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Want higher air fares? Overregulate credit cards
This morning, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Transportation are holding a joint hearing “investigating” airline and credit card reward programs.
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Biden’s veto of joint employer rule CRA a blow to small businesses
President Biden’s veto Friday of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) bill rolling back the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) “joint employer”…
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Subsidy-free capitalism may require a constitutional amendment
Automobiles, electrification, ample consumer goods and mass marketing, a construction boom, and access to credit helped fuel the Roaring Twenties of a century ago.
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Andersen Verdict Disappoints: Moves To Criminalize Accounting Mistakes Are Counterproductive
Given the media frenzy over Enron, no one should be surprised that Arthur Andersen, its accountant, was found guilty. The formal charge was…
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Verdict Disappoints
Given the media frenzy over Enron, no one should be surprised that Arthur Andersen, its accountant, was found gutty. The formal charge was obstruction of…
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The Stock Options Controversy And The New Economy
Full Document Available in PDF Pressure is growing on companies…
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Online Travel Services: The Antitrust Assault On Orbitz – And On Consumers
Full Document Available in PDF Orbitz,…
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Safer Strees Possible Without Red-Light Cameras
More of Arizona’s cities and towns are considering the use of red-light cameras. As they inch their way into the intersection of privacy…
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The Freedom Of Information vs. The Right To Privacy
Full Document Available in PDF The free movement of…
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Disarmament by Default?
The Bush administration's agreement to deep new reductions in the number of nuclear weapons deployed by U.S. and Russian armed forces might be another…
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Bio For The Honorable Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.
Confirmed by the United States Senate on January 23, 2001, the Honorable Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. joined President George W.
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Zen And The Art Of Telemarketing
Thomas Jefferson advised: When angry, count to 10 before speaking. Mark Twain, added: When very angry, swear. Few things make some people angrier than unwanted…
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Bombing Ranges vs. Masked Boobies: Can Besieged Pentagon Win War On Regs?
View Sean Paige's Article On Environmentalist Threats To Military Readiness Washington, DC, May…
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An Emerging Area Of Reform
As the Enron debacle regrettably spurred Congress to pass campaign finance reform, here’s hoping that Rupert Murdoch’s outrageous campaign against the merger of…
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A Man, A Plan, A Boondoggle
The Bush administration is not his father’s Oldsmobile—I mean administration—but it isn’t Ronald Reagan’s either. Bush II is amenable to reducing government, but…
CEI Planet
May 2002 Edition of CEI Update
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “Chumps…
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Orbitz Foes Trying To Stifle Competition
The Department of Transportation has launched still another investigation into Chicago-based Orbitz, the online source of travel information and reservations started up last June by…
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CEI Advises Federal Trade Commission: Don’t Destroy Market For Devices That Block Telemarketing
Washington, D.C., April 3, 2002 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute has filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), questioning the agency’s…
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New Report Calls For Focused Information Exchange To Better Protect Information Privacy While Strengthening The Financial War On
Alexandria, VA – To bolster the financial War on Terrorism, the United States ought to take the lead in forming an international Convention…
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April 2002 Edition of CEI Update
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “Al Qaeda’s American Cousins”…
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Privacy Emerges As Key Trade Issue
Washington, D.C., March 22, 2002 — A new analysis of financial privacy and its role in trade negotiations by Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior…
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March 2002 Edition of CEI Update
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “President…
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CAFE And Safety: A New Poll By The Competitive Enterprise Institute
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CAFE’s Yearly Death Toll: State By State
Full Document Available in PDF CAFE’s death toll figures broken down…
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Authoritarianism Is Not A Gadget, It’s A State Of Mind
