explain in both an op-ed and regulatory comments submitted yesterday, the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the UK’s version…
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Shows Much of What’s Wrong with Congress
- By: Iain Murray
Although it now looks unlikely, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D_NY) wants the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act, popularly known as the bipartisan infrastructure bill,…
Op-Eds/Articles
Real Clear Policy
UK Antitrust Bureaucrats Could Kill American Startups
- By: Iain Murray
In case you thought the “techlash” threatening Big Tech companies with greater regulation was largely driven by former President Trump’s bluster, think again. An antitrust…
National Review
Economic Tea Party, R.I.P.
- By: Iain Murray
National Review Online’s esteemed editor, Philip Klein, asked an important question last week. Referring to the lack of opposition to the president’s big-spending agenda, he …
The Southern Illinoisan
A Proposed Law Would Break the Internet
- By: Iain Murray
The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a law that would break the internet as we know it. Dressed up in legalese as a ban…
Studies
Terrible Tech 2.0
View Full Document as PDF Executive Summary If you are looking for bipartisanship in Washington, D.C., the technology policy sector may be your…
How Repeal of #NeverNeeded Regulations Can Help Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis
A number of factors are combining to stress the American economy in the spring of 2020—the global and domestic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, an…
Democratic Capitalism: Why Political and Economic Freedom Need Each Other
- By: Iain Murray
Is capitalism destroying democracy? It is an old question that political thinkers have long wrestled with.
Citations
S&P Global
Targeting Amazon Brands, House Bill Could Spur Competition — or Raise Prices
- By: Iain Murray
S&P Global cites Vice President for Strategy Iain Murray on proposed regulations targeting Amazon brands: Iain Murray — a vice president with the Competitive…
The Teller Report
American Elected Officials Attacking Tech Giants: Overhaul or Demolition?
- By: Iain Murray
The Teller Report cites Vice President for Strategy Iain Murray on antitrust laws and Apple: “In general, the experience of the average consumer would…
The Foundation for Economic Education
Breaking Down the Latest Bipartisan Assault on Big Tech—And How It Could Blow Up in Consumers’ Faces
- By: Iain Murray
The Foundation for Economic Education cites Vice President for Strategy Iain Murray on a series of proposed antitrust bills targeting “Big Tech”: The Competitive…