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Commentary

What the Populists in Congress Get Right and Get Wrong

Ivan Eland | Jan. 26, 2023

The Sovietization of American Life

The Sovietization of American Life: Behind all our disasters there looms an ideology, a creed that ignores cause and effect in the real world—without a shred of concern for the damage done to those outside the nomenklatura.

Victor Davis Hanson | June 6, 2022

Biden’s Budget Dims His One Shining Moment

Biden’s Budget Dims His One Shining Moment: Biden punched Vladimir Putin out and then the whole world came crashing down on the president’s head. Really?

Lawrence A. Kudlow | Mar. 29, 2022

Global Posture Review Makes Only Minor Changes to American ...

Global Posture Review Makes Only Minor Changes to American Hegemony: The Global Posture Review is another reminder that Congress must reclaim its war powers.

Ivan Eland | Dec. 10, 2021

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Book Reviews

Fixing Social Security: The Politics of Reform in a Polarized Age

By R. Douglas Arnold
Reviewed By Barry W. Poulson

Fixing Social Security: The Politics of Reform in a Polarized Age

By R. Douglas Arnold
Reviewed By Barry W. Poulson

Tax Tyranny

By Pascal Salin
Reviewed By Enrico Colombatto

Tax Tyranny

By Pascal Salin
Reviewed By Enrico Colombatto

Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenues: Tax Follies and Wisdom through the ...

Reviewed By Jonathan W. Plante

Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenues: Tax Follies and Wisdom through the Ages

Reviewed By Jonathan W. Plante

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Research

Does Government “Stimulus” Really Stimulate?

By R. David Ranson
Executive Summary | Mar. 30, 2021

Breaking Bad: Public Pensions and the Loss of That Old-Time Fiscal Religion

By Daniel J. Smith, et al.
The Independent Review | June 1, 2020

Why a Pandemic Is Not a Recession

By R. David Ranson
Executive Summary | Apr. 8, 2020

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Independent Institute Books

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Videos

Biden Buys College Vote, Lockdowns Lowered Learning, ...

Redefining “Recession,” Semiconductor Pork, ...

Red-Wave Election Battles, Federal-Budget Behemoth, ...

$3.5 Trillion Boondoggle, Festering Border Crisis, ...

Post-Election 2020: What and Who to Expect? | Graham ...

Virus and Leviathan: Infectious Diseases and Government ...

COVID-19 Crisis: Reining in the Government’s Harmful ...

Fear: The Fuel of Government Power—Coronavirus ...

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

Love Gov Video Series: Presentation at Draper University

Benjamin Powell on Stossel

Benjamin Powell Discusses Government Shutdown on Stossel

Benjamin Powell on‬ Expiring Unemployment Benefits ...

Benjamin Powell on the Federal Government as an Unpopular ...

Anthony Gregory on War Spending

Ivan Eland on Pentagon’s Faux Budget Cuts

Emily Skarbek on MyGovCost.org

Audio

Biden Buys College Vote, Lockdowns Lowered Learning, Historians Go Woke, Gorbachev’s Legacy | Independent Outlook 45
Sep. 15, 2022

Redefining “Recession,” Semiconductor Pork, Fauci Doubles Down | Independent Outlook 43
July 27, 2022

Red-Wave Election Battles, Federal-Budget Behemoth, US COVID Funding at Wuhan | Independent Outlook Episode 27
Nov. 2, 2021

$3.5 Trillion Boondoggle, Festering Border Crisis, Drone Murders | Independent Outlook Episode 25
Sep. 22, 2021

Robert Higgs Interview on "Anemic Recovery, Regulation and Taxation" at Cato Institute
Nov. 5, 2015

What Americans Should Learn from the British Election
May 13, 2015

William F. Shughart Interviewed on Budget & Tax News Podcast
Dec. 24, 2010

Emily Skarbek Interviewed on Budget & Tax News Podcast
Dec. 2, 2010

Dennis Prager Interviews Robert Higgs
Feb. 24, 2009