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Breaking the Backlog
Pennsylvania has a long history of reforming its environmental permitting practices to improve efficiency. Despite periods of progress and some improvements in average review…
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The World Needs More Lawyers
This study was originally authored for the Regulatory Transparency Project at The Federalist Society By Shoshana Weissmann, Daniel Greenberg, Luke Wake, Braden Boucek and Jonathan…
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Unauthorized and Unprepared: Refocusing the CDC after COVID-19
Executive Summary What This Paper Covers The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the nation’s preeminent public health agency, has acknowledged that it failed badly…
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Global Infrastructure Permitting
Executive Summary The construction of major infrastructure projects, such as power plants, highways, and ports, is heavily regulated. In major industrial economies, such projects typically…
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Inside the Carbon Cult
Foreword Kevin D. Williamson has a pretty good claim to being the best columnist in the United States right now. I don’t say that lightly.
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Freedom Wins
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Joel M. Zinberg, M.D., J.D. is the Director the Public Health and American Well-Being Initiative at Paragon Health Institute, and a senior…
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Memoirs of a Prosecutor
Foreword Viewers who have seen the classic TV detective show Dragnet will recall the lines that introduced each episode: “The story you are about to…
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Screening Out Innovation
Executive Summary This report addresses the appropriate antitrust standards for vertical mergers. It first provides an overview, and then analyzes a specific application to the Federal Trade Commission’s…
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Frequently Asked Questions on ESG Theory
View Full Document as PDF Q: What does “ESG” stand for? A: ESG is short for “environmental, social, and governance.” It is a…
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Policy Principles: Consumer Privacy
PRIVACY The right to privacy is a bedrock principle of a free society and essential to today’s economy. Yet, privacy protection is an ever-evolving field.
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Profiles in Capitalism: The Role of the Business Leader in Public Affairs and Philanthropy
When Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) President Kent Lassman sat down to interview Ariel Corporation CEO Karen Wright at the CEI Summit in New Orleans in…
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What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household
In early 2019, a handful of progressive Democrats galvanized their party around a set of proposals that, even if only partially implemented, would radically restructure…
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What the Green New Deal Could Cost a Typical Household
In early 2019, a handful of progressive Democrats galvanized their party around a set of ideas that—even if only partially implemented—would restructure vast areas of…
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Government for Rent
This paper is based on documents obtained by CEI and other public policy groups over the course of more than a year, beginning in June 2017,…
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Law Enforcement for Rent
This paper is based on documents obtained over two and a half years from open records requests and, in some cases, subsequent litigation. Due to…
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Shrinking Government Bureaucracy
View Full Document as PDF Shrinking Government Bureaucracy is a series of policy proposals by Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) experts to rein in…
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Union Time on the Taxpayer Dime
View Full Document as PDF Published with the James Madison Institute Over the past 20 years, Floridians have consistently made conscious decisions…
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The World Bank’s Trail of Sorrows
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‘Release Time’ Forces Taxpayers to Pay for Union Work
Full Document Availible in PDF Taxpayers expect their government to spend their tax dollars only on activities that benefit the public. Yet…
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Toward a Thinker/Doer Alliance: A Grand Strategy for Liberty Advocates
By Fred L. Smith, Jr. Director, Center for Advancing Capitalism Speech delivered at Hillsdale College Hillsdale, Michigan…
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Top 5 Things Congress Should Consider During Lame-Duck Session
View the document here During Congress’ lame-duck session, both Republicans and Democrats will dig into a number of stalled pieces of legislation…
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INFOGRAPHIC: The Cost of Regulating Biotechnology and Genetically-Engineered Food
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Official Time: Taxpayers paying for union work is officially a scam
Summary: Few Americans are aware that, through their tax dollars, they finance labor unions through a practice known as “official time” or “release time.” The…
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Government Barriers to Georgia’s Growth
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MCOOL and the Politics of Country-of-Origin Labeling
The Mandatory Country-of-Origin Label (MCOOL) for beef and pork products was brought into force by the United States in 2008. It imposes uneven tracking, segregating,…
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EPA’s Shocking New Mexico Power Grab
The EPA engineered an ad hoc regulatory regime under the Clean Air Act in order to run roughshod over New Mexico’s rightful authority and impose…
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New Jersey’s Long Road Ahead
