Business and Government

• By: Anja Scheib
• 05/06/2017

Liberty-loving individuals with children in their lives should take a second look at what’s on the shelf.

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/05/2017

Learn Liberty’s recent video, featuring historian Thaddeus Russell, highlights how capitalism created an environment where women were increasingly free to make their own decisions and…

Business and Government

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 05/01/2017

“My farmer died.” —Punchline to the old joke about why a USDA employee is weeping at his desk The ratio of number of farmers…

Business and Government

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 04/21/2017

My second youngest son wanted to head downtown to D.C. for the March for Science. I had to explain to him that’s not quite…

Business and Government

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/19/2017

The best way to encourage more economic mobility is to foster a cultural and regulatory environment where innovation, openness, and change are encouraged.

Business and Government

• By: Marc Scribner
• 04/14/2017

Los Angeles Times highlights Marc Scribner’s comments on how government policy has lead to poor airline service.  Yes, airlines on the continent come…

Antitrust

• By: Iain Murray
• 03/27/2017

Defenders of checks and balances should be happy that a circuit split on President Trump’s executive order on immigration means that the Supreme…

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 03/17/2017

InsideSources discusses President Trump’s proposed budget with Iain Murray.  “President Trump’s proposed budget is the clearest sign yet that he is moving…

Business and Government

• By: Ryan Radia
• 03/16/2017

As President Trump evaluates candidates to chair the Federal Trade Commission, he should look for a person who appreciates the importance of letting markets evolve…

Antitrust

• Iain Murray
• 03/16/2017

"“The President's budget proposal is just the starting point. Congress has a responsibility to the American taxpayer to demand value for the taxpayer dollars spent…

Business and Government

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr., Iain Murray
• 03/15/2017

As Joseph Schumpeter noted, free markets had a good first century (the 1750s to 1850s). A market economy produced massive improvements in the quality of…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/10/2017

While the policy landscape is far from perfect, we have the best opportunity in a long time to clear the field for growth and prosperity…

Business and Government

• By: Kent Lassman
• 03/01/2017

The Washington Post discusses President Trump’s policy proposals from his address to a joint session of Congress with CEI President Kent Lassman. The…

Business and Government

• By: Daniel Press
• 02/28/2017

Education reform advocates in the United States have a lot to learn from low-cost private schools in the world's poorest communities.

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/21/2017

Richard Morrison and Amanda France recently presented the CEI film "I, Whiskey: The Human Spirit" at the Oxford Film Festival.

Business and Government

• By: Sam Kazman
• 02/14/2017

Over a year ago, Paul Krugman coined the term “Trumpenfreude,” meaning the glee or satisfaction experienced by Democrats watching the Republican Party slit its own…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/10/2017

Fans of free markets and limited government were often especially disposed admire Hans Rosling, given his relentless debunking of scare stories that are often used…

Business and Government

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 02/09/2017

Corporations are in trouble – people see more bad than good in corporate America, even though they may like and enjoy their products.

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/03/2017

The Super Bowl is perennially one of the most-watched TV events around the world, so it’s no surprise that millions of people find reasons to…

Business and Government

• By: Amanda France
• 01/25/2017

Tonight, friends at home and abroad gather both for Burns Night and the International I, Whiskey Watch Party to salute the individuals— freedom fighters, innovators,…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/20/2017

Jared Meyer, discusses his book "Disinherited: How Washington Is Betraying America’s Young" with Learn Liberty’s Evan Swarztrauber.

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/19/2017

Recently eBay’s public policy team here in Washington, D.C. presented a fascinating program on economic growth and new business start-ups.

Business and Government

• By: Amanda France
• 01/17/2017

At the Southern Shorts Awards in Roswell, Georgia last weekend, I, Whiskey: The Human Spirit made its big screen debut as one of the top…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/13/2017

This weekend the producers of the CEI film "I, Whiskey: The Human Spirit" will be in Roswell, Georgia for the Southern Shorts Film Festival and Awards Presentation…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/12/2017

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas Donohue gave his annual “State of American Business Address” to a packed hall at the Chamber’s H…

Business and Government

• By: Trey Kovacs
• 01/11/2017

If President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are serious about coming through on the campaign promise to “drain the swamp,” it would serve them…

Business and Government

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 01/09/2017

For President-elect Donald Trump to deliver on his “make American great again,” promise, economic growth must again exceed today’s anemic rate. Reforming tax policy, reducing…

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 01/09/2017

I have a long bus commute to work in Washington DC. Most mornings I am engrossed in reading the latest news or a scholarly article,…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/06/2017

After a successful Virtual Watch Party campaign focused on fans in the United States, we’ve now launched an International Watch Party for our friends around…