The two dark-skinned young men, unshaven and heavily muscled, looked ominously foreign. No doubt more than one airline passenger breathed deeper in relief when security…
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Boeing Earnings At Risk In Europe Tax Fight
The European Union has won its case against the United States in one of the longest running trade disputes in international trade law. On…
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Short- And Long-Range Impacts Of Increases In The Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standard
Full Document Available in PDF…
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February 2002 Edition of CEI Update
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “Poised For A Broadband…
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January 2002 Edition of CEI Update
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “Energy Policy Takes A…
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IMF Helped Sink Argentine Economy
When democracies create economic calamity, free markets get blamed. In today's world that means the International Monetary Fund, with U.S. backing, bails out lenders on…
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WHO Cares? World Health Organization Cares More About Its Own Life Than The Lives Of The Poor
Paul Dietrich was visiting Mozambique’s capital city, Maputo, during its civil war in 1984, when an educational billboard taught him a lesson he never…
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Red Tape and Tech
Lieberman Op-Ed in National Review Online During the tragedies of September 11th, our new technologies delivered extraordinary value. E-mails sent to handheld devices…
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December 2001 Edition of CEI Update
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “The Two Faces of…
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Settlement Implications For Microsoft
The settlement that Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice presented to Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly last Friday is good for the parties and represents…
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Government Goes Too Far On Microsoft Case
The 5 days since the release of the proposed settlement between Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice have seen a barrage…
CEI Planet
November 2001 Edition of CEI Update
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “Military Readiness Threatened By…
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New Threats to Financial Privacy Could Affect Foreign Investment in the U.S. and Hurt Economy
Washington, D.C., October 9, 2001—How much the federal government should be allowed to invade people’s privacy and infringe on civil liberties has been…
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CEI Statement On The “In Defense Of Freedom” Coalition
In the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, a coalition of organizations across the country was formed in an effort to…
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Will New Regulation Derail the Railroads?
Full Document Available in PDF Despite the success of railroad…
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October 2001 Edition of CEI Update
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “Security vs. Civil Liberties”…
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Government Pursues Microsoft Case It Has To Lose
Delong Op-Ed In TechCentralStation<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> The Antitrust Division and the state attorneys…
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Hug a Terrorist: The Earth Island Institute’s take on September 11
As Jerry Seinfeld might ask, “So, what’s the deal with supporting terrorism?” Indeed, that is precisely what now needs to be asked of anyone perpetuating…
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Bush Emerges As Leader For His Time
Great leaders so often come to us when we least expect them, but need them the most Kemp Column Syndicated by Copley…
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Nation Goes Back To Work Of Economic Recovery
Washington, D.C., September 20, 2001— The terrorist attacks of last week have left a heavy burden on the United States – psychologically, politically,…
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CEI President Offers Statement On National Tragedy
As we reflect on the tragic events of September 11, our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and those around the world…
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CEI Names New Warren Brookes Fellow In Environmental Journalism
Washington, DC, September 17, 2001 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute is pleased to announce that Eileen Ciesla, formerly a staff writer with The American Spectator,…
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Earth Island Institute’s Ridiculous Response to the Events of September 11
This article was originally published by the Earth Island Institute on September 14, 2001, and has since been taken down. See CEI’s response to the…
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It’s Too Late To Wait And See: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Monetary…
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Statements On The Justice Department’s Decision Not To Seek A Microsoft Breakup
James L. Gattuso, Vice President for Policy, Competitive Enterprise Institute<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> “Today’s announcement…
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It’s Magic!