For years, union officials in New Jersey have gotten politicians from both parties to give in to their incessant demands for lavish taxpayer-funded benefits. Today,…
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The EPA Runs Amuck
Full Document Available in PDF On June 26, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives…
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In America’s National Interest—Canadian Oil
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Hidden Truth: The Perils and Protection of Off-Label Drug and Medical Device Promotion
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Labor Unions and the Democratic Party
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Financial Attack
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The Battle for Michigan
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A Solid Waste Estimation Procedure: Material Flows Approach
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Agricultural Biotechnology Regulation
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Agricultural Biotechnology Overview
Full Document Available in PDF Every year, millions of people worldwide die from starvation and…
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Business Must Fight for Economic Freedom
Business Must Fight for Economic Freedom Fred L. Smith, Jr. President, Competitive Enterprise Institute Written Remarks For the…
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The 2010 Union Pension Bailout Bills
Get ready to give some of your hard-earned cash – again – to the cronies of Congress who are pushing for yet another bailout. Two…
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Reforming Michigan’s Auto Insurance Industry
Michigan auto insurance premiums are among the highest in the nation. Rather than attempting to regulate insurance company and individual behavior, Michigan legislators would much…
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Persuasion and Issue-Framing
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Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB: Narrow Separation-of-Powers Ruling Illustrates That the Supreme Court Is Not ‘‘Pro-Business’’
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Are Corporations Suicidal?
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Al Gore’s Crony Capitalist Crusade
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Union Pensions in Crisis
Full Document Available in PDF Union pensions are in trouble, and financial watchdogs such as Moody’s…
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Restoring the Private Property-Insurance Market to Reduce Florida’s Risk of Financial Insolvency
Full Document Available in PDF Foreward by Robert F. Sanchez, Policy Director, The James Madison Institute As Florida faces a…
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Restoring the Private Property-Insurance Market To Reduce Florida’s Risk of Financial Insolvency
Eli Lehrer examines why Florida could very well become financially insolvent.
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North Carolina’s Unfair Auto Insurance System
North Carolina’s government-controlled auto insurance subsidizes risky and dangerous drivers by overcharging good driver…
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California’s Energy Policy
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Property and Casualty Insurance Report Card
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Ecuador Mining News’ Investor Survey: A Mixed Bag
The EMN Investor Concerns Survey, an initiative of this publication, reveals that half of respondents want to keep their mining stocks in firms operating in…
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First Steps toward Restoring Florida’s Insurance Market
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Restoring Florida’s Insurance Market
By the end of the 1990s, Florida’s property insurance market had largely recovered from the effects of 1992’s Hurricane Andrew, one of the costliest storms…
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Will Repealing the Federal Insurance Antitrust Exemption Help Or Hurt Consumers?
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Global Warming: What Should Texas Do?
As Texas electricity prices have climbed alongside natural gas prices, how to achieve affordable yet reliable energy has become a highly debated topic. The market…
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Al Gore’s Science Fiction
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Al Gore’s Science Fiction: A Skeptic’s Guide to An Inconvenient Truth
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This Liberal Congress Went to Market: a Bipartisan Policy Agenda for the 110th Congress
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Inconvenient Truths for Al Gore – Episode 1: Pollution
“We have vastly increased the amount of carbon dioxide—the most important of the so-called greenhouse gases.” (AIT, 25) Hold on a minute…
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Inconvenient Truths for Al Gore – Episode 2: Hurricane Katrina
“Textbooks had to be re-written in 2004. They used to say, ‘It’s impossible to have hurricanes in the South Atlantic.’ But that year, for…
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Inconvenient Truths for Al Gore – Episode 3: Warming Rate
“And in recent years the rate of increase has been accelerating." (AIT, 72) That’s just plain wrong. Over the last…
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Inconvenient Truths for Al Gore – Episode 4: Moulins
"When the [melt-]water reaches the bottom of the ice, it lubricates the surface of the bedrock and destabilizes the ice mass, raising fears that…
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An Assessment of Kyoto and Emerging Issues for the 12th Conference of the Parties
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A Skeptic’s Guide to An Inconvenient Truth
Executive Summary An Inconvenient Truth (AIT), Vice President Al Gore’s book on “The planetary emergency of global warming and what can be…
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Prometheus or Pandora – Addressing the Biotechnology Issue
Biotechnology, the newest way in which man seeks to tease from nature her secrets so as to improve his condition, is under intense scrutiny today.
