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The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a Non-profit public policy organization founded in 1984 , funded by donations from corporations, foundations and individuals. It argues that Consumers are best helped not by Government Regulation but by being allowed to make their own choices in a Free Marketplace . CEI has done work on such controversial public policy issues as Global Warming , Intellectual Property , Regulatory Reform , Antitrust , Biotechnology and Endangered Species . POLICY AREAS Regulation and economic liberty CEI acts as a think tank and an advocacy organization in the areas of antitrust and government regulation. The Project on Technology & Innovation is extending CEI's efforts into new areas, including antitrust in high tech and network industries, privacy, e-commerce, intellectual property, and telecommunications. Legal and constitutional CEI opposes a range of regulatory intervention including bans on alcohol advertising bans, fuel economy mandates and proposals to mitigate to global warming. CEI supports constitutional checks on government power. Health and safety CEI criticises health and safety regulation and argues through its Death by Regulation Project that overregulation itself can be deadly. For example, CEI argues that automotive downsizing due to federal fuel economy standards may increase road accident deaths and criticises the delayed availability of new medical therapies due to Food and Drug Administration rules. Free market environmentalism CEI focuses on the development and promotion of free market approaches to environmental policy, commonly referred to as Free Market Environmentalism . Global warming CEI has been an outspoken opponent of government action on negotiations in Montreal as an NGO , sending back several dispatches summarzing events of the conference {Link without Title} . In a 2006 letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury (after he urged Christians to take action to reduce their emmissions), the CEI claimed that reducing pollution levels, even in 'baby steps' would 'result in the deaths of more people in the U.S. than global warming would worldwide' This provided much amusement in various publications worldwide, including the Guardian [http://www.guardian.co.uk/diary/story/0,,1758048,00.html . GOVERNANCE Current members of the . POLICY STAFF
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FUNDING In its IRS Form 990 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, CEI reported revenues totalling $2,919,537, including donations from individuals, foundations and corporations. Its net assets were $1,670,808. Salaries and benefits to its top employees were reported as follows:
CEI does not publish a list of its institutional donors, but the following companies and foundations are known to have given $10,000 or more: Aequus Institute, , Earhart Foundation , Fieldstead and Co., FMC Foundation, Ford Motor Company Fund, Gilder Foundation, Koch Family Foundations (including the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, David H. Koch Charitable Foundation, and Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation), Philip M. McKenna Foundation, Inc., Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation, Philip Morris Companies, Inc., Pfizer Inc., Precision Valve Corporation, Prince Foundation, Rodney Fund, Sheldon Rose, Scaife Foundations (Carthage Foundation and Sarah Scaife Foundation ), and Texaco , Inc. (Texaco Foundation). Other known CEI funders include: American Petroleum Institute , ARCO Foundation, Armstrong Foundation, Burlington Northern Railroad Co., Cigna Corporation, Detroit Farming Inc., Dow Chemical , EBCO Corp., General Motors Corporation, IBM , Jacqueline Hume Foundation, JM Foundation, Vernon K. Krieble Foundation, John William Pope Foundation, Smith Richardson Foundation, Roe Foundation and Alex C. Walker Foundation. EXTERNAL LINKS
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