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Spring Issue—The Independent Review—A Journal of Political Economy

The FDA Could Easily Solve the Baby Formula Shortage by Allowing More Imports

Scrap the Insurrection Act of 1807

California Rejects Four-Day Workweek, but Supporters Haven’t Given Up

In a Nuclear World, Peace Strategy is Complex

We Can Adapt to Climate Change Without Destroying Our Way of Life

New Policy Report—“Critical Math” Just Doesn’t Add Up

Housing First Isn’t Working to Solve Homelessness. We Need a Holistic Model

Catalyst: Young Voices for Liberty

Independent Institute Earns 4-Star Honor from Charity Navigator

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The Beacon

A Proposed Amendment to California’s Constitution to Resolve the Housing Affordability Crisis

Lawrence J. McQuillan • May 20
The Beacon

Coastal Commission Ramps Up State Water Deficit

K. Lloyd Billingsley • May 20
The Beacon

You Are a Soul

Daniel B. Klein • May 20
Catalyst

The Rise of the ‘Small Lifestyle City’

Scott Beyer • May 19
The Beacon

What Makes You My Enemy?

Randall G. Holcombe • May 19
Commentary

Congress Has a Stake in the Dollar’s Integrity

Judy L. Shelton • May 18
The Beacon

Protecting Unalienable Rights

James A. Montanye • May 18
The Beacon

Biden’s Deficit Shrinking Claim Fails Fact Check

Craig Eyermann • May 18
Commentary

The FDA Could Easily Solve the Baby Formula Shortage by Allowing More Imports from Europe

Raymond J. March, Glenn L. Furton • May 18
The Beacon

Conflicts of Interest at the National Institutes of Health

K. Lloyd Billingsley • May 16
Commentary

Which Economists Should Have Gotten Nobels Before They Died?

Art Carden • May 16

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Announcements

David J. Theroux (1949–2022)

David J. Theroux, Independent’s Founder and President, passed away April 23 after a brief illness. David Theroux authored dozens of scholarly and commentary articles, and directed the publication of more than 140 scholarly books as well as the influential quarterly journal, The Independent Review.
Read the tribute to David Theroux • News release
Spring 2022 Issue of The Independent Review Now Available

The 1619 Project takes its cues from Marxist-leaning historians who grossly misrepresent history. The cover essay systematically dismantles many of the project’s errors, relying on solid empirical research of historians. This and other articles plus book reviews in our journal of political economy.
“Critical Math” Doesn’t Add Up

Politics Plus Mathematics Equals Undermining Foundations of Success

Most people think that mathematics is a non-ideological discipline. They think of it as an objective discipline that is socially and politically neutral and independent of the society in which it is studied. But the promoters of “critical math” in the United States do not think so—they see math as an ideological battlefield.
New California Golden Fleece^® Report

Crime, Grime, and Greed at BART

An investigation of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) operations by researchers with the California Golden Fleece® Awards has found a scandal-ridden, undependable, dangerous, and excessively costly public transportation system serving the San Francisco Bay Area.
New Policy Report — Beyond Homeless: Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes, Transformative Solutions.

The Bay Area’s housing and homelessness crises will not be resolved until policymakers and service providers stop relying on conventional approaches which do not work.
Read the Report • News Release • BeyondHomeless.org
Independent Institute Files Amicus Curiae Brief in Second Amendment US Supreme Court Case

The Independent Institute has filed an amicus curiae brief in support of the petitioners in a case before the US Supreme Court which could expand the right to carry a firearm outside one’s home. The case will be heard in the fall.
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.