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Posted: Mon. September 12, 2011

Independent Institute Research Fellow Edward Lopéz, Associate Professor of Law and Economics at San Jose State University and editor of the new Institute book The Pursuit of Justice, talks with Institute President David Theroux about the faulty incentives at the heart of government legal failures and whether market-based alternatives can provide viable solutions to the serious problems caused by the bureaucratization and politicization of the law.

Posted: Mon. September 12, 2011

Senior Fellow William F. Shughart discusses financial developments at General Motors and Chrysler, the real issues at stake in the TARP debate, and how Obama’s bailouts are negatively affecting the limping economy.

Posted: Mon. September 12, 2011

MyGovCost.org Director and Independent Research Fellow Emily Skarbek was a guest on the Heartland Institute’s Budget & Tax News podcast. Click to listen to her commentary on the roots of our current spending crisis, what’s at stake in the Congressional budget war, and how to use the Institute’s very timely and user-friendly Government Cost Calculator.

Posted: Mon. September 12, 2011

Posted: Fri. September 9, 2011

Ivan Eland on Russia Today discusses why cuts to the U.S. military budget are unlikely to happen, given how the defense industry is closely tied to campaign funding for politicians.

Posted: Fri. September 9, 2011

Ivan Eland on Russia Today discusses possible reasons for Pakistan’s closure of a vital supply route for U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Posted: Fri. September 9, 2011

Ivan Eland on Russia Today comments on claims that the U.S. is at threat from “autocratic” news channels.

Posted: Fri. September 9, 2011

Ivan Eland on Russia Today discusses the counterproductive effects of the current U.S. embargo on Cuba.