Competitive Enterprise Institute

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The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to advancing the principles of limited government, free enterprise, and individual liberty. Our mission is to promote both freedom and fairness by making good policy good politics. We make the uncompromising case for economic freedom because we believe it is essential for entrepreneurship, innovation, and prosperity to flourish.

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This week in ridiculous regulations: dairy donations and kiosk interpretations

Published September 6, 2023

Photo Credit: Getty The 2023 Federal Register topped 60,000 pages. Price controls are on the way for 10 common prescription drugs. Hurricane Idalia hit Florida. Culture warriors shouted at each other over a country song. Meanwhile, agencies issued new regulations ranging from homework gaps to steel tariffs. On to the data: Highlights from last week’s […]

Free to Prosper: Transportation

Published January 16, 2019

Free to Prosper: Transportation A Pro-Growth Agenda for the 116th Congress January 8, 2019 This article is republished with permission from our friends at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. View the full chapter on transportation here Mobility is one of our most important needs, one we often take for granted until it is threatened or lost. […]

Free to Prosper: Food, Drugs, and Consumer Freedom

Published January 16, 2019

Free to Prosper: Food, Drugs, and Consumer Freedom A Pro-Growth Agenda for the 116th Congress January 8, 2019 This article is republished with permission from our friends at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. View the full chapter on food, drugs, and consumer freedom here Few matters are as important to consumers as the foods they eat, […]

Free to Prosper: Labor and Employment

Published January 16, 2019

Free to Prosper: Labor and Employment A Pro-Growth Agenda for the 116th Congress January 8, 2019 This article is republished with permission from our friends at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. View the full chapter on labor and employment here Increases in productivity, not artificial increases in labor prices, are the key to economic growth and […]

Free to Prosper: Technology and Telecommunications

Published January 16, 2019

Free to Prosper: Technology and Telecommunications This article is republished with permission from our friends at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. A Pro-Growth Agenda for the 116th Congress January 8, 2019 AddThis Sharing ButtonsShare to FacebookFacebookShare to TwitterTwitterShare to EmailEmailShare to PrintPrintShare to MoreMore View the full chapter on technology and telecommunications here Few economic sectors […]

Free to Prosper: Private and Public Lands

Published January 16, 2019

Free to Prosper: Private and Public Lands A Pro-Growth Agenda for the 116th Congress January 8, 2019 This article is republished with permission from our friends at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. View the full chapter on private and public lands here Private property and secure property rights are essential conditions of freedom and prosperity. Contrary […]

Is Capitalism Destroying Democracy?

Published October 31, 2018

Is Capitalism Destroying Democracy? Iain Murray • October 31, 2018 The following remarks were delivered at the American Society for Competitiveness Conference on October 26, 2018. When Duke University historian Nancy MacLean released her book “Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America” last Summer, it unleashed a tidal […]

A Trump Executive Order on Regulatory Guidance Documents Can Pick up the Ball Congress Dropped

Published September 18, 2018

A Trump Executive Order on Regulatory Guidance Documents Can Pick up the Ball Congress Dropped Forbes Clyde Wayne Crews • September 11, 2018 Reform of so-called guidance documents or policy statements seeped into the broader regulatory reform debate in a number of ways, such as their incorporation into Trump’s one-in, two-out executive order. Business likes sub-regulatory guidance or clarifications, […]

Universal Basic Income: What’s The Plural Of Apocalypse?

Published June 21, 2018

Universal Basic Income: What’s The Plural Of Apocalypse? Forbes Clyde Wayne Crews • June 19, 2018 Is homo sapiens, in the final analysis, a being incapable of living unless supported by a universal basic income (UBI)? One of the mounting threats to liberty around the globe is that the marvels of technology are vulnerable to […]

Will Trump’s Tariffs Kill Free Markets?

Published June 11, 2018

Will Trump’s Tariffs Kill Free Markets? Inside Sources Ryan Young • June 9, 2018 AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to FacebookFacebookShare to TwitterTwitterShare to EmailEmailShare to PrintPrintShare to MoreMore1 President Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum against allies like Canada, Mexico and the European Union are only the latest skirmish in a long-term attack on America’s […]

Spending Reform: The Flip Side of Federal Tax Reform

Published May 14, 2018

Spending Reform: The Flip Side of Federal Tax Reform Investor’s Business Daily May 10, 2018 IBD cited Wayne Crews on just how much of a tremendous burden is being imposed upon the national economy by federal regulations. We must show that we can shrink the size of Washington by eliminating federal functions and departments like […]

Ten Questions For Economists Who Downplay Entitlement Costs

Published May 3, 2018

Ten Questions For Economists Who Downplay Entitlement Costs Brian Riedl Investor’s Business Daily May 3, 2018 EconomicsTaxBudget An entitlement-driven debt tsunami is about to hit the U.S. The numbers are clear. So why are so many otherwise respectable economists in denial over this fact? The debt tsunami that is projected to slam the United States […]

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