Papers

Jessica Melugin, Ryan Young, and Patrick Hedger, “Repeal #NeverNeeded Antitrust Laws that Hinder COVID-19 Response: Smokestack-Era Laws Favor Established Interests and Do Not Encourage Competition,” Competitive Enterprise Institute WebMemo No. 60, September 23, 2020.

Jessica Melugin, Wayne Crews, Iain Murray, Patrick Hedger, Ryan Young, and John Berlau, “Terrible Tech 2.0: The Most Burdensome, Anti-Consumer Technology Policy Proposals in Washington,” Competitive Enterprise Institute Issue Analysis 2020 No. 6, September 10, 2020.

“#NeverNeeded Price Gouging Laws Would Harm COVID-19 Response: ‘Do Something’ Policy Makes Shortages Worse and Does Not Decrease Prices,” Competitive Enterprise Institute WebMemo No. 58, July 23, 2020.

“How to Make Sure Reformed #NeverNeeded Regulations Stay
That Way: Reform the Rulemaking Process, Not Just the Rules,” Competitive Enterprise Institute WebMemo No. 57, July 9, 2020.

“Repeal #NeverNeeded Trade Barriers: Tariff Relief Would Aid Virus Response, Economic Recovery, and Long-Term Resiliency,” Competitive Enterprise Institute WebMemo No. 56, July 8, 2020.

As contributor: “How Repeal of #NeverNeeded Regulations Can Help Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis: Reforms to Enable an Effective Response, Improve Resilience, and Reboot the Economy,” CEI Staff, Competitive Enterprise OnPoint No. 263, April 7, 2020.

“Minimum Wages Have Tradeoffs: Unintended Consequences of the Fight for 15,” Competitive Enterprise Institute Issue Analysis 2019 No. 3, October 2019.

“How the Ex-Im Bank Enables Cronyism and Wastes Taxpayer Money: Why Congress Should Pull the Plug on this Wasteful Agency,” Competitive Enterprise Institute OnPoint No. 258, September 10, 2019.

“The Case against Antitrust Law: Ten Areas Where Antitrust Policy Can Move on from the Smokestack Era,” (with Clyde Wayne Crews, Jr.), Competitive Enterprise Institute Issue Analysis 2019 No. 1, April 2019.

“Trade,” (coauthored with Iain Murray), Chapter 2 in Free to Prosper: A Pro-Growth Agenda for the 116th Congress, Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2019.

“Regulatory Reform and Agency Oversight,” (coauthored with Wayne Crews), Chapter 1 in Free to Prosper: A Pro-Growth Agenda for the 116th Congress, Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2019.

“Common Myths and Facts about Trade: Clarifying the Trade Debate Is Crucial to Ensure the Prosperity of America and the World,” Competitive Enterprise Institute WebMemo No. 44, September 20, 2018.

“Traders of the Lost Ark: Rediscovering a Moral and Economic Case for Free Trade,” Competitive Enterprise Institute Profiles in Capitalism No. 4, August 15, 2018.

“REINing In Regulatory Overreach: The Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act Would Help Restore Transparency and Accountability to Federal Rulemaking,” Competitive Enterprise Institute OnPoint No. 223, November 15, 2016.

“The Rising Tide: Answering the Right Questions in the Inequality Debate,” (with Iain Murray), Competitive Enterprise Institute Issue Analysis 2016 No. 4, May 25, 2016.

“People Not Ratios: Why the Debate over Income Inequality Asks the Wrong Questions,” (with Iain Murray), Competitive Enterprise Institute Issue Analysis 2016 No. 3, May 25, 2016.

“Virtuous Capitalism: Why there Is Less Corruption in Business than You Think,” (with Fred Smith), Competitive Enterprise Institute Profiles in Capitalism No. 1, October 20, 2015.

“The Case Against the Overseas Private Investment Corporation,” Competitive Enterprise Institute OnPoint No. 208, September 24, 2015.

“Ten Reasons to Abolish the Export-Import Bank,” Competitive Enterprise Institute OnPoint No. 195, July 15, 2014.

“Questions for Janet Yellen,” (with John Berlau and Iain Murray), Competitive Enterprise Institute WebMemo No. 25, October 29, 2013.

“Federal Communications Commission,” Competitive Enterprise Institute Regulatory Report Card No. 2, February 20, 2013.

“Environmental Protection Agency,” Competitive Enterprise Institute Regulatory Report Card No. 1, December 19, 2012.

“Do Steroids Increase Home Runs?” (Working paper, May 2009)

“Crisis and Development: Ratchets in Reverse,” (Working paper, December 2008)

“The United States-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Deserves a Vote,” (with Frances B. Smith), Competitive Enterprise Institute OnPoint No. 141, July 2, 2008.

“The Unplanned Rise of the Ancient Greek Religion: From Mainland Greece to the Mediterranean World,” (Working paper, December 2007)