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Public Comment Regarding Proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin
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CEI to FactCheck.Org: Re-Check Your Facts
Earlier this week, FactCheck.Org published a critique of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI’s) global warming ads. In this press release, CEI responds…
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Global Warming FAQ: What Every Citizen Needs to Know About Global Warming
Overview. Alarm over the prospect of the Earth warming is not warranted by the agreed science or economics of the issue. Global warming is happening…
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Stay Cool; Stay Very Cool: A Commentary on Time’s “Special Report” on Global Warming
The cover of Time magazine’s April 3, 2006 issue tells readers to “be very worried” about climate change. The issue features a “special report” on…
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Antitrust Skeptic’s Bibliography
For more than two decades, the willingness of policy makers to rethink the presumption that economic regulation automatically benefits consumers has driven the deregulation of…
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An Assessment of Montreal COP/MOP 1
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MSA Opposition Brief
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Ten Thousand Commandments
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The Viability of Municipal Wi-Fi Networks
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Comments on New Jersey Rule
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Threats to Competitiveness in a Political Environment
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1984-2004: CEI’s 20 Year Report
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The Power of Positive Drinking: Are Alcoholic Beverage Health Claims Constitutionally Protected
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Option-Wars
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Does the Bush Administration Have Legal Authority to Award Regulatory Credits for Greenhouse Gas Reductions?
Full Document Available in PDF This paper examines the Electric Power Industry Climate Initiative’s (EPICI’s) attempted rebuttal of the Natural Resources…
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How to Drive Competition in a “Deregulated” Market
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Earth Report 2000: The State of the World’s Fisheries
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Electricity Reform in Colorado
Full Document Available in PDF Consumers in Colorado pay prices for electricity that are among the lowest in the country. Therefore, indeed they…
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Electric Avenues: Why “Open Access” Can’t Compete
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The Wood Duck
The wood duck has long occupied a special place in the hearts of waterfowl fanciers, hunters, bird watchers, and others because of the male’s striking…
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The Yellowstone Affair: Environmental Protection, International Treaties, and National Sovereignty
Full study available in pdf format Environmental regulation has gone international in recent decades. There has been a proliferation of treaties, conventions, and protocols aimed…
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Private Reef Building in Alabama and Florida
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Oysters and Willapa Bay
Contents: Oysters Oysters and Willapa Bay Eliminating the Tragedy of the Commons Experimentation and Innovation Fighting for Water…
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Resolving the Tragedy of the Commons by Creating Private Property Rights in Wildlife
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How to Dismantle the Interior Department
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The Economic Fallacies of Demand-Side Management
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Appendix: Are Property Rights Popular?
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Home Not Alone: New York’s War on Landlords
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Property Rights Fact and Fiction
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Property Wrongs: The Growth of Federal Land-Use Control
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Public vs. Private Land Management: Which is Better for the Environment
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Putting People Last: Endangered Species vs. People
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The Property Rights Reader
Full Document Available in PDF The rise of property rights activism is one of the untold…
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Soft Targets for Elimination at Energy, Interior, & EPA
Full Document Available in PDF The November 8 elections were a resounding call for smaller, less-intrusive government. The Contract with America – advertised…
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Instrastate Trucking: Stronghold of the Regulators
The deregulatory wave of the 1970s and early 1980s freed the railroads, the airlines, air cargo carriers, and interstate trucking and buses from the…
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Pick a Number
Full Study Available in PDF How much would you be willing to pay for an…