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Commentary
Latin American Unity Remains a Pipe Dream
Latin American Unity Remains a Pipe Dream
Alvaro Vargas Llosa | Oct. 22, 2021
How the Fed Finances U.S. Debt
How the Fed Finances U.S. Debt: Look behind the federal books to see the ways monetary policy has come to abet runaway spending.
Judy L. Shelton | Oct. 14, 2021
America and The Dying Citizen
America and
The Dying Citizen
: Freedom requires constant reinvestment in and replenishment of a nation’s traditions and ideals.
Victor Davis Hanson | Oct. 7, 2021
The Woke Left’s Primitive Economics
The Woke Left’s Primitive Economics: Zero-sum thinking was adaptive in a world of tribal conflict, but isn’t in a modern society.
Paul H. Rubin | Oct. 6, 2021
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American Conservatism: Reclaiming an Intellectual Tradition
Reviewed By J. Daniel Hammond
American Conservatism: Reclaiming an Intellectual Tradition
Reviewed By J. Daniel Hammond
Flourishing Lives: Exploring Natural Law Liberalism
Gary Chartier
Reviewed By Jason S. Canon
Flourishing Lives: Exploring Natural Law Liberalism
Gary Chartier
Reviewed By Jason S. Canon
The Limits of Liberalism: Tradition, Individualism, and the Crisis ...
Mark T. Mitchell
Reviewed By Jason S. Canon
The Limits of Liberalism: Tradition, Individualism, and the Crisis of Freedom
Mark T. Mitchell
Reviewed By Jason S. Canon
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Health Care Components of the $3.5 Trillion (Or, Is It $5.5 Trillion?) Spending Plan
Health Care Components of the $3.5 Trillion (Or, Is It $5.5 Trillion?) Spending Plan
By John C. Goodman, Linda Gorman
Briefing
| Sep. 15, 2021
Steve Pejovich’s Insights into Property Rights, Capitalism, Socialism, and Freedom
Steve Pejovich’s Insights into Property Rights, Capitalism, Socialism, and Freedom
By Rosolino A. Candela
The Independent Review
| Sep. 1, 2021
Capitalism, Slavery, and Matthew Desmond’s Low-Road Contribution to The 1619 ...
Capitalism, Slavery, and Matthew Desmond’s Low-Road Contribution to The 1619 Project
By Peter A. Coclanis
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| Aug. 12, 2021
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Why Study Greco-Roman History?
July 13, 2021
Sr. Fellow Stephen Halbrook, author of
The Right to Bear Arms
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The Lars Larson radio show
May 25, 2021
Senior Fellow James Tooley, author of
Really Good Schools
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John Batchelor Radio Show
May 21, 2021
“Planned Parenthood Cancels Margaret Sanger”
Apr. 22, 2021
“California Governor Vetoes Ethnic Studies” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers on The Education Exchange podcast
Oct. 13, 2020
“AB5 and the California Economy” Executive Director Graham Walker appears on "The Larry O'Connor Show" (KABC-AM)
June 11, 2020
“Books on Socialism’s Folly” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on FreedomWorks radio
Mar. 4, 2020
“Best Books on the Folly of Socialism” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on KFMB radio
Mar. 2, 2020
Sr. Fellow Robert Whaples appears on
Kresta in the Afternoon
on the Ave Maria radio network (EWTN)
Sep. 4, 2019
Research Fellow Robert Whaples Appears on "Eric Metaxas Show", Salem Radio Network
Dec. 15, 2017
Research Fellow Robert Whaples on "Spirit in the Morning Radio Show"
Dec. 6, 2017
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
