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Commentary

America Needs Proactive Energy Solutions, Not False Allegations

William F. Shughart II | Apr. 8, 2022

The Nihilism of the Left

The Nihilism of the Left: In pursuit of its utopian omelet, the Left cares little about the millions of middle-class Americans it must break to make it.

Victor Davis Hanson | Apr. 6, 2022

The Sheer Madness of Today’s Left

The Sheer Madness of Today’s Left: When ideologues demand power but cannot achieve it politically because they are cruel ideologues, expect more of their insanity to follow.

Victor Davis Hanson | Mar. 28, 2022

The Green Immoralists

The Green Immoralists: Elite ideology divorced from reality impoverishes people and can get them killed.

Victor Davis Hanson | Mar. 10, 2022

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Book Reviews

The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically ...

Joseph Henrich
Reviewed By David Gordon, Ying Tang

The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous

Joseph Henrich
Reviewed By David Gordon, Ying Tang

Debunking Howard Zinn: Exposing the Fake History That Turned a Generation ...

Mary Grabar
Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples

Debunking Howard Zinn: Exposing the Fake History That Turned a Generation against America

Mary Grabar
Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples

The Economics of Poverty Traps

Reviewed By Matthew E. Brown

The Economics of Poverty Traps

Reviewed By Matthew E. Brown

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Research

Is Support for Capitalism Declining around the World? A Free-Market Mentality Index, ...

Is Support for Capitalism Declining around the World? A Free-Market Mentality Index, 1990–2012

By Carlos Newland
The Independent Review | Apr. 1, 2018

The Case for Armed Intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

By Fernando R. Tesón
The Independent Review | Sep. 1, 2016

The Trend of War in the World: Evidence from the Arab-Israeli Dispute

By James L. Payne
The Independent Review | Oct. 1, 2012

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Independent Institute Books

Videos

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Ivan Eland on the Syrian Crisis and White House Leadership

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Ivan Eland on the Crisis in Syria

Ivan Eland on Rowhani’s Election in Iran

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Ivan Eland on Arming Syrian Rebels

Ivan Eland on Syrian Civil War on CCTV

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Ivan Eland on Palestine Getting UNESCO Membership‬

Ivan Eland on the Libyan Rebellion

Ivan Eland on Afghanistan’s Presidental Election

Lessons from the Poor: The Power of Entrepreneurship

The New Path for Africa: Establishing Free-Market Societies

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Senior Fellow James Tooley, author of Really Good Schools appears on the John Batchelor Radio Show
May 21, 2021

Ivan Eland on the Iranian Nuclear Agreement
Apr. 6, 2015

Partitioning Iraq for Peace
Mar. 31, 2015

Why Should We Care If Iran has a Nuclear Bomb?
Mar. 30, 2015

The Political Economy of Drones
Feb. 26, 2015

Ivan Eland Discusses U.S. Intervention in Iraq on the Financial Survival Network
Aug. 20, 2014

Ivan Eland Discusses Syria on ARNN
Sep. 3, 2013

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

“Iraqi Schools Reopen” Williamson Evers Appears on NPR in 2004
Jan. 28, 2004