Independent Institute

The Founders’ Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms (New Edition)

Police Unions and Officer Privileges

Recarving Rushmore: Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty

California Golden Fleece^® Award Goes to CA Housing Crisis Creators

How Governments Manipulate Crises to Create Ever Greater Power

Catalyst: Young Voices for Liberty

America’s War Zone: Guilt and Stupidity Fuel Extreme Grievances and Violence

Closing Schools Was a Grievous Error

Independent Institute Files Vital Amicus Brief in AB-5 Case

New Briefing—Precaution Can Kill: Chemical Benefits and Regulatory Risks

Open Letter to CA Gov. Newsom— Suspend California AB-5 Now

Independent Institute Earns 4-Star Honor from Charity Navigator

Latest Articles

Commentary

Short-Term Insurance Is Not the Problem. It’s the Solution

John C. Goodman • Jul 7
Catalyst

The Power of American Small Business

Luka Ladan • Jul 6
Commentary

Charters Close the Achievement Gap, Says Thomas Sowell

Art Carden • Jul 6
Commentary

Are American Universities Losing Their Lead in Scientific Research?

Richard K. Vedder • Jul 6
Commentary

America Should Recapture Wisdom of Jefferson and Smith

Donald J. Boudreaux • Jul 6
The Beacon

The Danger of Depending on Unaccountable Bureaucrats

Craig Eyermann • Jul 6
Commentary

Restoring Racial Preferences Will Harm Many Who Are Supposed to Be Helped

Lee E. Ohanian • Jul 6
Catalyst

The Revolutionary Creativity of American Independence

Gavin Hanson • Jul 4
Commentary

Harvard, Yale and Princeton Embarrass, but Cornell Shines

Richard K. Vedder • Jul 3
The Beacon

July 4th or July 14th? Today’s Upheaval Isn’t George Washington’s Revolution

William J. Watkins, Jr. • Jul 2

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New Independent Briefing: Better than Common Core: Florida’s New K-12 Standards Raise the Bar

Education policy experts assert that Florida's new standards have strengths relative to their predecessor Common Core in areas such as knowledge acquisition and guidance for teachers. They say the guidelines offer a new gold standard that other states may well choose to emulate.
Open Letter from 153 Scholars to CA Governor Newsom: “Suspend AB-5 Now to Help Gig Workers”

An influential group of 153 economists and political scientists, call for the immediate suspension of California’s AB-5, a law that was passed in 2019 to restrict the use of independent contractors.
Related: Brief of Amicus Curiae Before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Winter 2020 California Golden Fleece^® Award

For preventing housing development, which would alleviate sky-high housing prices and growing homelessness, California politicians, government planners and regulators, and NIMBY activists have been named recipients of the ninth California Golden Fleece^® Award.
Best Books on the Folly of Socialism

What everyone should know about the practical and moral failures of the socialist project

Compiled by Senior Fellow Dr. Williamson M. Evers, this annotated list of recommended readings highlights some of the most insightful critiques of socialism ever written.
CATALYST: Young Voices for Liberty

Catalyst is our website dedicated to issues that millennials care about the most: jobs, housing costs, education, student debt, healthcare, and more. Learn, engage, and connect.
LOVE GOV: Watch Seasons 1 and 2

Independent’s satirical 2-season 10-part video series personifies the folly, cost, and intrusiveness of government, demonstrating the federal government’s ever-expanding reach into our lives.