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GDP grew by three percent in the second quarter of 2025: CEI analysis
The GDP grew by three percent in the second quarter of 2025, marking a return to growth after first quarter shrinkage. CEI senior economist…
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Week in Review: July 25, 2025
Sate Policy Network cited CEI on ESG policies The Competitive Enterprise Institute reported that some asset managers are leaving ESG-focused investing behind, aligning instead with taxpayers and…
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Where will Japan’s $550 billion investment in the U.S. go?
MarketPlace cited CEI’s expert on Tariffs For Ryan Young, senior economist at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, this deal — where the president allegedly directs…
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Paging the New Congress: Demand-Driven Spectrum Reform at the FCC
On November 9, the Federal Communications Commission announced new plans for the distribution of the electromagnetic spectrum used by wireless communications companies. The…
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Tax Reform is Green, “Green” Taxes Aren’t
Full Document Available in PDF “Tax Reform” has become an empty…
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Civic Virtue, Civic Vice: Jack Kemp’s Nationally Syndicated Column
Published November 13, 2000 Published November 13, 2000 Distributed by Copley News Service Headline: Civic Virtue, Civic Vice …
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The Despairing Optimist: To the Victor the Spoils?
The Despairing Optimist: Friday afternoon (post-election) November 10, 2000 Who will be our next President? It’s still up in…
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Memo to the President-elect: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Published November 6, 2000 Published November 6, 2000 Distributed by Copley News Service Headline: Memo to the President-elect…
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No Fool For Microsoft
Next February, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will sit en banc for two days to hear the appeal of United States…
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Prisoners of K Street
From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate…
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The Culture of Fear: A Reader’s Guide
From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate Sixty-eight years ago, Franklin…
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Christmas Gift Book Ideas
From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate Tis the Season to have to shop for all your friends and…
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CEI Book Reviews: David Friedman’s Law’s Order
From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate Law’s Order: What Economics Has To Do With Law And Why It Matters…
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Death, Taxes, and a Government Sponsored Postal Monopoly
From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate Think the government-granted monopoly the United States Postal Service holds is an outrage?…
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Odds & Ends: Gus Hall–Revolutionary, Duffer, Angler; Orwell in the Apple; Wacky Patacki; Bubble-Headed Cher
From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate SOW BLOODY REVOLUTION, THEN HIT THE LINKS! Legendary Communist Party USA…
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CEI Book Review: Lessig’s Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace Lawrence Lessig Basic Books · 1999…
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Scare Tactics Won’t Work: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Published October 30, 2000 Published October 30, 2000 Distributed by Copley News Service Headline: Scare Tactics Won’t Work …
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Prosperity in the Balance: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Published October 23, 2000 Published October 23, 2000 Copley News Service Headline: Prosperity in the Balance …
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High Tech Industry Suffers When Companies Curry Federal Favors
Delong Op-Ed on Tech Central Station. This week I was talking with Roger Cochetti, vice president of Network Solutions and experienced observer of…
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Arafat’s Diplomacy In Extremis: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Politics Nationally syndicated column Distributed by Copley News Service October 16, 2000 Headline: Arafat’s Diplomacy In Extremis…
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Antitrust Threat to New Technologies: Pieler Op-Ed in Washington Times
Published in the Washington Times <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> October 16, 2000 Nothing…
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Put a Lid on Antitrust Zealots: Pieler Deseret News Op-Ed
Published in the Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT) <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Distributed by Scripps Howard…
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It’s Not Class War, It’s Marriage: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
The vice presidential debate between Dick Cheney and Joe Lieberman was a fabulous discussion between two statesmen, two good friends of mine and two distinct…
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How Environmentalism Kills the Poor: Roger Bate
Every day Dr. Lizette du Plessis, one of three doctors at the company clinic of Mozal, the state of the art aluminum smelter near Maputo…
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Gore Debatable: Kemp Op-Ed in Seattle Post Intelligencer
Published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer The presidential debates are the Super Bowl of politics. With the race coming down to the line, they…
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Delay is Not a Four-Letter Word: Gattuso Op-Ed in Washington Times