Business and Government

• 12/29/2016

The Daily Caller reports on a letter CEI and other organizations sent to Mike Pence.  Obama’s agencies are poised to file economy-stunting environmental…

Business and Government

• Christine Hall
• 12/24/2016

Washington, D.C., September 20, 2010 – Contrary to claims by General Motors earlier this year, the company has now admitted that it did not repay its…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 12/23/2016

Cheers to the brilliant production team at Reason TV, who have provided some welcome comedy this holiday season with their new video, “The Libertarian Holiday…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 12/21/2016

A lot of interesting books on politics, economics, and public policy were published over the last twelve months. It can be difficult, though, finding the gems…

Business and Government

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 12/20/2016

Your role in the new administration is to propose ways of restoring limited government – by privatization, deregulation, extending property rights, and taking on the…

Business and Government

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 12/19/2016

Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberley Strassel has written an insightful, important book on the Left’s efforts to drive market-friendly voices from the public square. A…

Business and Government

• By: John Berlau, Michelle Minton
• 12/17/2016

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Business and Government

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 12/17/2016

When I think of a “Pledge” I’m reminded of my fraternity days and being hazed and lightly humiliated. House Republicans are offering their “Pledge to…

Business and Government

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 12/17/2016

  It is true that where a considerable part of the costs incurred are external costs from the point of view of the acting individuals…

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 12/14/2016

We have been saying for a while that ridesharing platforms like Lyft are different from traditional transportation firms, not just in the technology they use,…

Antitrust

• By: Ryan Young
• 12/13/2016

Thomas Piketty, the best-selling author of Capital in the 21st Century, has a new paper on economic inequality with coauthors Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman.

Business and Government

• By: Daniel Cody, Iain Murray
• 12/11/2016

San Francisco is the birthplace of Airbnb. Even so, politicians in this city have created some of the most restrictive home-sharing regulations in the…

Business and Government

• By: William Frezza
• 12/05/2016

In this episode, historian Andrew Roberts and Russian émigré Alexander Markovsky compare Western and Soviet politics.

Business and Government

• 12/01/2016

The 115th Congress is poised to tackle regulatory reform. Check out CEI's recommendations to move America toward economic growth, prosperity, and liberty.

Business and Government

• By: Daniel Cody, Iain Murray
• 11/22/2016

Every day, modern liberal economies create wealth. That wealth translates into better health, better education, art, literature, and the finer things of life. We only…

Business and Government

• By: William Frezza
• 11/07/2016

In this week’s episode, Topher Field discusses lifestyle regulation madness Down Under and Katherine Mangu-Ward ushers in the robot revolution.

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/02/2016

Since releasing the new film I, Whiskey: The Human Spirit last month, we’ve had an excellent response from people around the country.

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 10/31/2016

A UK Employment Tribunal has ruled that drivers who use the Uber platform should be regarded as employees. This qualifies them for various statutory…

Business and Government

• By: Helen Straight
• 10/28/2016

How would the film end? I, Pencil began with a memorable quotation. We would end I, Whiskey with a provocative one. Give the audience something…

Business and Government

• By: Kent Lassman
• 10/28/2016

About a dozen years ago, I developed a habit of asking the same question when I interviewed someone for a job. Typically, about two-thirds of…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/26/2016

CEI’s new film I, Whiskey: The Human Spirit is about freedom and innovation, but also about making human connections in the marketplace.

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/24/2016

This weekend AT&T and Time Warner announced a merger deal and it didn't take long for critics on the left to begin making concerned statements…

Antitrust

• By: William Frezza
• 10/24/2016

In this episode, West Point Professor, Dr. Robert McDonald discusses Thomas Jefferson’s legacy and renowned collector and founder of the Museum of World War II,…

Business and Government

• By: William Frezza
• 10/17/2016

This week on RealClear Radio Hour, Paul Freedman and Rick Wasmund treat us to delicious courses of American cuisine and whiskey.

Business and Government

• By: Helen Straight
• 10/14/2016

I think it can be said all films have an unexpected Genesis, an unlikely, improbable trajectory. I, Whiskey was no exception.

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/14/2016

In a political season that's seen a lot of skepticism about big business and trade, it can be good to step back and remind…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/13/2016

Fred Smith's new study on the morality of capitalism discusses how we think about corporations as economic actors.

Business and Government

• By: Ryan Radia
• 10/12/2016

Facebook is lobbying the White House for the government’s blessing to offer its “Free Basics” service in the United States, according to a story reported…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/12/2016

The long wait is over – CEI has released the full version of the new film I, Whiskey: The Human Spirit online.

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/07/2016

Next Wednesday, October 12th, CEI will release the new short film I, Whiskey: The Human Spirit.

