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Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in consumer protection case: CEI analysis
On Wednesday, a New Mexico district court judge ordered tech giant Meta to pay a historic $25 billion civil penalty over its data…
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New legislation seeks to shuffle the deck chairs on the sinking No Surprises Act
On October 8, Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) introduced the Lower Premiums, Faster Payments Act as a fix for the disastrous No Surprises Act (NSA).
Washington Times
Every credit card swipe adds a hidden fee to your bill. Congress wants to change that
CEI’s John Berlau was quoted in an article discussing increasing competition on credit card fees. A recent report from the libertarian Competitive…
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Free the Economy podcast: Economic mobility in the 50 states with Gonzalo Schwarz
In this week’s episode we cover poll results on corporate social responsibility, the plight of California landlords, hard times for…
National Review
‘Free Enterprise Is My Birthright as an African’
National Review quoted CEI’s award winner Today Wade is being awarded the Julian L. Simon Memorial Award from the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI),…
Nonprofit Quarterly
Project 2025: What Does It Mean for Racial and Economic Justice?
Nonprofit Quarterly cited CEI’s CEO about Project 2025 The document has been widely described as a “blueprint” for a possible…
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Turning point on interest rates
The Federal Reserve went for the big cut at its interest rate meeting this week. There was uncertainty on whether the federal funds…
News Release
Updated REINS Act introduced in Senate and House
Today, Senator Rand Paul (R–KY) and Representative Kat Cammack (R, FL-03) introduced an updated version of the REINS (Regulations from the Executive In Need of…
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DOJ’s flawed case against AI’s incredible rent machine
In Tom Smith and The Incredible Bread Machine, the famous political poem about an inventor at first hailed for his machine that slashes…
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Clyde Wayne Crews
Fred L. Smith Fellow in Regulatory Studies
- Business and Government
- Consumer Freedom
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- Business and Government
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Senior Economist and Director of Publications
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