Tag Archive | "rent-seeking"

March 15, 2012: T. Boone Pickens Amendment Fails

The Senate this week voted down a highway bill amendment that would massively financially benefit natural gas mogul T. Boone Pickens. Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis explains why the Senate did the right thing.

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February 2, 2012: The FDA’s Latest Power Grab

Fellow in Consumer Policy Studies Michelle Minton breaks down the FDA’s behind-the-scenes push to regulate dietary supplements nearly as strictly as prescription drugs.

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September 15, 2011: Solyndra

Myron Ebell, Director of CEI’s Center for Energy and Environment, takes a look at the brewing Solyndra scandal.

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July 14, 2011: The Incandescent Light Bulb Ban

Energy Policy Analyst William Yeatman points out the irony of a career rent-seeker extolling free markets.

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