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How IAIS advances DEI policies
As explained in an earlier blog post, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has drifted away from its mission and is actively working…

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Big Beautiful Bill threatens the Costco of health care
You’ve probably never wondered why you buy peanut butter from the grocery store instead of directly from the J.M. Smucker Company or your TV from…
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Impact Of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act – ‘Clean Energy Ghost Towns’
MRCTV cited CEI’s expert on Inflation Reduction Act Ben Lieberman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute recently testified before the House Oversight Committee on the impacts of…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TELECOM Congress prepares to consider a sweeping reform of telecommunications law. CEI Expert Available to…
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Reform FCC—Limit It!
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />U.S. communications policy is at an important inflection point. Cable, telephone and wireless companies aim to…
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Moment of Truth Approaches for Free Trade
Contact for Interviews: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> …
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A New Hope for Free Markets in Telecom
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., July 27, 2005—Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) this morning announced wide-ranging legislation that would modernize U.S. telecommunications law…
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Written Statement of Marlo Lewis: U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on Regulatory Affair
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TELECOM Senator John Ensign (R-NV) introduces major new legislation aimed at overhauling telecommunications law. CEI…
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Slicing Telecom the Right Way: Making a Real Market is the Best Cure for Monopoly
Mergers involving SBC and Verizon and a recent Supreme Court decision exempting cable-modem companies from open-access regulation have reignited fears of market domination…
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Final Energy Bill: Too Much Pork, Not Enough Energy
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., July 26, 2005—More…
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CEI Policy Analyst to Argue for Regulatory Reform
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> <?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml” /> Contact: …
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SEC Cox Hearings Highlight Sarbanes-Oxley Burdens
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Christine Hall, 202.331.2258…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENERGY House and Senate conference committee members reach agreement on major energy legislation.
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The Nationalization of Basic Science
Full Document Available in PDF The National Institutes of Health (NIH)…
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All Cost, No Benefit
Tomorrow, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on Sen. Jeff Bingaman's (D-N.M.) Climate and Economy Insurance Act. Originally…
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First Step in Fuel Economy Reform Should Be Assessing CAFE’s Lethal Effect
Contact: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 <?xml:namespace prefix =…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. AUTOMOBILITY The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposes new fuel economy rules based on car…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
1. ENERGY Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger imperils California’s economy with new regulations on greenhouse gases. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellow…
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No Fizz in Soda Scare
The food police filed a petition this week with the federal government to require that regular (non-diet) soft drinks carry health warning labels. But…
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Boeing vs. Airbus
Full Document Available in PDF The United States and the European Union (EU) may be on…
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1. REGULATION Washington Post columnist Cindy Skrzycki cites CEI’s most recent regulatory study, Ten Thousand Commandments. CEI Expert Available to Comment:…
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One-on-One with Barun Mitra
Full interview available in pdf format<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” E: You were recent awarded the Julian L. Simon Award by…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CIVIL LIBERTIES The House and Senate Judiciary Committees debate whether or not to reauthorize…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT The G8 nations propose a new aid package for Africa. CEI Expert Available…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
1. TECHNOLOGY In the wake of the US Supreme Court decision that P2P firm Grokster could be held liable for aiding digital piracy,…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Politicians and economic experts from around the world gather in Scotland this week for…
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL Property rights activists organize and a Montana Congressman introduces legislation to counter the Supreme…
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Ten Thousand Commandments
Full Study Available in pdf format Executive Summary In the fiscal…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The Senate passes major new energy legislation. From CEI: Director of Global Warming &…
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A Toast to the Supremes
Full Document Available in PDF Cheers to the Supreme Court for its…
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Markets, not Mandates, Can Best Protect Copyrights
Full Document Available in PDF With the Supreme Court…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENERGY New research indicates that global oil production is not likely to peak anytime soon.
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The Uses and Abuses of Finite Risk Reinsurance
Finite risk has become what derivatives were ten years ago—a hot button for controversy and the likely subject of investigations, litigation, and (heaven forbid)…
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Issues in the News 1. TRANSPORTATION Communities in states such as Michigan, Florida, Texas and…
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CEI comments on the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s “Interim Environmental Guidelines”
Full Document Available in PDF CEI strongly urges…
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Abolish Federal Pension Guarantee
Just as the squeaky wheel gets the grease, a government program gets Congress’ attention by going deep in the red. And the Pension Benefit Guaranty…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Dispatch
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Microsoft and the EU Competition Commission have apparently reached an agreement over the Commission’s 2004…
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1. PRIVACY United Parcel Service loses computer tapes containing financial records for 3.9 million Citigroup Inc. customers. From CEI: Vice President…
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The Revolution Spins toward More Regulation
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Greens Are the Real Energy Problem, by Steven J. Milloy
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> It goes without saying that the global economy depends on the availability of…
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Air Sickness: Who’s to Blame? (Part 2)
Full study available in pdf format If management-labor relations at large airlines are preventing fair competition with newer airlines, to what extent…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ANTITRUST Microsoft submits its final proposal for complying with the latest order by the…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CIVIL LIBERTIES The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence begins debate over whether to renew…
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Issues in the News 1. ECONOMIC LIBERTY The union campaign against Wal-Mart expands in the Washington,…
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The Problem with the Voice over IP 911 Mandate
“Today the FCC adopted a rule requiring VoIP providers to provide emergency 911 calling services and they will have only 120…
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If Wishes Were Horses, This Would Be the Kentucky Derby
GENEVA, Switzerland—The 58th World Health Assembly (the World Health Organization's policy-making body) under way here brings to mind the cliché about the contestants…
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CEI’s Dinner Photos
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Obesity Hysteria Survives Despite Official Debunking
Obesity hysteria recently collapsed under its own weight. But the public health establishment, media and politicians are doing their best to revive it.Researchers from…
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PhRMA President Billy Tauzin To Keynote CEI Annual Dinner
Washington, D.C., May 9, 2005—In his first address to a non-healthcare industry audience since taking the top drug industry post in January, Pharmaceutical Research and…
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American Dream or American Politics?
To the Editor: Roland J. Hwang has a curious approach to the issue of the auto industry's future (“Hybrids can propel Big 3…
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One Bundle, Many Antitrust Laws: The Dilemma for Digital Products
Alongstanding question in the software debate is whether operating systems and components such as browsers and media players are really separate products bundled as one or…
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Mandated Recycling of Electronics: Creating a Mountain out of a Landfill
This article is based on the report, Mandating Recycling of Electronics: A Lose-Lose-Lose Proposition , published by CEI, February 2005. Haste maketh waste in the…