The Left has a strange view of technology. Sometimes they like it, sometimes they fear it, and other times they view it as…
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September 2001 Edition of CEI Update
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “U.S. Triumphs In Bonn”…
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Phlebotomizers at the IMF: Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service
Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> In the 18th and 19th centuries, the foundation of…
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One Who Lived By His Principles: Kemp Column In The Washington Times
Africa is beset by problems: AIDS, malaria, unemployment, undereducation and poverty Kemp Column In The Washington Times …
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A Shot Of Growth In The Arm Of The Body Politic: An Interview With The Club For Growth’s Steve Moore
A SHOT OF GROWTH IN THE ARM OF THE BODY POLITIC From the August 2001 Edition of CEI Update …
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Senate Tackles E-Commerce Taxation
Washington, DC, August 1, 2001 – In testimony presented today to the Senate Committee on Finance, Competitive Enterprise Institute…
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Ken Smith (1957-2001): A Remembrance
Ken Smith 1957-2001 From the August 2001 Edition of CEI Update A decade ago the free-market community, as…
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Tax Simplification To What End? Today’s Simplification Could Be Tomorrow’s Higher Sales Taxes
From the August 2001 Edition of CEI Update ‘Tis a gift to be simple, so the song goes. But nothing…
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Placing Private Property Rights at Risk
If the presidential election were based on surface area, there would have been no contest Freeman and Riggs Op-Ed in The Washington Times…
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Fiddling While the World Economy Freezes: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> As…
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Schundler Should Be New Jersey’s Next Governor: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Jersey City, ''The City of New Beginnings,'' is probably the most diverse city in America: 41 percent of its citizens speak a…
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White House Listening on Regulatory Reform
Washington, DC, June 29, 2001 — With the fight over taxes over for now, the Bush Administration may soon be taking a hard…
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Statements on the Microsoft Appeals Court Decision
James L. Gattuso<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Vice President for Policy Competitive Enterprise Institute …
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New Study of Consumer Privacy and Survey Data Available
Competitive Enterprise Institute scholar Solveig Singleton and Privacilla.org editor James Harper today released the final version of their new study on consumer privacy surveys containing…
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Little-Known Regulations Contribute to Cost of Government
Washington, DC, June 19, 2001 — Many American know that they must work, on average, from January 1 to May 3 (Tax Freedom…
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With a Grain of Salt: What Consumer Privacy Surveys Don’t Tell Us
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Economics As Religion
Nelson, CEI senior fellow in environmental studies, continues the discussion begun in his 1991 book, “Modern Economic Theology.” He begins by examining the…
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Odds & Ends: Springtime for Castro; Ag Dept. Picking Losers; Saddam Caught Stealing; On the Dole in Michigan
Odds & Ends: Springtime for Castro; Ag Dept From the June 2001 CEI UpDate AIDING AND ABETTING “Rachel Carson…
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CEI Weighs In On Drycleaning Zoning Proposal
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> TESTIMONY OF THE COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE…
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Public Interest Group To Testify At Fairfax Hearing On Discount Drycleaning
Click here to Read Sam Kazman’s Testimony<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Washington, DC,…
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Statement from CEI President Fred Smith Regarding New CBO Report on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Washington, DC, May 23, 2001 – The latest figures from the Congressional Budget Office indicating that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac receive more than $10…
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CEI To Honor Free Market Economist Julian Simon
Washington, DC, May 22, 2001—The late free market economist Julian L. Simon will be honored at the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Seventh…
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The Hon. Spencer Abraham to Speak on Energy Crisis
Washington, DC, May 21, 2001— The Competitive Enterprise Institute will feature the Honorable Spencer Abraham as keynote speaker at the 2001 Warren T. Brookes…
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Washington’s 10,000 Commandments Place Heavy Burden on American Families
Washington, DC, May 21, 2001 — The Competitive Enterprise Institute today released the study 10,000 Commandments: An Annual Policy Maker’s Snapshot of the…
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Hypocrisy Highlights: John McCain and Tom Daschle
John McCain From the May 2001 CEI UpDate John McCain Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has waged an all-out…
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Surveys of Consumer Privacy Poor Foundation for Policy
Washington, DC, May 8, 2001— Competitive Enterprise Institute scholar Solveig Singleton and Privacilla.org editor James Harper today released a…
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South Korean Scholar Joins CEI as Visiting Fellow
Washington, DC, April 26, 2001- Young-Shin Kim, a scholar with the Center for Free Enterprise in Seoul, South Korea,…
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Encryption and Health Care Policy
Encryption and Health Care Policy Prepared Remarks of Solveig Singleton of the Competitive Enterprise Institute Before…
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A Letter from Seoul: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Distributed by Copley News Service Distributed by Copley News Service March 26, 2001 The world economy is caught…
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From Waste to Wilderness: Maintaining Biodiversity on Nuclear-Bomb-Building Sites
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Double the Tax Cuts! Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Distributed by Copley News Service Distributed by Copley News Service March 19, 2001 Sen. Tom Daschle and…
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Public Interest Group Criticizes Attack on OMB Nominee
Washington, D.C., March 13, 2001—The Competitive Enterprise Institute is accusing critics of the Administration’s new Office of Management and Budget nominee, John D.
