November 18: Robert Higgs's Crisis and Leviathan cited at BusinessInsider.com
November 16: Beaulier and Boettke discuss U.S. debt in East Valley Tribune
November 9: Mary Theroux discusses Bay Bridge debacle in San Francisco Examiner
November 9: New American reviews Jonathan Bean's Race and Liberty in America
November 6: Gabriel Roth recommends privatization as best recourse for Bay Bridge

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New Report: US Insurance Regulation Should Follow EU Model

Do political leaders ignore economics in order to preserve their popularity? This seems to be the case when it comes to insurance regulation. Despite mounting empirical evidence which suggests that restricting entrepreneurs only slows or reverses market growth, the need for deregulation has been ignored in favor of more appealing platforms. In Insurance Regulation in the United States and the European Union, Independent Institute Research Fellows Martin Eling, Robert W. Klein, and Joan T. Schmit add to the growing number of voices expressing discontent with the current system and look to the EU as a model for reform within US insurance markets. Read the release.

Housing America: Building Out of a Crisis, Available Now

America's financial troubles have triggered a wave of multi-billion dollar bailouts and new government regulations. Washington’s growing involvement in the banking and auto industries throws spotlight on the worldwide political debate over whether free markets or government planning allocate scarce resources more efficiently.

In Housing America: Building Out of a Crisis, Editors Randall G. Holcombe and Benjamin Powell present a compelling case for the former. Holcombe, Powell, and twelve other distinguished economists examine the state of the U.S. housing market in thirteen well-written chapters, showing that most of today’s problems are caused, not solved, by government policies; and that regulation of the housing sector, like many other sectors, is best left to market mechanisms. Read more.

Race and Liberty in America: The Essential Reader, Available Now

As the United States works toward an era that rejects racial discrimination while recognizing people as individuals, the history of the civil rights movement is receiving a deserved amount of additional attention. Perhaps, however, the very content of this history is in need of review. While the modern progressive canon gives prominence to important figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesse Jackson, and Malcolm X, a number of other significant contributors are regularly overlooked. The cause? Distracting partisan politics, special interest groups, and a divisive red state/blue state mentality.

In his new book Race and Liberty in America: The Essential Reader, Independent Institute Research Fellow Jonathan Bean strives to fill in the gaps. He presents an anthology of texts and historical documents chosen not by partisan affiliation, but by their relation to the classical liberal principles of individual freedom, the Constitution, colorblindness, Christian teachings, and free-market capitalism. Read more.