Real Clear Policy
Obamacare vs. Beer
Michelle Minton, in an article for Real Clear Policy, discusses the implications a provision in the Affordable Care Act may have on the craft brewing…
National Review
Why Liberals Secretly Love Corporations
Iain Murray, in his article for the National Review, investigates why the Left pushes regulatory policies that support the old corporate structure even though this is contrary to…
Newsmax
We Need Protection From Fannie and Freddie
John Berlau, in his article for Newsmax, discusses the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the bill that will prevent their bail out.
Courier-Post
COMMENTARY: GOP debate’s missing question
The Courier Post published Michelle Minton's article which discusses how the GOP candidates should have approached answering the questions on fantasy football regulations during the…
RealClear Policy
Undermining Encryption
Ryan Radia discusses the problem with encryption restrictions in RealClear Policy: For most Americans, communicating over the Internet has become routine. We now…
Newsmax
Govt Vies for Control Over Your Investment Decisions
John Berlau writes in Newsmax about the recent CEI headed coalition letter to Congress urging them to defund the DOL's "fiduciary rule." A…
National Review
Regulatory Freeze Needs to Be Part of the Deal
Iain Murray discusses regulatory reform in the National Review: Representative Bill Flores’s Terms of Credit Act, which sought to pair the debt limit…
Investor's Business Daily
NLRB Attack On McDonald’s: Transparency For Thee, Not For Me
Who’s the boss? The National Labor Relations Board recently muddled that normally straightforward question. In August, the NLRB, in the case of Browning-Ferris Industries, unilaterally…
Forbes
The Real Value Of ‘Networking’ In The Business World
Fred Smith discusses "The Real Value of Networking" in Forbes Beating up on capitalism – and business leaders generally – is all the…
The Freeman
Depression-Era Laws Threaten the Sharing Economy
Imagine you’re driving for Uber or Lyft. As an independent contractor, you enjoy setting your own work hours, picking up people you like chatting with…
Forbes
An Honest Economist In A PC World
Washington Examiner
Taxpayer-Funded Anti-BPA Activism is the Real Danger
Alarmist claims about the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) have reached an absurd level. According to the website Treehugger.com, a new study shows that…
The Hill
Unable to ban Internet gambling, lawmakers try for moratorium
The Washington Post
Deregulation and Privatization Are the Ways Forward
In his Oct. 8 op-ed column, “A global economy in peril,” Lawrence Summers argued that current bond prices are a sign that government debt…
Cato Journal: Fall 2015 Vol. 35 No. 3
Government Against Itself: Public Union Power and Its Consequences
Full Document Available in PDF This article was originally published in the Fall 2015 Edition of the Cato Institute’s Cato Journal.
Real Clear Policy
‘Reforming’ the Toxic Substances Control Act
CEI's chemical policy expert, Angela Logomasini, discusses whether the proposed changes to the Toxic Substances Control Act are good or bad for consumers As early…
Daily Caller
Why Warren’s Witch-Hunt Won’t Work
CEI's expert John Berlau writes for The Daily Caller discussing Elizabeth Warren's desire for an increase in financial regulations. Elizabeth Warren “drew blood,”…
The Hill
Workers Need Opportunities More Than a Summit
CEI's Labor Expert, Trey Kovacs, discusses the pitfalls of President Obama's labor summit geared towards promoting union's interests rather than those of workers. On October…
NewsMax
Elizabeth Warren Wants to Make Financial Decisions For You
John Berlau discusses Elizabeth Warren's pushes for excessive financial regulations in his piece published in News Max. Elizabeth Warren “drew blood,” writes Washington…
The Hill
A Simple Way to Grow America’s Economy and Create Jobs
Coauthored with Lindsay Lewis, executive director of the Progressive Policy Institute. It’s hard to find common ground between the two parties in Washington these days,…
Daily Caller
Misplaced Concern: Pope Francis’s Energy Agenda
In the Daily Caller, Myron Ebell discusses the problem with Pope Francis' views on energy: “Everybody loves Pope Francis” for his “humble…
National Review
A Better Road Map than the U.N.’s to Empower the Poor
Investor's Business Daily
None Dare Call It Conspiracy: Obama’s Coordinated Climate Campaign
Chris Horner in Investor's Business Daily on the coordinated campaign to promote the White House's climate agenda: Hypocrisy, thy name is Barack…
Forbes
Still-MIA White House Report To Congress On Costs And Benefits Of Federal Regulation Is Latest Ever
American Spectator
Obama’s Job Killing Gift to Big Labor
Trey Kovacs discusses the active NLRB in the waning years of the Obama administration: The Obama administration rewarded its union allies last month…
Forbes
The Next Generation Of Capitalists
Ten years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has made a tremendous comeback. That’s due not just to the hard work of natives…
The Hill
Should Congress Trash Michelle Obama’s Lunch Program?
