Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/12/2019

The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation hosted an interesting policy discussion on antitrust this week titled “Breaking Up Big Tech: Making Sense of the Debate.”…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/11/2019

Our friend Matt Mitchell of the Mercatus Center has a fascinating new article at Reason on how businesspeople feel about government favors and privileges. It…

Business and Government

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/11/2019

Antitrust laws are not enforced to the letter. They are a matter of regulators’ and judges’ discretion. If they were applied literally, every business transaction…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/11/2019

The videos and transcripts are in from the the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s 35th Anniversary Dinner and Reception. One of the most moving moments of the evening was…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/11/2019

We here at the Competitive Enterprise Institute were excited when the funny and insightful writer Dave Barry agreed to deliver the keynote address at our 35th Anniversary…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/11/2019

It’s been a couple of weeks since the success of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s 35th Anniversary Dinner and Reception, and I’m happy to finally be able…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/11/2019

All of the media content from the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s 35th Anniversary Dinner and Reception last month is now available, including remarks from Master of Ceremonies Katherine Mangu-Ward,…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/11/2019

We’re still thanking everyone who supported, sponsored, and attended the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s 35th Anniversary Dinner and Reception last month. One of the superstars of the…

Business and Government

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/08/2019

Regulators have used two different standards to judge antitrust cases over the last century or so: the “rules of reason” standard and the “consumer welfare”…

Antitrust

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/01/2019

Market concentration is the most common reason for antitrust intervention. If a company has too large a market share, it can abuse that market power…

Antitrust

• By: Patrick Hedger
• 06/27/2019

Yesterday at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg touched on some of the most pressing issues facing his company and big tech as…

Antitrust

• By: Patrick Hedger
• 06/25/2019

An article in today’s Wall Street Journal recapped a recent war-of-words between a European Facebook executive, Nick Clegg, and Apple CEO Tim Cook. At issue…

Antitrust

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/24/2019

If a firm is charged with having market power, the question naturally arises: in which market? Does Facebook have a monopoly over social networking, especially…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/24/2019

At the Competitive Enterprise Institute this week we’re still reflecting on the success of last Thursday’s 35th anniversary dinner and gala, and thanking our friends…

Business and Government

• 06/21/2019

The Hayride cites a coalition letter, joined by CEI, opposing the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. President Donald Trump supports filling the board and…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/21/2019

Last night was the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s 35th anniversary dinner and gala here in Washington, D.C., and a crowd of several hundred friends and supporters…

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 06/20/2019

Angela Nagle, an economic nationalist and author of “Kill All Normies,” recently argued on a podcast that, “Conservatives are starting to have these interesting debates…

Business and Government

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/17/2019

Often, a drips-and-drabs approach to learning an issue over a period of time is as effective as a single intense cram session. To that end,…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/14/2019

Have you ever made an unreasonable gesture to a passing horse in a national park? If so, you are already a federal criminal. For the…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/12/2019

There is good news for young entrepreneurs coming out of the Lone Star State, as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) recently signed a bill allowing…

Business and Government

• By: Jessica Melugin
• 06/12/2019

Yesterday’s filing by ten state attorneys general to block the proposed merger of wireless carriers T-Mobile and Sprint is the latest threat to the innovations…

Antitrust

• By: Sean Stewart
• 06/11/2019

Capitalism’s critics claim that the pursuit of profit can become like a black hole, consuming all of our attention and energy at the expense of culture.

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/06/2019

An Axios article today examines for-profit companies taking public positions on controversial political issues, carrying the headline “When companies act like governments.” Reporter Erica Pandey…

Business and Government

• By: John Berlau
• 06/05/2019

Fox Business cites Senior Fellow John Berlau on new SEC broker standards.  “Hopefully, the new rules will protect investors from fraud and deception…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/04/2019

June is Pride Month, when gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and other not-straight people celebrate with a variety of events, including activism, parades, and concerts. As…

Business and Government

• Clyde Wayne Crews
• 06/03/2019

Today, House Democrats launched antitrust investigations into prominent technology companies, including Facebook, Google and potentially others.

Antitrust

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 06/03/2019

Revelations that antitrust enforcers have conspired to divide jurisdiction and initiate antitrust investigations into Google and Apple (the U.S. Department of Justice) and Amazon and…

Antitrust

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/31/2019

Gender discrimination is a complex problem with a complex solution.

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/31/2019

Our friends at the Atlas Network have an excellent new video out about legal reform in India that is helping small businesspeople stand up to…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/30/2019

The main impression I’ve gotten from much recent reporting on the ethical behavior and social responsibility of business is that its value depends greatly on…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/24/2019

Recently I was in the audience for an interesting panel discussion, hosted by the Federalist Society, on corporate social responsibility. Should corporate managers only work…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/22/2019

I recently reviewed the book “Alienated America” by Washington Examiner editor Timothy Carney, and I’d like to return to one of the observations he made…

Business and Government

• Jessica Melugin
• 05/20/2019

Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced Chairman Ajit Pai will circulate a draft order urging fellow commissioners vote to approve the merger between Sprint…

Antitrust

• By: Jessica Melugin
• 05/20/2019

Today the Federal Communications Commission signaled it will likely vote to approve the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile.

