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The Independent Institute
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The Independent Institute works with a variety of scholars and policy analysts. To arrange interviews with our experts, please contact the Public Affairs Department. View by Topic
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| Dominick T. Armentano |
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Antitrust, Competition, Monopoly, Entrepreneurship, Regulation and Deregulation |
| David T. Beito |
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Civil and Economic Liberties, Money and Banking, Taxation, Urban Issues, War and Peace, Welfare and Charity |
| Daniel K. Benjamin |
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Health and Safety Regulation, Environment, Legal Liability, Privatization |
| Bruce L. Benson |
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Criminal Justice, Environmental Issues, Legal Liability, Policing, Prisons and Corrections. Privatization. Taxes and Public Finance, War On Drugs |
| Donald J. Boudreax |
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Antitrust, Competition, Monopoly, Illicit Drug Policy, Regulation, Entrepreneurship, Taxation |
| Thomas DiLorenzo |
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Government Growth, Legal Liability, Philanthropy and Charity, Policing and Criminal Justice, Prisons and Corrections, Privatization, Taxation and Public Finance, War and Peace, War On Drugs |
| Donald A. Downs |
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Academic Freedom, Civil Liberties, First Amendment, Higher Education, Political Correctness, Speech Codes |
| Ivan Eland |
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Arms Control, Civil Liberties, Defense Economics, Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy and National Security, Government Growth, Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Weapons, World Trade |
| Richard Epstein |
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Civil and Contract Law, Takings and Eminent Domain, Taxation, Corporate Law, Business Regulation. Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence, Legal History, Privacy Law, Tort Law, Complex Litigation, Political Theory, Property Rights, Taxation |
| Fred Foldvary |
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Economic Issues, Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation, Taxation and Public Finance, Transportation Economics and Policy, Social Ethics, Real Estate Economics |
| H.E. Frech |
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Health Care Economics, Regulation, Competition, Monopoly, Insurance, Industrial Organization, Land Use Controls |
| Peter Gordon |
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Economic Policy, Environmental Issues, Land Use Planning, Privatization, Transportation, Urban Development and Economics |
| David D. Haddock |
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Environment, Native American Issues, Legal Liability |
| Stephen P. Halbrook |
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Constitutional Law, the Bill of Rights, Second Amendment and Gun Control |
| Ronald Hamowy |
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Healthcare (Medical Profession and Programs), Economics (F.A. Hayek and Spontaneous Order), Foreign Policy (Canada) |
| Steve H. Hanke |
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Argentina and Latin America, Balkans, Currency Regimes and Capital Controls, International Economics and Development, International Monetary Policy, Foreign Aid, World Trade |
| Robert Higgs |
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Defense Economic, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FDA and Healthcare, Privatization, Property Rights, Race Issues, Regulation and Deregulation, War and Peace |
| Randall G. Holcombe |
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Constitutional Law, Philanthropy, Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation, Taxation and Public Finance, Urban Issues |
| Jeffrey Rogers Hummel |
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Constitution/Bill of Rights (History), Government Growth, Property Rights, War and Peace, Defense Policy, Economics: Macro, History, Banking, Money, Business Cycles |
| David Isenberg |
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Military, Foreign Policy, National and International Security |
| Gail Jensen |
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Healthcare Economics, Medical Insurance Regulation |
| Don B. Kates, Jr. |
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The Bill of Rights, Civil Liberties, Gun control, The Second Amendment, Victimless crimes |
| Daniel Klein |
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Consumer Protection, Toll Roads, Urban Transit, Auto Emissions, Credit Reporting, The Food and Drug Administration, Regulation and Deregulation |
| Michael I. Krauss |
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Products Liability, Affirmative Action, Tort Law, Medical Malpractice, Legal Ethics |
| Dwight R. Lee |
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Environmental Economics, Education, Political Decision Making, Law and Economics, Labor Economics, World Trade |
| Pierre Lemieux |
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The Right To Keep and Bear Arms, Civil Liberties, Individual Rights, Nanny State and Public Health, Victimless Crimes, Insider Trading, Anarcho-Capitalist and Libertarian Political Theory |
| Stan J. Liebowitz |
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Antitrust, Competition, Monopoly, High Technology, Information Networks, Intellectual Property Rights |
| Tibor R. Machan |
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Civil Liberties, Business Ethics, Legal Liability, Property Rights |
| Stephen E. Margolis |
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Antitrust, Competition, Monopoly, High Technology, Information Networks, Intellectual Property Rights |
| William Marina |
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Civil Liberties, Education, Government Growth and Power, Guerilla Movements and War, Latin America, U.S. Defense and Foreign Policy |
