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Forbes
Shutdowns Aren’t The Problem, They’re The Solution
Federal shutdowns—along with the debt limit like that the Republicans sought to extend in the American Relief Act (ARA)—may represent the last remaining…
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Time to downsize presidential power
Over at InsideSources, I have a syndicated column arguing that the presidency has grown too powerful. The best parting gift President Biden could give…
The American Spectator
Regulations’ Enormous Costs and DOGE’s Enormous Upside
The American Spectator cited CEI’s Ten Thousand Commandments Wayne Crews, author of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s “Ten Thousand Commandments” study, produced a price tag that…
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Op-Eds
Thinking Fast, Slow and Not at All
Reading Daniel Kahneman’s fantastic new book, Thinking Fast and Slow, on the eve of a presidential election can only lead to despair. Yet his careful…
Op-Eds
In the Battle of Man Vs. Nature, Give Me Man
Welcoming the new year contemplating the sunset comfortably ensconced on a cliffside balcony high above the manicured banks of the Miami River, it’s hard not…
Op-Eds
Letter to the Editor: Dead People Get Lots of Other Entitlement Benefits
Re: “Maryland Medicaid pays dead people,” Local Editorial, Dec. 13 The Examiner noted that millions of dollars were wasted by the state of Maryland…
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Hans Bader on the Student Loan Disaster
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Op-Eds
Exactly What Is Crony Capitalism, Anyway?
President Obama, progressive politicians, Occupy protestors, and leftist intellectuals are having a field day attacking what they call the failures and excesses of capitalism. They…
Op-Eds
How Federal Aid Drives Up College Tuition
At Bloomberg News, Virginia Postrel writes about how federal subsidies intended to make college more affordable have instead encouraged rapidly rising tuitions, in a column…
Wall Street Journal
Letter to the Editor: It’s Hard To See How the SEIU Fits the Chinese Model
If America is indeed a free-market fundamentalist nation, it sure has a funny way of showing it. Federal, state and local governments combine to…
Wall Street Journal
Without REINS It Pours: A Christmas Wish For Sane Government
This year, Congress has passed and the president has signed into law 39 pieces of legislation by my quick count. They’re representatives, elected precisely…
Wall Street Journal
Where’s the Money to Save the Euro Coming From? Not Us!
Markets rallied last week on news of central bank intervention to ease indebted European governments’ liquidity problems, but the central problem remains. Europe is in…
Wall Street Journal
Let’s Not Be Bamboozled By Robert Reich’s Stuff
Today we pick a fight with Robert Reich. You remember him, Bill Clinton’s outspoken Labor Secretary, Berkeley professor, political commentator, and, most recently, Occupy protest…
Wall Street Journal
Enron Bankruptcy 10 Years Later: Before Bailouts Were Big
Wall Street Journal
A Federal Black Friday
Black Friday this year was a roaring success. I have heard it said that it is called Black Friday not because it inspires black tempers…
Wall Street Journal
What the Super Committee Could Have Learned From Italy
One of Thomas Jefferson’s rules for living was, “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.” As an American and as a “cittadino”…
Wall Street Journal
Cut a Cabinet Department? You Must Be Joking
“Laws were most numerous when the state was most corrupt.” — Tacitus, The Annals III.27 Texas Gov. Rick Perry came in for much ridicule for…
Wall Street Journal
Clean Energy: The Dirty Truth
CEI fellow Bill Frezza says that government should not pick winners and losers in energy…
Wall Street Journal
Obamateurism of the Day
Wall Street Journal
What’s Trickling Down Are Lies
Daily Caller
Leaders with Ginni Thomas: Fred Smith, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Daily Caller
Bank Debit-Card Fees Under U.S. Justice Department Review
Daily Caller
Full Privatization of GM Cannot Come Soon Enough
Daily Caller
Driving a Bad Bargain on GM Bailout
Daily Caller
Crony Capitalism: The Inevitable Outcome Of Overreaching Government
Would a farmer who put out a trough of slop be surprised if it attracted a bunch of pigs? Then why are activists who promote…
Daily Caller
Letter to the Editor: Government Meddling Won’t Create Jobs
A recent op-ed in The Hill by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) (“Attacks on workers’ rights won’t create jobs,” Nov. 15) highlights the need to…
Daily Caller
The Euro Was Always a Bad Bet
Rumors are flying around Europe that Chancellor Merkel of Germany and President Sarkozy of France are making plans for a smaller eurozone, including provisions…
Daily Caller
Will Western Civilization Rediscover The Moral Foundations Of Sound Money?
