CEI Weekly: Giving Thanks to Capitalism

Friday, November 25, 2011

Feature: Fred Smith reminds us why we should be thankful for capitalism this Thanksgiving.

FEATURED STORY: Giving Thanks to Capitalism Happy Thanksgiving! To celebrate the holiday, CEI President Fred L. Smith has devoted this week's episode of his vodcast to explaining why we should all be thankful for the free market. Watch here. SHAPING THE DEBATE Leaders With Ginni Thomas: Fred Smith The Daily Caller's feature on Fred Smith (with video) New Trove of Stolen Climategate Emails is Released Myron Ebell's citation in The New York Times Climate Scientists Scoff at Stolen Emails Myron Ebell's citation in Politico Global Warming We Can All Cheer Matt Patterson's op-ed in The New York Post Alternative Energy's Alternate Reality Bill Frezza's column in Forbes Why SOPA Threatens the DMCA Safe Harbor Ryan Radia's op-ed on Technology Liberation Front Obamacare Sequesters Your Flex Account John Berlau's op-ed in The American Spectator The EU Just Repudiated Itself and Nobody Noticed Iain Murray's op-ed in The Washington Examiner Washington Offers Lessons for Michigan Alcohol Law Reform Michelle Minton's op-ed in Michigan Capitol Confidential Senator Chu's Green Energy Race Blather Marlo Lewis' op-ed on PJ Media Driving a Bad Bargain on GM Bailout John Berlau's citation in The Orange County Register Gates Tells Jury Microsoft's No Bully Ryan Radia's citation in E-Commerce Times

CEI PODCAST November 23, 2011 -- The Most Expensive Regulation of All Time? What is the single most expensive regulation of all time? Energy Policy Analyst William Yeatman has one candidate: the EPA’s proposal to regulate mercury emissions from coal-powered plants. If it passes, the regulation would cost at least ten billion dollars per year to benefit a very small group of people: pregnant women who have subsistence-level income, and eat mostly large fish caught in inland freshwater bodies. BEST OF THE BLOGS Amtrak Bans 12-Year-Old Unaccompanied Riders By Hans Bader Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton Orders Unionization of Childcare Providers By Trey Kovacs United States and China Talk Trade By Daniel Rivera Greenwood EPA/DOT Admit -- No, Boast -- New Fuel Economy Standards Bypass Congress By Marlo Lewis