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Predicting a brighter regulatory future for prediction markets
CEI scholars have many skills, but predicting the future is not one of them. However, when it comes to prediction markets, based on recent events,…
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ESG refugees: Ally with taxpayers
Yesterday the Competitive Enterprise Institute published my new study with John Mozena, “Corporate Social Irresponsibility: After ESG, activist investors should side with…
The Hill
5 things to know about the latest inflation report
The Hill cited CEI’s expert on Trumps tariffs and inflation Additionally, many of Trump’s tariffs apply to component parts rather than finished consumer goods. The…
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Dems Giving Support to Yet Another Union Bailout
The so-called Create Jobs and Save Benefits Act of 2010, introduced by Sen. Robert Casey (D-Pa.), got a huge boost when Senate Majority Whip Dick…
Op-Eds
Fannie and Freddie Must Go
After ramming through a “financial reform” bill that increases government controls on such ”ants” (hat tip to House Minority Leader John Boehner’s comments — distorted…
Citation
Visa Fee Hike Could Impact Indian cos: US
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Visa Fee Increase Could Impact Indian Companies: US
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Government watchdog group calls White House Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Summit a “sham”
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Biotech Beets Banned
Daily Caller
Federal Register Hits 50,000 Pages
On Friday, the 2010 Federal Register eclipsed the 50,000-page mark with a notice from the Drug Enforcement Administration. Dr. Robert F. Hunt, D.O., had…
Daily Caller
Bobby Bailout: Casey to Put Taxpayers on Hook for Teamsters’ Shenanigans
AOL News
The FDA’s Deadly Overcaution
In the past two months, there've been news accounts of two major diagnostic advances in medicine. One involves a far more efficient HIV detection…
AOL News
Ewanick safe under new GM CEO
AOL News
Civil Rights Division Pursues Wacky Radical Agenda (Letter to the Editor)
It was extremely depressing to read that the Obama Justice Department blocked Amazon from selling a talking Kindle reader because its “talk” button doesn’t have…
AOL News
Repealing Birthright Citizenship is a Mistake America Cannot Afford to Make
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and other congressional Republicans are floating the idea of abolishing birthright citizenship, which makes the children of undocumented immigrants automatic citizens,…
AOL News
Illegal Immigration: Virginia Should not try to be Another Arizona
Virginia has been thrust into the center of the immigration debate recently. Del. Robert Marshall asked Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to issue an opinion about…
AOL News
Bailing Out Teachers
Democrats on Capitol Hill are literally taking food out of the mouths of the most needy to pay back their political cronies. Today, the House…
Game Pro
Is Net Neutrality Good for Gaming?
Newsletter
Kagan Confirmed, Ford Motor’s Finances and Critiquing Obama’s Economic Policy
The U.S. Senate confirms Elena Kagan to be the next member of the Supreme Court. President Obama announced a $250 million government loan to Ford…
Game Pro
Obama Cripples Ford’s Funding, Then Subsidizes It
At the 1986 White House Conference on Small Business, President Ronald Reagan offered these famous remarks about politicians’ views on business in the 1970s. Reagan…
Game Pro
Obama Cripples Ford’s Funding, Then Subsidizes It
At the 1986 White House Conference on Small Business, President Ronald Reagan offered these famous remarks about politicians’ views on business in the 1970s. Reagan…
Game Pro
Obama Subsidizes Ford After Blocking Access to Credit
Newsletter
Ethics in Congress, Urban Renewal and the Luxury of Environmentalism
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) is facing ethics charges. Elected officials in Minneapolis and St. Paul try to lure suburban residents and shoppers back into the…
Jacob Grier
Markets are for Consumers
Newsletter
The Politics of Booze, Challenging Obamacare and “Paycheck Fairness”
Beer wholesalers have been throwing massive amounts of money at Washington. A federal judge in Virginia allows the state’s lawsuit against Obamacare to proceed. The…
Jacob Grier
Recent Developments in Fair Value Accounting
Jacob Grier
Immigration and SB1070: Arizona Republicans’ Tempest in a Tea Party?