Cap X
CapX Reviews: By the People
Charles Murray, in his new book, By the People: Rebuilding Liberty without Permission, argues that America’s constitutional checks on the growth of spending, taxation, and…
USA Today
Hillary Clinton’s Right on Smashing ‘Quarterly Capitalism’
“Quarterly capitalism” is a new focus of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign that could pick up even more steam with recent market turmoil. “It’s easy to…
Forbes
A New History Of American Business
Government intervention in the economy—via spending, regulation, and taxation—has expanded steadily over the last century and is now at an all-time high. As economist Joseph…
CNS News
Thrifty Seniors Pay Steep Price for Responsible Behavior as Federal Medicare Laws Punish Savers
Opportunity Lives
California’s Pension System is Headed Off a Cliff – Here’s How We Can Fix It
Here at Opportunity Lives, we’ve covered how Americans are hungry for news with a solutions bias. One bearer of such news is Lawrence J. McQuillan,…
The Daily Caller
Macroeconomics Is The Root Of All Error
The Freeman
World’s Poor: “We Want Capitalism”
Denver Post
In Defense of Chick-fil-A
The Daily Caller
When The Price Of Money Is Wrong, The Price of Everything Is Wrong
MSNBC
The Real Problem with the TSA Can’t Be Fixed with Yelp Reviews
This article was co-written with Harper Jean Tobin, Director of Policy at the National Center for Transgender Equality, and John Whitehead, President of The Rutherford…
CNSNews.com
Forced Union Fees Do Not Have to Go to the Union – You Have Other Options
The Michigan Supreme Court recently ruled that state employees cannot be required to pay dues to a union or risk being fired. This is but…
The Freeman
Liquid Capital Was the First Killer App
The sharing economy is older than smartphone apps. The modern financial system may be the first example to have evolved. Rather than sharing capital assets…
The Wall Street Journal
Little State Choice With the FHTF Funds
T. Peter Ruane’s claim (“It’s a Rough Road in Any Direction,” Letters, Aug. 6) “that all of the decisions…
Forbes
Students Dive Into The Political Shark Tank
Recently I was a presenter and participant in a workshop organized by the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE). The event, “Communicating Liberty: Shark Tank,”…
Forbes
Experimenting In The Laboratory Of Economics
Nobel Prize-winning economist Vernon Smith was in Australia last week to lecture at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management in Sydney. In addition to his…
The Boston Herald
Feds go too far
The Herald was right to criticize the Obama administration’s recently imposed “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” rule (“Fed housing overreach,” July 19). It wrongly seeks to…
Forbes
The Problem With The White House Threat To Veto The REINS Act
The House this week, and later the Senate, will take up legislation to require that Congress approve all big federal agency regulations, those with $100…
Watchdog.org
Missouri tax dollars subsidize union activism
Taxpayers expect their government to spend tax dollars only on activities that benefit the public. But in Missouri, public employers at nearly every level of…
Fox News
Whisky: A living testament to the human spirit
The Albuquerque Journal
PRC should fight EPA on haze rules
$115 million. That’s how much of your money the Public Regulation Commission could throw away for nothing. This is no joke. In order to comply…
Forbes
Congress Better Fix ‘Regulatory Dark Matter’
In pursuit of job creation and economic growth, Congress is debating several red tape reforms with elevated but still insufficient focus. In the wake of its…
Real Clear Policy
Trial Lawyers’ Underappreciated Power Over ‘Independent Redistricting Commissions’
The Supreme Court's recent decision in King v. Burwell wasn't the only one in which it twisted clear language to protect the progressive political agenda. In another…
CNS News
Federal Financial Aid Drives Up Tuition and College Costs, Study Finds
The federal government is now admitting that its own financial aid is…