Op-Eds/Articles

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 12/31/2000

Full Article Availabe in PDF Format Executive Summary A review of the recent election from the cultural value perspective…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 06/01/2000

While on a recent trip to Seattle, I was tempted to ride on the local religious icon – the monorail relic from the…

Business and Government

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 06/01/2000

A recent meeting between Christian Right leader, the Reverend Jerry Falwell, and gay rights activists, the Reverend Mel White, suggests that America may…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 02/29/2000

Published in Economic Affairs, the journal of the Institute of Economic Affairs<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Edited…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 02/29/2000

Full article available in pdf format.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />   Navigator: CEI was founded in…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 02/16/2000

Full Document Available in PDF Has Europe, long the home of so…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 12/31/1999

On recent trips to Europe, I’ve become increasingly aware of a reality disconnect between the way America is and the way we’re viewed…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 12/31/1999

While free market advocates wage the intellectual fight, the statists have conquered much of our culture. Twice recently, I was asked to contribute…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 11/01/1999

Conservative intellectuals are increasingly frustrated at the policy impasse of the last five years. Weren’t we told that if we built a better mousetrap, the…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 06/01/1999

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> In a Washington Post op-ed supporting the bombing of Serbia, Bill Kristol…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 06/01/1999

Ralph Raico’s Reflection “Won’t You Go Home, Bill Bennett?” (April) on the Center for Individual Right’s challenge to race-based student admission policies suggests…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 05/01/1999

Full Article Available in PDF Format Executive Summary Virginia Postrel's excellent book “The Future and Its Enemies” details the…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 12/10/1998

In October, the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 passed through the U.S. Congress with little opposition. The new law enables unilateral export embargoes to be…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 09/01/1998

Full Chapter Available in PDF Format Executive Summary Science and technology are good things. Still, there are many good…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 07/01/1998

Full article available in pdf format.   Rupert Murdoch has come under fire for reneging on a contract to…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 07/01/1998

Rupert Murdoch has come under fire for reneging on a contract to publish former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten’s manuscript East and West. Reports indicate…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 03/01/1998

Full Document Available in PDF…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 02/23/1996

  The charge at this Ditchley conference was a broad one: we were to review the proper scope of regulation and examine how that function…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 10/01/1995

Full Document Available in PDF…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 03/01/1995

Risk refers to the likelihood that something will go wrong.[1] People naturally fear such mishaps, and risk aversion is a basic survival trait.

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 12/31/1994

  Full Chapter Available in PDF Format Executive Summary Those entering the federal government who seek to redirect the system to put greater emphasis on…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 12/01/1994

As a policy wonk, my recommended reading list, not surprisingly, is wonkish. Still, among all those dusty, boring books that make up this body of…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 11/30/1994

Full Article Available in PDF Format Executive Summary Contains brief reviews of Searching For Safety, Essays On Economics And…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 10/31/1994

Full article is available in PDF (Liberty magazine, November 1994, pp. 22-26). The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade has lowered the world’s…

Antitrust

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 10/10/1994

Full Booklet Available in PDF Format Executive Summary A compendium of quotes from the writings and speeches of CEI president and…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 07/01/1993

Full article available in pdf format.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />   Technology—or rather government-favored technology—has gained…

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• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 07/01/1993

  Technology—or rather government-favored technology—has gained favor among Washington politicos and activists. Technology, these activists seem to believe, makes it possible to mandate almost anything—recycling,…

Business and Government

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 04/29/1993

While President Clinton has taken pains to mimic the rhetorical successes of Ronald Reagan and John E Kennedy, he has actually modeled his presidency in the…

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