August 2, 2012: Cybersecurity Bill Fails
Today the Senate shot down a controversial cybersecurity bill that Associate Director of Technology Policy Studies Ryan Radia believes would have been a disaster for freedom of speech, property rights,...
View ArticleAugust 9, 2012: Getting TSA to Follow the Law
When the TSA installed full-body scanners in airports across the country, it did so illegally. More than a year after a court ordered TSA to open up its full-body scanner policy to public comment, the...
View ArticleAugust 16, 2012: Drought, Food Prices, and Ethanol
Severe drought in the Midwest has driven corn prices to record levels. Policy Analyst Brian McGraw argues that ending the federal government’s ethanol mandate could help families who are struggling to...
View ArticleAugust 23, 2012: Bailouts as Corruption
Senior Fellow Matt Patterson argues that when government is big and powerful enough to dispense favors like bailouts, special interests will flock to Washington to get a piece of the pie. Corruption is...
View ArticleAugust 30, 2012: Delayed FDA Rules Should Be Scrapped
Major forthcoming rules from a variety of agencies have been delayed until after the November elections, possibly for political reasons. Among them are FDA food safety regulations with a $1.4 billion...
View ArticleSeptember 6, 2012: Modernizing Air Traffic Control
America’s air traffic control system can be charitably described as an antique. Land-use and Transportation Policy Analyst Marc Scribner describes some of the problems the FAA has encountered in its...
View ArticleSeptember 13, 2012: CEI Sues the EPA
The EPA has been stonewalling a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the Competitive Enterprise Institute since 2010. Since the EPA has no intention to comply with the law, CEI has sued the...
View ArticleSeptember 20, 2012: The Economic Development Administration
CEI Policy Analyst David Bier is author of the new study “The Case for Abolishing the Economic Development Administration.” The agency’s impact goes well beyond its modest $286 million budget. On...
View ArticleSeptember 27, 2012: The Future of Generic Biotech Crops
Senior Fellow Greg Conko discusses his new paper, “Is There a Future for Generic Biotech Crops? Regulatory Reform Is Needed for a Viable Post-Patent Industry.” Patents will soon expire for several...
View ArticleOctober 4, 2012: What’s Old Is New Again
The Magna Carta is 797 years old. But according to Vice President for Strategy Iain Murray, it is directly relevant to today’s political debate. Its guiding principle is that power must be limited....
View ArticleOctober 11, 2012: More Americans
Policy Analyst David Bier thinks the world could use more Americans. And an easy way make happen is through increasing legal immigration. America’s superior economic institutions give immigrants the...
View ArticleOctober 18, 2012: The Limits of Free Speech
Free speech is a core value in any free society. But what are its limits? Senior Attorney Hans Bader discusses a UN resolution to ban anti-religious speech and a court case involving a professor who...
View ArticleOctober 25, 2012: The Changing Climate Debate
Director of Energy and Global Warming Policy Myron Ebell discusses his recent PBS Frontline appearance, and how the debate over global warming has shifted in the last few years. The issue has all but...
View ArticleNovember 1, 2012: Is Google’s Search Dominance Permanent?
Associate Director of Technology Studies Ryan Radia argues that Google’s current dominance as an Internet search engine service is a fragile thing. Creative destruction is everywhere, and its onset...
View ArticleNovember 8, 2012: Election Wrap-Up
President Obama has won a second term, and neither the House nor the Senate will change hands. Land-use and Transportation Policy Analyst Marc Scribner explains why the election turned out the way it...
View ArticleNovember 13, 2012: The Fiscal Cliff at Home and Abroad
Phrases like “austerity” and “the fiscal cliff” are dominating news coverage not just here in the U.S., but in Europe as well. Warren Brookes Journalism Fellow Matthew Melchiorre explains what both...
View ArticleNovember 16, 2012: I, Pencil: The Movie
Nick Tucker, producer and director of the new CEI short film “I, Pencil,” discusses the importance of Leonard Read’s classic essay, how the project got started, and how ideas like spontaneous order and...
View ArticleNovember 21, 2012: Will Hostess Survive?
Senior Fellow Matt Patterson breaks down the controversy surrounding confection maker Hostess’ perilous position. Stalled negotiations with one of the company’s labor unions might force the company to...
View ArticleNovember 27, 2012: Rachel Was Wrong
Senior Fellow Angela Logomasini talks about her forthcoming CEI study, “Rachel Was Wrong: Agrochemicals’ Benefits to Human Health and the Environment.” Fifty years ago in her book Silent Spring, Carson...
View ArticleDecember 6, 2012: Rising Public Sector Pay
Senior Fellow Matt Patterson discusses why public sector workers make substantially more money than their private sector counterparts.
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