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A Vision for Environmental Policy

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 11/19/2010

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Business Must Fight for Economic Freedom

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 11/04/2010

Business Must Fight for Economic Freedom Fred L. Smith, Jr. President, Competitive Enterprise Institute Written Remarks For the…

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Persuasion and Issue-Framing

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 09/29/2010

Fred Smith's chapter in "Creating Your Path to a Policy Career."  Free-market advocates often seek to convert others to our way of thinking with…

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Are Corporations Suicidal?

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 09/27/2010

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Airline Deregulation

  • By: Braden Cox, Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • 08/18/2008

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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A Village’s Travail

  • By: Fred L. Smith, Jr., Julie Walsh
  • 09/12/2007

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Fred Smith is the animating spirit at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Fred conceived of the idea for an organization that would, in his words, “find a more positive answer to the challenge Joseph Schumpeter laid down in his essay, “Can Capitalism Survive?” He founded the organization and served as president for nearly three decades.

He died at the age of 83 at home in Maryland where he is survived by his beloved wife Fran. Fred was a friend and mentor, an advocate and ally, and an inspiration. His bright light lives on in our work.

Fred Lee Smith
December 26, 1940 – November 23, 2024