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Commentary

Why Trump Lost the Election: Health Care

John C. Goodman | Jan. 25, 2021

Reversals Ahead in Tax, Education, and Regulatory Policy

K. Lloyd Billingsley | Jan. 21, 2021

Clarity in Trump’s Wake

Angelo M. Codevilla | Jan. 20, 2021

How the Left Hijacked Civil Rights

Robert L. Woodson, Sr., Joshua Mitchell | Jan. 18, 2021

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Book Reviews

American Conservatism: Reclaiming an Intellectual Tradition

Reviewed By J. Daniel Hammond

American Conservatism: Reclaiming an Intellectual Tradition

Reviewed By J. Daniel Hammond

Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story

Wilfred M. McClay
Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples

Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story

Wilfred M. McClay
Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples

Great Society: A New History

Amity Shlaes
Reviewed By Michael C. Munger

Great Society: A New History

Amity Shlaes
Reviewed By Michael C. Munger

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Research

The Progressive Era and the Family

By Murray N. Rothbard
Research Article | Dec. 28, 2020

Infectious Diseases and Government Growth

By Christopher J. Coyne, Nathan P. Goodman, Abigail Devereaux
Research Article | Oct. 6, 2020

Today’s Relevance of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations

By Donald J. Boudreaux
The Independent Review | Mar. 1, 2020

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Independent Institute Books

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Audio

“Biden’s Education Policy” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on WIND radio’s Dan Proft Show
Jan. 7, 2021

“Executive Orders—Past and Present” Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland appears on Breitbart News Tonight on SiriusXM radio
Aug. 11, 2020

“Eugenics and Margaret Sanger” Thomas Cargill interviewed on WIND radio
July 29, 2020

Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland on the Lars Larson Radio Show on Presidential History
Nov. 9, 2017

Research Fellow Stephen P. Halbrook, author of Gun Control in the Third Reich appears on the Larry Elder radio show on KRLA
Oct. 9, 2015

Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland Interviewed on Doug Stephan’s Good Day Radio Show
Aug. 6, 2015

Independent Institute President David J. Theroux Discusses C.S. Lewis on Ave Maria Radio
Aug. 1, 2015

Thomas DiLorenzo on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War Economy
Apr. 17, 2015

Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of "Recarving Rushmore," appears on the Lars Larson radio show
Mar. 5, 2015

Robert Higgs Discusses Effects of WWI on the Tom Woods Show
July 30, 2014

Ivan Eland on FSN Radio: America’s Presidents & Foreign Policy
May 15, 2014

Robert Higgs on Regime Uncertainty Past and Present
Feb. 21, 2014