Jacob Grier
Department of Labor Inspector General Nominee: Too Political, Too Controversial
Fresh from the recess appointment of former SEIU lawyer Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board, President Obama has nominated another controversial figure to…
Toledo Blade
Digging out of the ditch
The Toledo Blade mentions Wayne Crews's study on the size of the federal regulatory state. Federal regulations cost Americans $1.16 trillion in 2007,…
Newsletter
Online Gambling, Offshore Drilling and the Complexity of Obamacare
The House Financial Services Committee passes the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act. Today the House of Representatives will vote on an energy…
Toledo Blade
Why Democrats are Pushing the $165 Billion Union Pension Bailout
Toledo Blade
He Auto Know Better
President Obama is telling people today that the Auto Bailouts worked. He’s claiming that the auto industries are showing a profit and hiring thousands…
Newsletter
The Origins of Environmentalism, a Shady Attorney General and Immigration Lawsuits
The inability of the Democratic majority in Congress to pass a climate change bill causes activists to question the state of the environmental movement. CEI…
Toledo Blade
Elena Kagan’s War on Small Business
Solicitor General Kagan urged against letting a small firm challenge a regulatory agency in court. Would a Justice Kagan do the same? Now that Congress…
E&E News
EPA Rejects 10 Endangerment Findings
Lake County News
Groups Call Alcohol Regulation Bill An Affront to Consumer Freedom’
Lake County News
Arizona’s Immigration Surprises
Arizona’s new anti-immigration law, which goes into effect on July 29, has been a rallying point for many conservatives. It reinvigorated the lackluster administration of…
News Release
Judge’s Injunction on Arizona Immigration Law Doesn’t Stop Law’s Harmful Impact
Washington, D.C., July 28, 2010 — Arizona’s controversial anti-immigration law goes into effect Thursday, despite a partial injunction handed down Wednesday by U.S. District Judge…
Newsletter
Big Labor’s Agenda, the Death of Cap and Trade and the Politics of ‘Mad Men’
Big Labor has been pushing hard to make Harvard Professor Elizabeth Warren the new consumer protection czar. Besides the possibility of a lame-duck session, the…
Lake County News
Bill Would Mandate Equal Pay for Unequal Work (Letter to the Editor)
Diana Furchtgott-Roth was right to criticize a bill that would require some people who do unequal work to be paid equal amounts. The perverse “Paycheck…
News Release
Groups Call Alcohol Regulation Bill “An Affront to Consumer Freedom”
Washington, D.C., July 27, 2010 — Today a coalition of nonprofit and consumer groups sent a letter to Congress expressing concerns about H.R. 5034, the…
Newsletter
Online Privacy, Food Safety and Unemployment Benefits
The Senate Commerce Committee prepares for a hearing on consumer online privacy. Environmental groups sue to compel the Food and Drug Administration to ban the…
Lake County News
Obama Administration Made Illegal Race-Based Decisions When Closing GM and Chrysler Dealerships
Lake County News
Financial Overhaul Just Another Case of Government Overreach
Newsletter
Congress’ Confidence Level, Attorneys General Gone Wild and Liberating Wine Sales
A recent poll found that only 11% of Americans have confidence in Congress. CEI releases a report on America’s worst state attorneys general. New York…
Lake County News
Deal for Credit Firm Draws Fire for GM
Newsletter
Cap and Trade, Financial Regulation and Toyotas and the Truth
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) mentions plans to pass a cap-and-trade bill in a post-election “lame duck” session if necessary. President Obama signs the Dodd-Frank financial…
Forbes
Get the Government Out of the Energy Business
Forbes
GM Agrees to Buy Lender AmeriCredit for $3.5 Billion
Newsletter
Elena Kagan’s Nomination, Obama Signs Financial Regulation Bill and Defending the Right to Work
The Senate Judiciary Committee approves the nomination of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. Today President Obama will sign recently-passed financial regulation bill into…
Forbes
Obama’s Latest Monstrosity
The 2,315 page Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill that President Obama will sign today should not be called “financial reform.” Instead the bill, which…
Forbes
Too safe for our own good?
Myths about the risks of various products and activities can themselves be harmful to your health. They include the belief that greater regulation is synonymous…
Cafe Hayek
