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Free Market Strategies for Insurance Reform
Two major proposals to regulate insurance federally have appeared. The first, the National Insurance Consumer Protection Act. The second proposal stems from the Obama administration.
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A Primer on the Employee Free Choice Act’s Arbitration Provision
EFCA clause allows government power to forcefully impose contracts on parties…
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California’s New Diesel Regulation Is All Pain for No Gain
California's new diesel truck regulations would drive business out of the state…
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National Regulatory Modernization for Insurers
Frequently Asked Questions on Standardizing National Insurance Laws…
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Hurricane Damage and Global Warming
How bad could it get and what can we do about it today?…
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Ten Thousand Commandments 2009
Wayne Crews' annual accounting of the hidden taxes of regulation.
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Property and Casualty Insurance 2009 Report Card
Full Document Available in PDF For the second year in a row,…
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SERFF Liberation
The System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing Needs Competition…
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The Case for Compensating Live Organ Donors
Full Document Available in PDF Conflicting opinions on the ethics of organ…
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Why Florida Should Not Receive a Pre-Funded Federal Bailout
Full Document Available in PDF Since early 2009, Florida state…
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Pharmaceutical Evolution
Albert I. Wertheimer and Thomas M. Santella explain the advantages of incremental innovation in drug development. Photo: CC <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joethorn/86495698/">Joe Thorn</a>.
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The Five Dumbest Product Bans, 2009
Eli Lehrer's Annual Review of Regulatory Absurdity…
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Card Check Double Standard
Unions’ Hypocrisy on the Secret Ballot…
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The Employee Free Choice Act Is Anything But
A Comparison of Labor Organizing Today vs. under EFCA…
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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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Black Box Panic
How the FDA’s Bad Science Leads to More Teen Suicides…
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The Truth About Online Gambling
Michelle Minton explores why government shouldn't treat gambling as if we lived in the Old West.
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Poker as a Game of Skill
Full document available in pdf It’s two minutes before the cards are…
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Bottled Water and the Overflowing Nanny State
In her study Angela Logomasini's analyzes how misinformation about bottled water erodes consumer freedom…
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Let Credit Unions Lend More
Eli Lehrer makes the case for expanding credit union business lending, which would unlock otherwise idle capital and thereby help create jobs.
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Dr. John P. Holdren
William Yeatman explains why the U.S. Senate should not confirm Dr. John P. Holdren's nomination for White House Science Adviser.
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The Railroad Competition and Service Improvement Act
Why Government-Enforced “Competition” Will Not Work.
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The Case for Reforming U.S. Guest Worker Programs
Arin Greenwood's Study explores why guest worker programs are important and how we can make them better.
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Compounding Catastrophe
Why Federal Involvement in State Catastrophe Insurance Is a Bad Idea…
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Catastrophe Funds and Reinsurance
Eli Lehrer answers and explores the most frequently asked questions about catastrophe funds and reinsurance.
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Massive Food and Land Costs of US Corn Ethanol
Biofuels have made the world use more corn than it can sustainably produce, creating massive food price hikes.
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How EESA Might Impact Property and Casualty Insurance
Full Document Available in PDF This paper explores the ways…
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Facts About the AIG Collapse: A Response to the NAIC
Full Document Available in PDF Following the collapse…
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Exploring Wind Insurance as a Pilot Program
A pilot federal program could cost taxpayers more than a larger program while destabilizing the National Flood Insurance Program…
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Public Stem Cell Research Funding
The best way to make progress in stem cell research is to allow the private sector to grow, unimpeded by regulation and controversy.
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Airline Deregulation
If the government deregulates the grid and transitions toward a market solution, the benefits of flow deregulation will increase, and costs for air travelers will…
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FDA’s Bad Medicine
How the dispersed knowledge problem affects drug safety analysis and how markets and technology will help patients…
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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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Reforming the National Flood Insurance Program after 35 Years of Failure
It is time to rethink a federal program that has caused much harm.
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The Federal Government Should Leave Gamblers Alone
Why the Market Can Best Discipline Online Gambling…
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Can Someone Deal Internet Poker a Good Hand?
Recent attempts to reform the legal environment for online gaming fall short.
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Ten Thousand Commandments
CEI's Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State…
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The United States-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Deserves a Vote
Sound trade and foreign policy is being held hostage to politics.
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Global Warming Economics
Facts vs. Myths: Iain Murray debunks the central global warming policy myths, and proposes an alternative way forward.
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Optional Federal Charter for Insurers
An optional federal charter for insurers would help consumers by creating competition between regulators.
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Toward a National Market for Insurance
A small step to liberalizing property and casualty insurance…
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The Climate Security Act S. 2191/S. 3036
Full Document Available in PDF A tax Cap-and-trade can only work by raising…
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Blue Planet in Green Shackles
New book by His Excellency Václav Klaus President of the Czech Republic back in stock at Amazom.com after initial stock sold out…
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The Consumer-Last Energy Bill
The Consumer-First Energy Act, intended to address the energy crisis, fails to achieve its stated purpose.
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Drug Reimportation’s Dangerous Allure
A Misguided Cost-Control Measure Guaranteed to Harm Patient Care…
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The Really Inconvenient Truths
From the Inside Flap Al Gore is bad for the planet… Talk about really inconvenient truths–that's one of the many you'll find in Iain Murray's…
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A Free Market Approach to Energy Security
Proposed measures to achieve "energy independence" have the potential to inflict significant economic damage on America.
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A Flawed Blueprint
America needs fundamental financial regulation reform. The Treasury Blueprint fails to provide it.
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California’s Energy Policy
Full Document Available in PDF Global warming policies championed by former Vice President…
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Time to Fold the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act
A bad law that could threaten America’s banking system…