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Jack Kemp Speaks Out on High Tech Regulation
Tyson’s Corner, VA, March 6, 2001- Jack Kemp, former GOP vice presidential candidate, Distinguished Fellow of the Washington, D.C. based Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
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Half a Yosemite
California Governor Gray Davis and the state’s Democratic legislature are starting to seize control of the energy industry in…
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The Fault in Our Stars
George W. Bush’s economic program–focused on tax cuts and (somewhat) restrained spending–has come under criticism from many quarters. The strangest critique, however, came even before…
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Gattuso Testifies on Future of Digital Television
Washington, D.C., March 1, 2001 – In testimony presented today to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation,…
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CEI Expert Testifies Before Congress on Privacy
Washington, D.C., March 1, 2001 – In testimony presented today to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Competitive Enterprise Institute senior analyst…
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Time to End Deflation: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Distributed by Copley News Service Distributed by Copley News Service February 26, 2001 Neither tax cuts nor interest rate…
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Testimony Before The Transportation Research Board in 2001
TESTIMONY BEFORE THE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD ON THE EFFECTIVENESS AND IMPACT OF CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY…
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The Gipper at 90: Jack Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Published in the Los Angeles Times Distributed by Copley News Service February 5, 2001 In his first year as…
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Kicking Off a Season of Economic Growth: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Published January 29, 2001 Published January 29, 2001 Distributed by Copley News Service Washington, D.C., is a…
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The Bush Tax Agenda: Jack Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Published January 22, 2001 Published January 22, 2001 Distributed by Copley News Service Virtually everyone agrees that George W.
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Debating the Clinton Legacy: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Published January 22, 2001 Published January 15, 2001 Distributed by Copley News Service The debate is raging about the…
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No Need for Another Social Security Commission: Kemp Syndicated Column
Published January 22, 2001 Published January 22, 2001 Distributed by Copley News Service One of the real highlights of…
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GWB’s Cabinet Picks: Washingtonpost.com Chat with CEI’s Myron Ebell
Text of online chat at washingtonpost Text of online chat at Washingtonpost.com with CEI’s Myron Ebell on George W. Bush’s cabinet selections…
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State Officials Rebuked for Regulatory Fervor Concerning Online Privacy
Washington DC, January 4, 2001 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute this week took state attorneys general to task for endorsing an extreme set…
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Tech Briefing 2001
High tech issues are at center stage in the 107th Congress. Broadband deployment, intellectual property, internet regulation and taxation, the “digital divide,”…
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Rational Ignorance And Election Hype
Full Article Availabe in PDF Format Executive Summary A review of the recent election from the cultural value perspective…
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Truly a Golden Age, If We Can Keep It: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Published December 31, 2000 Published December 31, 2000 Distributed by Copley News Service In 1787 as the…
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Forging Forward
To both President-elect W. George Bush and Vice President Al Gore, I offer Winston Churchill’s pro- found and comforting ‘thought that “victory is never final, defeat…
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The Govs Who Stole Christmas: Jessica Melugin Op-Ed
Chances are you purchased at least one gift over the Internet this Christmas season. The online shopping mall and research service Bizrate.com reported that shoppers…
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Forging Ahead: Jack Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Published November 27, 2000 Published December 18, 2000 Distributed by Copley News Service To both President-elect George Bush and…
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A New Tax System for the 21st Century: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Published December 11, 2000 Distributed by Copley News Service While the marathon presidential election in Florida grinds to a conclusion,…
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FTC Considers Privacy Violation Charges Against Amazon
Washington, DC, December 6, 2000 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute today warned the commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission not to let…
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Clyde Wayne Crews
Fred L. Smith Fellow in Regulatory Studies
- Business and Government
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Founder; Chairman Emeritus
- Automobiles and Roads
- Aviation
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Ryan Young
Senior Economist
- Antitrust
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