in turn enable further types of interactions beyond the realm of business. The genius of the market is that it enables a wide array of individuals, groupings, and associations to organize spontaneously to advance their various interests in a cooperative fashion that yields win-win arrangements.
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Don’t Panic: A Skeptic’s Guide to the AI Jobs Doomsday
As technology advances it has periodically bred the fear that progress will destroy jobs and livelihoods. History teaches that these fears are usually misplaced.
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Free the Economy podcast: The Great Realignment with Stephen Davies
In this week’s episode we cover US companies getting hammered by tariffs, jobs that are surprisingly not getting replaced by AI,…
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Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250
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The Responsible Corporation
Does anybody believe that companies should be socially irresponsible? I don’t think so. The problem is that few people can seem to agree on…
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The Responsible Corporation
Does anybody believe that companies should be socially irresponsible? I don’t think so. The problem is that few people seem to agree on…
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Defining Virtue
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Corporate McSocial Responsibility
Fast-food gadfly Eric Schlosser has a new book out. Chew On This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food is Fast…
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Speaking in Tongues
In Monty Python’s classic "Hungarian Phrasebook" sketch, a Hungarian tourist walks into a British tobacconist’s shop, and, consulting a faulty phrasebook, tells…
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Is CSR A-OK?
A Friday conference at the American Enterprise Institute will try to answer the question: "Is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Serious Business?" And not…
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CEOs Should Mind Their Own Business
President Coolidge once said the business of America is business. He might have added that the business of business is to pursue profits,…
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Corporate Social Concerns: Are They Good Citizenship, Or a Rip-Off for Investors?
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CEI to Co-sponsor CSR Reconsidered 2005
The CSR Reconsidered conference was a success. Human Events covered the conference and wrote about it here. ‘Wolves in CSR Clothing’ is…
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‘Best Corporate Citizen’ Is a Dubious Distinction
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Improving Capitalism: The Respective Roles of Business and Government
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Press Event: Study Shows ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ May Hurt Bottom Line
“Corporate social responsibility” has become a trendy international business philosophy, hailed as good for business and the bottom line. But a forthcoming study finds no…
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New Book Challenges Activist Attack on Business, Personal Prosperity
Contact for Interviews: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., November 19, 2004—The Competitive Enterprise Institute is proud to announce the publication…
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The Role of Business in the Modern World: Progress, Pressures and Prospects for the Market Economy
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Biz-War and the Out-Of-Power Elites: The Progressive-Left Attack on the Corporation
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The Greening of the Balance Sheets
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Field Guide for Effective Communication
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If The Feds Regulate Mere Annoyances, What Will They Not Regulate?
Question: Should government protect your dinner hour from annoying telemarketers? Answer: If the feds regulate mere annoyances, what will they not regulate?…
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Message From the President: Do Good, Be Profitable
The failure of socialism has forced its former adherents to seek new means to achieve old goals. One of the now popular variants is…
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Rethinking Corporate Strategy
The past four years have not been easy for American business. President Bush was trusted to protect economic concerns in areas ranging from the environment…
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The Suicidal Corporation: Two Cheers!
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What’s Wrong With Business Lobbyists
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