Antitrust

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 05/20/2019

Antitrust policy is corporate welfare, a prominent illustration of how regulation, not just spending, enables and encourages transfers of wealth by force.

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/20/2019

I wrote up some initial impressions about the new book on business ethics, “Honorable Business: A Framework for Business in a Just and Humane Society,”…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/17/2019

Congratulations to mobile food vendors Benny Diaz and Brian Peffer—and their attorneys at the Institute for Justice—for scoring a victory for freedom of food commerce…

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 05/16/2019

My colleague Wayne Crews has already slammed the White House for a first step towards government regulation of online speech in its “tech bias” complaints…

Antitrust

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/14/2019

If President Trump’s trade war has a single takeaway, it is this: Raising tariffs is an ineffective bargaining strategy. When the U.S. raises its tariffs,…

Business and Government

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 05/13/2019

For the past couple of years I’ve been emphasizing the usefulness of an executive order from President Donald Trump on regulatory "guidance documents" to bridge the gap…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/10/2019

Earlier this week I had the good fortune to spend some time at the historic Mayflower hotel here in Washington, D.C. attending the Federalist Society’s 7th…

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 05/09/2019

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, former publisher of The New Republic, argues in a long essay for The New York Times that the company should be…

Antitrust

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/03/2019

Next week the Senate is expected to vote on new board members for the Export-Import Bank, which gives favorable financing terms to foreign governments and…

Business and Government

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 05/01/2019

To many classical liberals (or libertarians), it is primarily the individual’s right of self-defense that is delegated to a government. We cannot unilaterally commence the…

Business and Government

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 04/26/2019

“The universe is finite, its resources finite. If life is left unchecked, life will cease to exist.” With those simple words, the Marvel supervillain Thanos…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/25/2019

The New Civil Liberties Alliance hosted a very interesting event this week, as part of its “Lunch and Law” speaker series, featuring remarks by Hudson…

Business and Government

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/25/2019

Both parties are making antitrust regulation a 2020 campaign issue. Neither President Trump nor most of the Democratic candidates are proposing improvements. Over at the…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/22/2019

I’ve been reading a new book on business ethics, “Honorable Business: A Framework for Business in a Just and Humane Society,” and it has some…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/19/2019

It’s an old argument: as population increases and we use up more of the earth’s natural resources, everything is become more scarce. Soon the pressures…

Business and Government

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/17/2019

Antitrust regulation is a complex, multifaceted issue. It brings together insights from law, economics, political science, history, philosophy, and other disciplines. Right now both political…

Antitrust

• Clyde Wayne Crews, Ryan Young
• 04/16/2019

The Competitive Enterprise Institute today released a report making the case that government use of antitrust law to break up big companies has a chilling…

Antitrust

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews, Ryan Young
• 04/16/2019

Politicians and pundits across the ideological spectrum often call for greater competition in the marketplace. While their favored means vary widely, the view that current…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/12/2019

At a time when big tech companies are being attacked over bigness, privacy, elections, and the ordering of their news feeds, the Charles Koch Institute…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/05/2019

Tim Carney’s new book on social alienation and U.S. politics, “Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse,” raises the bar for Trump-era political…

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 04/04/2019

In a bleak take on the sharing economy, Atlantic writer Alexis C. Madrigal says it has created a “servant economy,” where sharing economy platforms provide…

Antitrust

• By: Iain Murray
• 04/02/2019

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s motto used to be “Move fast and break things.” Now that his company is under increased political scrutiny—and facing calls for…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/29/2019

Our friends at the Foundation for Economic Education have a new video that gives a great short introduction to entrepreneuship, and what businesspeople actually do…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/22/2019

At a time when socialism seems determined to crawl back from the dustbin of history, it can be a challenge defending the moral legitimacy—and humanity—of…

Antitrust

• By: Iain Murray
• 03/14/2019

The Washington Times cited Vice President for Strategy Iain Murray on CEI’s video, “Antitrust Explained.” Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren is among those who…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/13/2019

With major political figures proposing the forced breakup of some of the nation’s most successful companies, the once-arcane field of antitrust law is now at…

Antitrust

• Iain Murray
• 03/13/2019

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today launched a new video, “Antitrust Explained,” disputing recent calls by politicians and academics to use antitrust laws and regulations…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/08/2019

Given that it is International Women’s Day and almost CEI’s 35th anniversary, today is an excellent day to celebrate the impressive legacy of economist (and…

Business and Government

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 03/06/2019

The deterioration of the principle of separation of powers is a signature feature of the powerful federal Administrative State. This corrosion is accompanied by a…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/01/2019

Our friends at the Federalist Society are back with a new video on the gig economy, “Here to Stay: The Modern World of Hospitality,” examining…

Business and Government

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 02/19/2019

From classical liberal and individual rights perspectives, the administrative state is an affront to liberty almost by definition.