| Fred S. McChesney |
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Business and Corporate Law, Special Interest Politics, Property Rights, Regulation and Deregulation, Antitrust and Competition |
| Wendy McElroy |
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Affirmative Action, Children’s and Parents’ Rights, Civil Liberties, Economic Issues, Education, Pornography and First Amendment, Privatization, War and Peace, Women’s Issues |
| Roger E. Meiners |
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Criminal Justice, Economic Policy, Environmental Issues, Higher Education, Land Use, Legal Liability, Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation |
| John Merrifield |
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Cost-Benefit Analysis, Economics, Project Impact Assessment, Environment, Protectionism, State and Local Taxation |
| Robert J. Michaels |
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Antitrust, Competition, Monopoly, Electricity, Natural Gas, Energy Regulation |
| Jeffrey A. Miron |
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The War on Drugs, Crime |
| Mike Moore |
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Military Weaponization of Space, Arms Control, Cold War History |
| Michael A. Morrisey |
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Health Care Economics and Policy, Regulation and Deregulation |
| Andrew P. Morriss |
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Agriculture, Air Pollution, Legal Liability, Meat Safety, Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation, Transportation Economics and Policy, War On Drugs |
| Robert Nelson |
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Environmental Policy, Public Land, Land Use |
| Randal O’Toole |
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Environment |
| Charles V. Peña |
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Arms Control, Defense Economics, Foreign Policy and National Security, Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Weapons |
| Ben Powell |
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Economic Policy, Free Trade, Housing |
| Adam Pritchard |
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Asset Forfeiture, Legal Liability, Taxes and Public Finance |
| Sheldon Richman |
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Public Education, Taxation , Regulation, Foreign Policy |
| Paul Craig Roberts |
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Criminal Justice, Intellectual Property Rights, Legal Liability, Regulation and Deregulation, Taxation and Public Finance, War and Peace |
| Robert A. Rogowsky |
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International Trade |
| Gabriel Roth |
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Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation, Transportation Economics and Policy |
| Paul H. Rubin |
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International Trade, Competition, and Regulation, Contract Law, Consumer Protection, Economic Issues, Health Care Issues, Legal Liability, Property Right, Regulation and Deregulation, World Trade |
| Randall R. Rucker |
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Agriculture, Forestry, Land Use |
| Larry J. Sechrest |
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Monetary Theory, Business Cycles, Law and Economics, Economic History, Maritime History |
| William F. Shughart II |
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Antitrust and Competition, Economics and Interest Group Politics, Regulation and Deregulation, Taxation and Public Finance |
| Randy Simmons |
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Environment, Endangered Species, Land Use, Politics, Privatization |
| S. Fred Singer |
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Energy Policy, Environmental Issues, Global Warming and Climate Science, Regulation and Deregulation |
| John W. Sommer |
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Economic Development, Higher Education, Science Policy, Privatization |
| Shirley V. Svorny |
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Education, Health Care Economics and Policy, Regulation and Deregulation, Urban Issues |
| Alex Tabarrok |
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Civil Liberties, Civil Justice, FDA, Crime, Criminal Justice, Prisons, Corrections, Education, Healthcare, Tort Law, Elections, Voting, Privatization, Intellectual Property Rights |
| Mark Thornton |
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Illicit Drug Policy, Alcohol, Money and Banking, Taxation |
| Charlotte Twight |
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Civil Liberties, Privacy, Government Growth, Special-Interest Politics, Defense Economics |
| Alvaro Vargas Llosa |
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Civil and Economic Liberties, Economic Development, Latin America, Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation, War On Drugs, World Trade |
| Richard K. Vedder |
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Economic Issues, Education, Employment and Labor, Fiscal Policy, Immigration, Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation, Taxation and Public Finance |
| William J. Watkins, Jr. |
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Civil Liberties, Patriot Act, Federalism, American Revolution, Healthcare |
| John T. Wenders |
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Regulatory Economics, Telecommunications, Public Education, Electric Power, Urban Water, Antitrust |
| Lawrence H. White |
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Economic History, Money and Banking |
| Douglas Glen Whitman |
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Alcohol Regulation, Competition Monopoly, Economic Policy, Regulation and Deregulation |
| Bruce Yandle |
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Antitrust and Competition, Economic Issues, Land Use, Environmental Issues, Legal Liability, Privatization, Special-Interest Politics, Taxation and Public Finance |
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