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A New Heyday for Left-Wing Fascism in Latin America

A New Heyday for Left-Wing Fascism in Latin America: Will Biden’s leftist administration do anything about it? Of course not.

Alvaro Vargas Llosa | July 16, 2021

California Woke Zealots Try to Cancel Math Class

California Woke Zealots Try to Cancel Math Class: The proposed curriculum framework aims low, abandons the gifted, and preaches “social justice.”

Williamson M. Evers | May 19, 2021

C.S. Lewis and Kurt Vonnegut on “Egalitarian” Tyranny

David J. Theroux | Jan. 14, 2021

Peru’s Crisis Shows the Deep Disconnect between Politicians ...

Peru’s Crisis Shows the Deep Disconnect between Politicians and the People

Alvaro Vargas Llosa | Nov. 18, 2020

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Book Reviews

Trust in a Polarized Age

By Kevin Vallier
Reviewed By Kristen R. Collins

Trust in a Polarized Age

By Kevin Vallier
Reviewed By Kristen R. Collins

Presidents, Populism and the Crisis of Democracy

Reviewed By Kevin Munger

Presidents, Populism and the Crisis of Democracy

Reviewed By Kevin Munger

The Transformative Potential of Participatory Budgeting: Creating an ...

Reviewed By Bryan C. McCannon

The Transformative Potential of Participatory Budgeting: Creating an Ideal Democracy

Reviewed By Bryan C. McCannon

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Research

The Complex Relationship between Democracy and Freedom

By Randall G. Holcombe
The Independent Review | May 1, 2021

Is It Time for a “490 B.C. Project”? High Schoolers Need to Know Our Classical ...

Is It Time for a “490 B.C. Project”? High Schoolers Need to Know Our Classical Heritage

By Williamson M. Evers, Victor Davis Hanson, Morgan E. Hunter
Policy Report | Sep. 23, 2020

Placing Constituent Wants ahead of Principle—Virtue or Vice?

By Rick Becker
The Independent Review | Sep. 1, 2019

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Independent Institute Books

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Videos

CA Gov Newsom Recall, Ending Woke Schools, Gun Control ...

SCOTUS Hearings, COVID-19, W.H.O., Pence vs. Harris ...

1619? 1776? How about a “490 B.C. Project”? ...

Kamala Harris, Political Correctness, Corruption and ...

War on Poverty or War on the Poor? The Great Society’s ...

Justice on Trial

An Evening with Tucker Carlson

Failure: The Federal 'Misedukation' of America’s ...

Robert Higgs’s Acceptance Speech, Juan de Mariana ...

Taking a Stand: Reflections on Life, Liberty and Economy ...

C.S. Lewis on Natural Law and Liberty

Chris Coyne: Exporting Democracy

The Roots of Government Failure: An Interview

Full Video of The Independent Institute’s 25th ...

Ivan Eland on Election Fraud in Afghanistan

Ivan Eland on Afghanistan’s Presidental Election

Alvaro Vargas Llosa on Honduras, Zelaya

Bush, Obama, and Presidential Power

A Gala for Liberty: The Independent Institute’s ...

Audio

Why Study Greco-Roman History?
July 13, 2021

“California Governor Vetoes Ethnic Studies” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers on The Education Exchange podcast
Oct. 13, 2020

Senior Fellow Ivan Eland on BBC Radio About President-Elect Trump's Economic Cabinet Appointments
Dec. 1, 2016

Brexit - An Economist's Reaction. Research Fellow Robert P. Murphy, appears on the Marc Cox show on FM News Talk 97.1 in St. Louis
June 24, 2016

Ivan Eland on Bahraini Opposition to Saudi-Bahrain Merger Plan
May 29, 2012

Can the U.S. Withdraw from Afghanistan and Iraq?
Dec. 9, 2009

Bush, Obama, and Presidential Power
Jan. 7, 2009

A Gala for Liberty: The Independent Institute’s Gala Reception and Dinner
Sep. 16, 2008

New Directions for Peace and Security
Nov. 6, 2007