Published in the Washington Times <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> October 2, 2000 …
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Supreme Court Gives Reality A Chance To Catch Up To Politics: DeLong Op-Ed
Distributed by Bridge News Service<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> September 29, 2000 Headline: By…
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Feds Should Make Web Cookie Crumble: Kemp Op-Ed in Seattle P-I
Published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Distributed by Copley News Service<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> September 27, 2000…
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Amazon.com Puts Consumers in Control: Melugin in TechCentralStation.com
Published in TechCentralStation.com<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> September 25, 2000 …
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Habitat for Humanity Builds Dreams: Kemp Op-Ed in Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer September 20, 2000 In the years since I…
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Foreign Policy a Crucial Issue: Kemp Op-Ed in Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer September 13, 2000 As the presidential campaign heads into…
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Nader Has the Courage to Fight a Totem
The vice president is worried about Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader. Robert Kennedy Jr. summed up his concern nicely: “Nader’s candidacy could siphon votes…
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Got a Computer? More Power To You: Mills/Huber Op-ed in Wall Street Journal
It takes electrons to move bits Published in the Wall Street Journal September 6, 2000 It takes electrons to move bits. The…
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Prohibition, Privacy & Protection: The Real Online Gamble
From the August/September 2000 issue of CEI UpDate. On August 10, Jay Cohen was sentenced to 21 months in prison and a $5,000 fine. His…
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An Instant Message to AOL’s Competitors
From the August/September 2000 issue of CEI UpDate In late July, the Federal Communiations Commission held a hearing on issues…
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Publicity Value of Having Someone Do a Take-Off on Your Commercial: Priceless
Last week, MasterCard filed a $5 million law suit against Ralph Nader’s presidential campaign for piggybacking on its “Priceless” ad series. …
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Kemp — A Decade Lost: 10 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall, What Went Wrong?
In late July, the Federal Communiations Commission held a hearing on issues surrounding the America Online/Time Warner merger From the August/September…
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Odds & Ends: Hannibal Regulator; Greenpeace Hitting Bottom; Nutty for Nader; Cabbage or the Gettysburg Address?
In late July, the Federal Communiations Commission held a hearing on issues surrounding the America Online/Time Warner merger From the August/September…
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Stick to the Facts, Mr. President: Kemp Op-Ed in Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer August 23, 2000, Wednesday Vice…
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Privacy Precepts Learned the Hard Way: Melugin Op-Ed in Washington Times
For recently bankrupt Toysmart.com, trying to liquidate its customer information database has been more like playing with matches than children’s toys. Last week’s…
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Lieberman Makes Good Republican: Kemp Op-Ed in Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer August 16, 2000 A couple of weeks ago in this…
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Republicans Reclaiming Blacks: Kemp Op-Ed in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
…And The Party Is Doing It By Reclaiming The Legacy The Legacy of Abraham Lincoln …And The Party Is Doing It By…
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Opening Supply Side Doors: Kemp on Dick Cheney
Published in The Washington Times Published in The Washington Times August 3, 2000 Richard B. Cheney, George…
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Double-Click For Consumers: Melugin Op-Ed in Washington Times
Published in The Washington Times<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> August 1, 2000 “We…
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Free Money: Campaign Finance “Loopholes” are the Best Part of the System: DeLong Article in Reason Magazine
Published in Reason Magazine Published in Reason Magazine August 2000 Once again we are preparing to choose federal, state,…
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Child Online Protection Act Won’t Protect Our Children: Alban Op-Ed in Idaho Statesman
Published in The Idaho Statesman July 20, 2000 <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Who could be…
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Revitalizing Urban America: Cleaning up the Brownfields
Full Document Available in PDF Despite Washington’s…
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Protecting Privacy on the Internet: Melugin Op-Ed in Washington Times
Published in the Washington Times<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> July 5, 2000 The…
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Kemp — Real Tax Reform First: Don’t Tackle Net Taxation until We Overhaul the System
More than 100 million American adults now use the Internet, up from 65 million in mid-1998 and 84 million at the end of 1998. …
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Politics & Privacy
New developments in the online-privacy debate are threatening to push federal and state bureaucrats’ desire for regulatory control to critical mass. Not only…
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CEI Bookshelf: Political Environmentalism
POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM Going Behind the Green Curtain Edited by Terry Anderson Hoover Institution Press (2000) Softcover, $19.95…