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/15/2019

Our old friend (and former CEI Warren Brookes Journalism Fellow) Tim Carney has a new book out, “Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others…

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 02/14/2019

My colleagues have written elsewhere about the energy and environmental components of the “Green New Deal” proposals that have been enthusiastically agreed to by most…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/13/2019

It seems like an odd coincidence that legendary American political cult figure Lyndon LaRouche would pass away the same week that the Green New Deal…

Business and Government

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 02/05/2019

He need only focus on five words to convey his vision: less regulation and less dependency in America.

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/01/2019

Our friends at the American Enterprise Institute have a great video series in which they explain important issues, each in only 60 seconds. A very-short format like this…

Business and Government

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 01/15/2019

If the longest-ever partial (25%) federal government shutdown persists, might Americans catch on that not everything the federal government does and regulates should remain national…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/11/2019

Our friends at the Federalist Society have released a fun and informative new short film on the history of beer and alcohol regulation. …

Business and Government

• By: Kent Lassman
• 01/09/2019

The governance of American life has been handed over to an operating system that subtly and perversely drives individuals’ behavior away from their own decisions.

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/08/2019

Economist Harold Demsetz, a Chicago school theorist who was one of the pioneers of the approach now called New Institutional Economics, had died. The former…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/08/2019

After a contentious election season, we look forward to the nation’s elected representatives rolling up their sleeves and getting to work. Divided party control in…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/04/2019

Our friends at Reason have been following a fascinating story unfolding in New York City, in which a business owner is trying to fend off what many people would…

Business and Government

• By: CEI Staff
• 01/02/2019

CEI’s Agenda for the 116th Congress highlights specific steps lawmakers can take to rein in unlawful overreach by executive agencies, reduce the costs of federal regulations,…

Business and Government

• By: Jessica Melugin
• 12/24/2018

Are Tucker Carlson’s predictions of Google taking over the future keeping you up at night? Sooth yourself with the creative destruction described in “Life after…

Antitrust

• By: Iain Murray
• 12/21/2018

If 2018 was a bad year for antitrust skeptics, 2019 promises to be worse. We must hope that the Federal Trade Commission and Department of…

Antitrust

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/21/2018

Goldberg’s “Suicide of the West” is a literate, snappily written, and often humorous defense of Enlightenment values and a broadside against populism. Steven Pinker’s “Enlightenment…

Business and Government

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/20/2018

Think Julian Simon, Matt Ridley, and Steven Pinker’s data-driven optimism, mixed with Michael Shermer and Bryan Caplan’s awareness of human cognitive biases, as told by…

Business and Government

• By: CEI Staff
• 12/20/2018

The holiday season is a good time to reflect on what we’ve accomplished and what we can look forward to in the next year. That’s…

Business and Government

• Michelle Minton
• 12/20/2018

According to reports, the Department of Justice is considering releasing a memo that reverses a 2011 decision by the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) which…

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 12/19/2018

The new head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Kathleen Kraninger, will have a unique opportunity to end past abuses against American financial institutions, a…

Business and Government

• By: Kent Lassman
• 12/14/2018

There is a concerted effort from elements on both sides of the political aisle to use antitrust law to regulate and ultimately break apart Big…

Antitrust

• Ryan Radia
• 12/11/2018

As Google’s CEO testifies in the House of Representatives today, Competitive Enterprise Institute technology policy expert Ryan Radia disputes claims that the technology company has…

Business and Government

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/10/2018

Columbia University professor Tim Wu is author of the new book The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age, which calls for a…

Antitrust

• By: John Berlau
• 12/07/2018

Inside ARM cited CEI’s Senior Fellow John Berlau on Kathy Kraninger confirmation. Today, the Senate voted on and confirmed Kathy Kraninger as the…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 12/06/2018

This week marks the 85th anniversary of the end of Prohibition, and we still have a lot to learn from that dismal experiment in government overreach.

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 12/06/2018

It’s very rare I disagree with the great freedom-loving journalist John Stossel, but his column at Townhall this week made me raise an eyebrow. In…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/30/2018

While the political headlines this week are dominated by a public feud between the Secretary of the Interior and the likely incoming chairman of the…

Business and Government

• By: Ryan Young
• 11/28/2018

CEI's Ryan Young explores the lessons policymakers should learn from General Motors’ announcement of layoffs and plant closures.

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/15/2018

Recently Dave Sussman of the show Whiskey Politics featured myself and my old pals Drew Tidwell and Helen Straight of Passing Lane Films on his…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/09/2018

Congratulations to our friends at Reason magazine (and the Reason Foundation) on their golden anniversary. Some members of the Competitive Enterprise Institute team were recently…

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 11/08/2018

For the big technology firms, the midterm elections were never going to change much.  Whatever the result, they were going to face more scrutiny over the…

Antitrust

• 11/07/2018

Patch Media cited CEI’s score of Senator Stabenow.   Stabenow will receive $159,400 per year from her 22 years in Congress ($174,000 annual salary)…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/02/2018

Before we bid farewell to Halloween week 2018 for good, let’s take a chance to glean an economic lesson from the piles of candy, cardboard…

Business and Government