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New Book: How to Run Wars
A Confidential Playbook for the National Security Elite
No gory details are spared in this brilliant and satirical takedown of todays national security elite. Dark, hilarious, incisive, and absolutely merciless, this is the authoritative portrait of Americas military-industrial complex.
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New California Golden Fleece® Award
Why are Californias Gas Prices So High?
Gas prices in California are consistently more than 40% higher than the national average. Why? Is it oil company greed or is it the fault of politicians and regulators and their policies?
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New Book: The New Deals War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDRs Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance
David T. Beito unveils the many abuses of power and human rights violations that defined Roosevelts time in office, bringing the dark side of his administration to light.
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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.
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Old Kinderhook and Civic Integration in America
by Garion Frankel
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Playing the Defense: The Beef Trust, Cronyism, and the 1891 and 1906 Meat Inspection Acts
by Patrick Newman
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No Sweat? Living Standards and Sweatshop Wages in Developing Countries
by Towhid Mahmood, Benjamin Powell
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Better Spent Elsewhere: Why Philosophy Should Be Funded Less
by Jimmy Alfonso Licon
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Abortion and Public Policy
by Steven E. Landsburg
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Abortion and Public Policy: A Defense of Naive Rawlsianism
by Nicholas Colgrove
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Tocqueville, Hayek, and American Intellectual Conservatism
by Jason R. Jividen
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James Gwartney: A Legacy of Economic Freedom, Education, and Mentorship
by Tawni Hunt Ferrarini, Joseph P. Calhoun
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Moderation in the Pursuit of Justice Is a Virtue: Nicholas Reschers Quest for a Good Society
by David Gordon
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The Economic Function of Inflation Is to Lower the Real Value of Wealth Assets Sufficiently to Pay for the Governments Excess Spending Monetized by the Federal Reserve
by Vernon L. Smith
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Research Diversity, Disruptive Science, and Scientific Consensus
by Robert Gmeiner
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Restoring Free Trade and Investment in a Global Trading System
by William A. Owens, Barry W. Poulson
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The Dark Sides of Transparency
by Jimmy Alfonso Licon
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