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Don’t Put Coal on Ice
William F. Shughart II | Commentary | Jan. 18, 2025
Perhaps Only Donald Trump Can Resolve the Immigration ‘Problem’
Alvaro Vargas Llosa | Commentary | Jan. 17, 2025
Can We Have Health Care without Health Insurance Companies?
John C. Goodman | Commentary | Jan. 5, 2025
What Today’s Economics Students Aren’t Learning about Economics
Alexander William Salter | Commentary | Jan. 2, 2025
Progressives’ Aversion to Private Industry Does Not Extend to Private Universities
The representation of public versus private universities in government is contrary to the historical image—Democrats have higher numbers of Ivy League graduates than their Republican counterparts.
Richard K. Vedder | Commentary | Dec. 19, 2024
The Year the World Went Woke
2014, when obscure academic jargon made the leap from the faculty lounge to mainstream conversation
Phillip W. Magness | Commentary | Dec. 17, 2024
Time to Get Real about Renewables: Fossil Fuels Are Here to Stay
Ryan M. Yonk | Commentary | Dec. 16, 2024
Does Academic Research Advance Human Welfare? Not Always.
Comparing economic data from the early 20th century to that of the early 21st century, there is a lot of academic research that has been shown to have caused more harm than good.
Richard K. Vedder | Commentary | Dec. 13, 2024
A Great Trump Appointment: Jay Bhattacharya (Part 2)
Richard K. Vedder | Commentary | Dec. 11, 2024
A Great Trump Appointment: Jay Bhattacharya (Part 1)
Richard K. Vedder | Commentary | Dec. 10, 2024






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