Business and Government

• By: Ryan Radia
• 09/30/2016

How would the proposed rules change cable set-top boxes?…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/22/2016

Are there some things that should be beyond the market, that is, which should not be permitted to be bought and sold? Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski…

Business and Government

• By: William Frezza
• 09/19/2016

On this week’s RealClear Radio Hour, Tracey Brown weighs risk, reward, and science, and Glenn Carroll describes authenticity’s paradox.

Business and Government

• By: Gregory Conko, Richard Morrison
• 09/06/2016

Last Friday, Hillary Clinton announced a new plan to “respond to unjustified price hikes” on certain pharmaceutical drugs.

Antitrust

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 09/01/2016

In June, British voters voted to leave the European Union, whose bureaucracy had imposed alien laws and regulations on them for decades. The EU system…

Business and Government

• By: Kent Lassman
• 08/31/2016

We just realized that August 31st is missing from CEI's 2016 Cartoon Calendar.

Business and Government

• By: William Frezza
• 08/29/2016

On this week’s episode, Jeff Sandefer tells how children younger than 10 are wowing Shark Tank investors and Sarah Skwire compares the feminism of free…

Business and Government

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 08/15/2016

As a longtime advocate for capitalism, I’ve been considering the prospects for free market ideas in a White House presided over by either of the…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 08/12/2016

I’d like to second my colleague Fred’s birthday wishes for the distinguished economist Bruce Yandle of Clemson University.

Business and Government

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 08/12/2016

Bruce Yandle – a great economic scholar at Clemson University for many years and recipient of the 2016 Julian Simon Award – reaches his 83rd…

Business and Government

• By: Justin Kim
• 08/11/2016

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), and the nonprofit group Opportunity Lives recently hosted a screening of Comeback, a documentary series highlighting the strengths of American…

Business and Government

• By: William Frezza
• 08/01/2016

This week on RealClear Radio Hour we look at two sides of criminal justice reform—from encouraging entrepreneurial hustle and productive reentry into society to reining…

Business and Government

• By: Christine Hall
• 07/29/2016

Leftist intellectual and media bias can be as disheartening and maddening as it is relentless. So thank goodness for the Reason Foundation and its annual…

Business and Government

• By: William Frezza
• 07/25/2016

This week’s RealClear Radio Hour was recorded in Las Vegas at FreedomFest 2016, the trade show for liberty.

Business and Government

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 07/21/2016

Having never been a fan of antitrust protectionism, I found it interesting that (according to Bloomberg) while Democrats are highlighting antitrust in their…

Antitrust

• By: William Frezza
• 07/18/2016

In this episode of RealClear Radio Hour, we contrast constitutionalism and socialism.

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/15/2016

It seems strange to think it’s been barely a week since Pokémon Go became the dominant pop culture phenomenon of the summer. Publications better known…

Business and Government

• By: Kent Lassman
• 07/13/2016

Prescience is an odd quality to attribute to a book-length treatment of recent history. Nonetheless, The Intimidation Game by Kimberly Strassel adheres closely to Antonio’s…

Business and Government

• By: CEI Staff
• 07/02/2016

How are you celebrating Independence Day? Whether your plans involve a fireworks display or a barbecue with friends, we hope that this 4th of July…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/30/2016

Last night the R Street Institute sponsored a fascinating policy panel here in Washington, D.C., “Boost or Barrier? Upward mobility in the on-demand economy.”…

Business and Government

• By: CEI Staff
• 06/29/2016

Bill Frezza, host of RealClear Radio Hour and CEI fellow, was awarded the Foundation for Economic Education’s 2016 Beth Hoffman prize for economic writing for…

Business and Government

• By: William Frezza
• 06/27/2016

This week on RealClear Radio Hour, guests Garrett Johnson and Eileen Norcross explain the importance of developing a more technologically nimble and fiscally responsible government.

Business and Government

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 06/24/2016

The massacre in Orlando was a tragic reminder that we’re at war—against hate, against extremism, and against intolerance. Although there are many contributing factors…

Business and Government

• By: William Frezza
• 06/13/2016

At CEI’s 2016 annual dinner—A Night in Casablanca!—in DC, I caught up with three interesting gentlemen for a dose of common sense economics.

Antitrust

• By: Trey Kovacs
• 06/13/2016

Most people can pretty easily tell you who their boss is, but the Obama administration has made that a difficult question. In a decision last…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/09/2016

Jane Shaw of the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy has a compelling new commentary out this week on the state of business schools.

Business and Government

• By: Joe Kane
• 06/08/2016

Net neutrality proponents have seen their lines splinter over the issue of “zero rating,” the practice of not counting data used to access certain sites…

Antitrust

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 06/07/2016

As longtime critics of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac who warned early on that they could destabilize the financial system, we were shocked by Douglas…

Business and Government