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Section 338: Trump’s latest tariff tool could send trade policy uncertainty soaring
Just when businesses thought they had enough tariff uncertainty to manage, another chapter emerges. By turning a nearly century-old provision of trade law into…
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Free the Economy podcast: Educating for liberty with Richard Lorenc
Our guest for this week’s episode is Richard Lorenc, formerly of the Foundation for Economic Education and Iron Light and now President…
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Slaughter Gets Separation
On Monday, the Supreme Court hewed closely to the Constitution’s important organizing principle in a 6-3 ruling in Trump v. Slaughter. The separation of powers…
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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…
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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
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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…
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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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