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Commentary
Why Americans Are Not Anxious to Get Back to Work
Why Americans Are Not Anxious to Get Back to Work
John C. Goodman | Oct. 14, 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
There’s (Cradle to) Grave Waste in Democrats’ $3.5 ...
There’s (Cradle to) Grave Waste in Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Spending Plan
John C. Goodman | Sep. 21, 2021
Why Men Are Disappearing on Campus
Why Men Are Disappearing on Campus: About half of women entering four-year colleges graduate on time, but only 40% of men do.
Richard K. Vedder, Braden Colegrove | Sep. 20, 2021
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The High Cost of Good Intentions: A History of U.S. Federal Entitlement ...
John F. Cogan
Reviewed By Lee A. Craig
The High Cost of Good Intentions: A History of U.S. Federal Entitlement Programs
John F. Cogan
Reviewed By Lee A. Craig
Polarized America: The Dance of Ideology and Unequal Riches
Reviewed By Werner Troesken
Polarized America: The Dance of Ideology and Unequal Riches
Reviewed By Werner Troesken
The Poverty of Welfare: Helping Others in Civil Society
Michael Tanner
Reviewed By D. Eric Schansberg
The Poverty of Welfare: Helping Others in Civil Society
Michael Tanner
Reviewed By D. Eric Schansberg
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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
Can Republicans Regroup on Health Care? The party needs to address its biggest policy ...
Can Republicans Regroup on Health Care? The party needs to address its biggest policy vulnerability.
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| Nov. 30, 2020
Breaking Bad: Public Pensions and the Loss of That Old-Time Fiscal Religion
Breaking Bad: Public Pensions and the Loss of That Old-Time Fiscal Religion
By Daniel J. Smith, Rania Al-Bawwab
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War on Poverty or War on the Poor? The Great Society’s ...
Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman on Happening Now on Fox ...
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Building a Win/Win Healthcare System
Healthcare Reform That Solves Problems
A Closer Look at Tom Price’s Plan to Replace Obamacare ...
Healthcare Reform that Works
Senior Fellow John C. Goodman interviewed by WFAA-TV ...
Economists on the Welfare and Regulatory States | Scott ...
Republican Candidates on Obamacare, comments by John ...
John C. Goodman on A Better Choice: Healthcare Solutions ...
Free Market Alternatives to Obamacare | John Graham ...
John Goodman on the Costs of Obamacare
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Priceless Author John C. Goodman on the Affordable ...
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“Telemedicine Needs to Stay” Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman, author of
New Way to Care
interviewed on the
Jim Bohannon radio show
Apr. 2, 2021
“Conservative Identity Crisis” Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman, author of
New Way to Care
appears on WIND radio's Dan Proft Show
Feb. 17, 2021
“My Family's Battle with Obamacare Exchanges” Independent Institute Publications and Public Affairs Counsel Christopher Briggs appears on WCBM Baltimore.
Feb. 10, 2021
Independent Institute Publications and Public Affairs Counsel Christopher Briggs interviewed on American Family Association radio
Dec. 15, 2020
Mark Levin Applauds New York Post Op-Ed, “My Kid Has Cancer and ObamaCare Is Making Everything Worse” (by Christopher Briggs of the Independent Institute)
Oct. 30, 2020
Senior Fellow John C. Goodman Appears on The Larry Kudlow Radio Show
Oct. 14, 2017
The Senate Republican Healthcare Bill—Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman on the Lars Larson National Radio Show
June 23, 2017
Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman appears on the Marc Cox show on KFTK radio in St. Louis
Mar. 14, 2017
Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman on the Marc Cox Radio Show Discussing the Minimum Wage and Obamacare
Dec. 1, 2016
An Obamacare Alternative: John C. Goodman Appears on the Bill Martinez Radio Show
May 31, 2016
How to Repeal and Replace Obamacare
July 10, 2015
John C. Goodman on America’s Radio News Network
Aug. 16, 2012
