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Health Care Components of the $3.5 Trillion (Or, Is It $5.5 ...
Health Care Components of the $3.5 Trillion
(Or, Is It $5.5 Trillion?)
Spending Plan
John C. Goodman, Linda Gorman | Sep. 15, 2021
Afghanistan: A Poster Child for Foreign-Aid Failure
Afghanistan: A Poster Child for Foreign-Aid Failure: How U.S. aid dollars fueled corruption in Afghanistan.
Steve H. Hanke | Sep. 2, 2021
Vaccine Inventor Questions Mandatory Shot Push, Biden’s ...
Vaccine Inventor Questions Mandatory Shot Push, Biden’s Covid-19 Strategy: Vaccination “arms race” could prove dangerous to the American public
Robert W. Malone, Peter K. Navarro | Aug. 23, 2021
Economic Theory and Public Policy
Economic Theory and Public Policy: Do Economists Actually Matter?
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Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story
Wilfred M. McClay
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Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story
Wilfred M. McClay
Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples
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
The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
By Michael Lewis
Reviewed By Dwight R. Lee
The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
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Reviewed By Dwight R. Lee
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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
Precaution Can Kill: Chemical Benefits and Regulatory Risks
Precaution Can Kill: Chemical Benefits and Regulatory Risks
By Ryan M. Yonk, Diana W. Thomas, Kevin D. Gomez
Briefing
| May 15, 2020
A Better Path Forward: Re-Thinking Government Student Loans and Grants
A Better Path Forward: Re-Thinking Government Student Loans and Grants
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“California Burning” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan appears on the Andy Caldwell radio show
Aug. 23, 2021
Senior Fellow James Tooley, author of
Really Good Schools
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John Batchelor Radio Show
May 21, 2021
“California’s COVID Failures” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan appears on
The Andy Caldwell Show
on KUHL radio in Santa Maria, CA.
May 3, 2021
“AB5 and the California Economy” Executive Director Graham Walker appears on "The Larry O'Connor Show" (KABC-AM)
June 11, 2020
Sr. Fellow Robert Whaples appears on
Kresta in the Afternoon
on the Ave Maria radio network (EWTN)
Sep. 4, 2019
“Fixing California’s DMV” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan interviewed on KGO radio’s Chip Franklin Show
Aug. 6, 2019
“CA Fire Prevention” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan interviewed on KAHI radio
July 25, 2019
“Tools California Could Use to Better Prevent and Fight Wildfires” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan interviewed on KFBK radio
July 19, 2019
Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan interviewed on KMED radio in Medford, OR
July 3, 2019
“CA DMV Running Out of Money?” Lawrence McQuillan appears on KCBS radio
Feb. 28, 2019
“Your Taxes Pay for Politicians’ Bad Behavior” Lawrence McQuillan appears on KOGO radio
Dec. 4, 2018
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, Author of Eleven Presidents on Kresta in the Afternoon Radio Show
Jan. 22, 2018
