Iain Murray
Iain Murray is Vice President for Strategy and senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Murray also directs the Center for Economic Freedom.
A former civil servant in the United Kingdom, Iain immigrated to the US in 1997 and remains a British citizen. He holds an Master of Business Administration from the University of London and an Master of Arts from the University of Oxford. He is married with two children and lives in Northern Virginia.
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America Doesn’t Need a New East India Company
From semiconductors to artificial intelligence, modern proposals for public ownership risk repeating the mistakes Smith identified 250 years ago.
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From Shakespeare to Smith: Why Credit Exists in Every Western Society
Credit is not an artificial construct imposed by financiers or states. It arises because modern commercial life cannot function without it.
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The Villainization of Business: Corporate Tyrants and Government Sycophants
Across political eras, corporations have been recast as either predatory villains or tools of the state — distorting their proper role in a free economy.
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The Old World’s Last Export
As Britain and Europe falter economically, their response is not domestic reform but extending regulatory reach abroad.
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Keeping the Towers Open When Government Closes
The skies stay safe when operations are insulated from political chaos. The shutdown served as a warning: the US air traffic control system is too important to be turned off by legislative impasse.
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Digital ID and the Return of Big Brother Britain
Britain’s political class keeps forgetting its own lessons on liberty. A new digital ID scheme risks undoing a century of trust between the public and the state.
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Why the Old Left–Right Divide No Longer Works
Michael Oakeshott’s distinction between government as referee and government as crusader sheds light on the identity-driven shifts remaking Western politics.
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The Founders Would Be Appalled by Trump’s Tariff Policy—Even Hamilton
Tariffs aren’t just economic tools—they’re a test of America’s constitutional limits.
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New York’s Socialist Temptation: Young People’s Idealism Ignores Economics
From the ashes of “not real socialism,” a new generation rises again, promising the same thing. We know where the road leads.
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The Resurgence of Do It Yourself Economics
Many national fiscal policies are steeped in lore and dogma, immune to the reasoned objections of actual economists.
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America Doesn’t Need a New East India Company
From semiconductors to artificial intelligence, modern proposals for public ownership risk repeating the mistakes Smith identified 250 years ago.
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•
From Shakespeare to Smith: Why Credit Exists in Every Western Society
Credit is not an artificial construct imposed by financiers or states. It arises because modern commercial life cannot function without it.
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•
The Villainization of Business: Corporate Tyrants and Government Sycophants
Across political eras, corporations have been recast as either predatory villains or tools of the state — distorting their proper role in a free economy.
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•
The Old World’s Last Export
As Britain and Europe falter economically, their response is not domestic reform but extending regulatory reach abroad.
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Keeping the Towers Open When Government Closes
The skies stay safe when operations are insulated from political chaos. The shutdown served as a warning: the US air traffic control system is too important to be turned off by legislative impasse.
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•
Digital ID and the Return of Big Brother Britain
Britain’s political class keeps forgetting its own lessons on liberty. A new digital ID scheme risks undoing a century of trust between the public and the state.
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•
Why the Old Left–Right Divide No Longer Works
Michael Oakeshott’s distinction between government as referee and government as crusader sheds light on the identity-driven shifts remaking Western politics.
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•
The Founders Would Be Appalled by Trump’s Tariff Policy—Even Hamilton
Tariffs aren’t just economic tools—they’re a test of America’s constitutional limits.
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•
New York’s Socialist Temptation: Young People’s Idealism Ignores Economics
From the ashes of “not real socialism,” a new generation rises again, promising the same thing. We know where the road leads.
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•
The Resurgence of Do It Yourself Economics
Many national fiscal policies are steeped in lore and dogma, immune to the reasoned objections of actual economists.