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Free the Economy podcast: Heroes of Progress with Alexander Hammond
In this week’s episode we discuss venture capitalists fighting red tape, challenges to electric vehicle adoption, Americans sleeping on the job,…
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RJ Smith (1937-2024)
Freedom has lost a true champion with the passing of longtime CEI analyst RJ Smith. RJ’s tireless advocacy for private property rights will be especially…
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R.J. Smith – In Memoriam
The Competitive Enterprise Institute has lost a treasured friend and mentor, Robert J. Smith. All my thoughts about R.J. run to superlatives. He was a…
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Don’t Remain in the Dark: Celebrate Human Achievement
The World Wildlife Fund is calling on people around the world to show their “commitment to the planet” by sitting in the dark for…
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Human Achievement of the Day: The Written Word
Writing is a classic example of what the economist F.A. Hayek called spontaneous order.
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Harm-Reducing Tobacco Alternatives Are a Human Achievement
Regardless of where the innovation comes from, we ought to embrace any safer alternative to smoking.
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‘Rolling Coal’ in Diesel Trucks, to Rebel and Provoke
The New York Times discusses CEI's Human Achievement Hour and coal rollers with Michelle Minton. Even in this election year of bombastic rhetoric…
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Human Achievement of the Day: Don’t Buy the Hyperloop, Bet on Self-Driving Cars
Futuristic transportation technology often captures the imaginations of the press and public. Sometimes, it’s hype-driven nonsense: think the mysterious “IT” that became the mockery-inducing…
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Human Achievement of the Day: Fighting Mosquito-Borne Diseases with Technology
For millennia, mosquitos have wreaked havoc on mankind, passing along myriad deadly or debilitating diseases. Mankind’s clever interventions—from screened windows to pesticides—have helped greatly control mosquito-transmitted…