The Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise (CDFE) is a

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which describes itself as "an educational foundation for individual liberty, free markets, property rights and limited government". CDFE was founded in 1974 by

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. Its Executive Vice-President is

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External links

cdfe.org
– official homepage
Organizational Profile
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) Legal advocacy organizations in the United States Libertarian organizations based in the United States Libertarian think tanks Political and economic think tanks in the United States Organizations established in 1974