What is money, and from where does it draw its value? This is a question Greece is facing as its people stare into the abyss.
Daily Caller
Why Obama Officials Had to Lie to Congress About Fuel Economy Standards
Republicans were in an “Internet uproar” last week over a false report that EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson had called them “jack-booted thugs.” Meanwhile, deeply…
Bryan Triangle
Occupying the Wrong Place
Orange County Register
7 Billion People Isn’t the Problem
RealClear Markets
Yes, Regulation Does Keep Unemployment High
When regulations make hiring employees more expensive, companies won't hire as many of them. It's a simple truth. But it is an inconvenient one…
RealClear Markets
Letter to the Editor: Hoover Didn’t Show Any Fiscal Restraint
Re: “Amendment would cripple government, devastate Americans,” Oct. 23 commentary: Where did Andy Schmookler get the strange idea that former President Herbert Hoover practiced…
Wall Street Journal
Are Companies Responsible for Creating Jobs?
Letters
Coalition Letter on Sarbanes-Oxley
Full Document Available in PDF Now that the Senate has defeated the so-called American Jobs Bill, which…
Wall Street Journal
The Fiscal Union Delusion
Any day now, the leaders of the euro zone will present a grand plan to prevent future fiscal or financial crises from threatening the single…
Wall Street Journal
Flat Tax This: Regulations Are the Boot On Hiring’s Neck
It’s almost 2012, and President Obama still wants a half trillion more from you for jobs spendulus. I’m waiting for Rod Serling to explain this…
Wall Street Journal
Competitive Enterprise Institute and Americans for Prosperity Join Groups Opposing Ag Committee Proposal
Wall Street Journal
Tax Watchdog Groups Urge Super Committee to Axe Wasteful Agriculture Subsidies
Letters
Coalition Letter on Agriculture Spending
Full Document Available in PDF The Competiitive Enterprise Institute signed a…
Wall Street Journal
The Stimulus Delusion
Popular delusions are always debunked, but rarely before they do a lot of harm. The ancient physician Galen believed that bloodletting, the forced removal of…
Wall Street Journal
Squeezing Every Last Dollar Out Of Democracy
Have you ever wondered why Congress is so spectacularly bad at solving problems? Do you marvel at the parade of so-called unintended consequences that flow…
NPR
Guest on Business and Jobs: Refreshing or Wrong?
NPR
The Fundamental Fallacies Of Macroeconomics
Do you sometimes wonder why economists are accorded such respect and influence given the fact that they claim knowledge over the unknowable, promote theories that…
NPR
Sugar Policy Bitter for Consumers, Manufacturers
NPR
Long Live the Limited Liability Corporation
What does it mean when angry mobs take to the streets not to protest against the specific corporations and politicians that teamed up to loot…
Blog
The Compassion of Adam Smith
It's much more fashionable to attack Adam Smith these days than to read him. Yes, he favored economic liberalism, which wasn't exactly in style in…
NPR
A Plan to Chill Employment
What are the best two ways to maintain unemployment? First, forbid people from working. Then pay them not to work. Maryland may soon get a…
USA Today
Opposing View: ‘Occupiers’ Should Look Beyond Wall Street
The Occupy Wall Street crowd has a few things in common with the Tea Partiers. Both would sign onto the slogan, "The banks got…
USA Today
Demands Show Protesters’ Naivety
Sir, I was appalled by John Gapper’s column “In praise of Wall Street protesters” (October 6), extolling the virtues and idealistic aims of the…
USA Today
Act Would Harm Consumers, Manufacturers
The editorial “Reliving the Great Depression” (Comment & Analysis, Wednesday) highlights the wrongheaded and misinformed decision of enacting the Chinese currency bill – a…
USA Today
Hoover Never Practised Austerity
Re: Harper denies focusing on austerity, Sept. 28. Wherever did some Canadian economists get the strange idea that U.S. President Herbert Hoover “helped plunge…
Staff & Scholars
Clyde Wayne Crews
Fred L. Smith Fellow in Regulatory Studies
- Business and Government
- Consumer Freedom
- Deregulation
Richard Morrison
Senior Fellow
- Antitrust
- Business and Government
- Capitalism and Free Enterprise
Fred L. Smith, Jr.
Founder; Chairman Emeritus
- Automobiles and Roads
- Aviation
- Business and Government
Ryan Young
Senior Economist
- Antitrust
- Business and Government
- Regulatory Reform