Independent Institute Media Alerts

Date	Title
11/9/2023	“Peter Thiel Is Taking a Break from Democracy” Peter Thiel, co-author of The Diversity Myth cited in The Atlantic
11/8/2023	“The Bell Tolls for Woke Humanities Professors” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise Op-Ed in The American Spectator
11/7/2023	“How the World’s Poorest People Educate Their Children without Government” Sr. Fellow James Tooley, author of Really Good Schools interviewed on Ideas Having Sex podcast with Chris Kaufman
11/7/2023	“Hamas Attack Reveals the Political Agenda of Ethnic Studies within the University of California” Research Fellow Lee Ohanian Op-Ed in California on Your Mind
11/6/2023	“Neither Democracy Nor ‘Union Democracy’ are Ideals” Research Fellow Gary Galles Op-Ed in American Institute for Economic Research
11/6/2023	“Venezuelan Migrant Surge Need Not Cause Crisis in the U.S.” Sr. Fellow Benjamin Powell Op-Ed in Newsweek
11/5/2023	“Senate Confirmation Not Required” Policy Fellow Lloyd Billingsley Op-Ed in The American Spectator
11/5/2023	“Reversing America’s Decline” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise Op-Ed in The American Spectator
11/4/2023	“America Is An Overstretched Superpower” Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of War and the Rogue Presidency Op-Ed in The National Interest
11/3/2023	“What is daylight saving time saving, really? Hint: it may not actually be time or money” Sr. Fellow William F. Shughart II quoted in USA Today
11/3/2023	“Markets Can Help Fix the Blood Shortage” Research Fellow Raymond March, Director of FDAReview.org, Op-Ed in The Messenger
11/3/2023	“Wall Street loves to hire from this college class. Its focus on teaching Warren Buffett-style valuation may explain why.” Sr. Fellow Steve Hanke profiled on Markets Insider
11/3/2023	“Milei’s dollarization: risks, praise and projections in a debate of economists” Sr. Fellow Steve Hanke quoted in El Cronista (Spanish)
11/2/2023	“Second Amendment Roundup: A miscellany of errors in Justice Department’s Rahimi reply” Sr. Fellow Stephen Halbrook, author of The Right to Bear Arms Op-Ed in Reason’s The Volokh Conspiracy
11/2/2023	“Javier Milei’s approach to dollarize the economy resonated in the electoral campaign” Research Fellow Gabriel Gasave quoted in La Republica (Spanish)
11/2/2023	“FDR Was Pushing a Big Government Agenda” Senior Fellow David Beito, author of The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights interview with Kate Wand on American Institute for Economic Research
11/1/2023	“Not All History Is Created Equal” Sr. Fellow Stephen Halbrook, author of The Right to Bear Arms Op-Ed in Reason’s Volokh Conspiracy
10/31/2023	“The Federal Reserve at War” Sr. Fellow Judy Shelton Op-Ed in The Wall Street Journal
10/30/2023	“Is There a Problem? vs. Is this Competitive?” Research Fellow Gary Galles Op-Ed in American Institute for Economic Research
10/30/2023	“The Need for Adult Supervision of Universities” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise Op-Ed in Minding the Campus
10/30/2023	“Today’s Public Health Emergency: Restoring Trust with Seven Steps” Independent Institute Sr. Advisor and host of “Independent Truths” podcast, Dr. Scott Atlas Op-Ed on Real Clear Politics
10/29/2023	“How Boss E.H. Crump Used the Memphis Police to Suppress a Black Republican Challenge to FDR” Senior Fellow David Beito, author of The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights Op-Ed in American Institute for Economic Research
10/29/2023	“Gov. Newsom Signs Bill on ‘Body Shaming’” Policy Fellow Lloyd Billingsley Op-Ed in The American Spectator
10/28/2023	“Rising Treasury Yields Can’t Substitute for Fed Rate Hikes” Research Fellow Alexander Salter Op-Ed in American Institute for Economic Research
10/27/2023	“What does it mean to be libertarian? Specialists detail the doctrine that has gained ground in Latin America” Research Fellow Gabriel Gasave quoted in Radio Programas del Perú (Spanish)
10/27/2023	“Javier Milei’s popularity is ‘towards his figure’ and not towards the libertarian movement, according to an international analyst” Research Fellow Gabriel Gasave quoted in AP Noticias (Spanish)
10/27/2023	“October 7—The Other Tragedy” Sr. Fellow Alvaro Vargas Llosa, author of Global Crossings Op-Ed on InsideSources.com
10/26/2023	“Decolonization: From Theory to Practice” Research Fellow Philip Magness interviewed by Kate Wand on Liberty Curious
10/26/2023	“All that Competition? They’re Missing It” Sr. Fellow William F. Shughart II cited on The Library of Economics and Liberty (EconLib)
10/24/2023	“Mound Bayou: Guns, Civil Rights, Free Speech and the Emmett Till Murder” Senior Fellow David T. Beito, author of T.R.M. Howard and The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights Op-Ed in American Institute for Economic Research
10/24/2023	“Capitalism is a ‘DDoLL’” Sr. Fellow Michael Munger Op-Ed in American Institute for Economic Research
10/23/2023	“Junk Insurance” Research Fellow Gary Galles Op-Ed in American Institute for Economic Research