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Posted: Wed. January 30, 2019, 2:19pm PT

In California last year, there was a 50% increase in wait times for DMV services. Some customers wait for 5-7 hours to get their license renewed. Why? Incompetence. And also because there is no market discipline. There is no where else to go to get a driver's license or new Real ID required by federal law. Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuiilan's recommendations for the DMV include private venders who are held to better standards through customer satisfaction.

Posted: Wed. January 23, 2019, 5:49pm PT

Independent Institute Research Fellows Linda Royster Beito and David T. Beito at the Young Black Leadership Summit held in Washington, D.C., on October 24 and 25, 2018. Drs. Beito are co-authors of the Independent Institute book, T.R.M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer, winner of the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Gold Book Award for Best Biography.

Posted: Tue. January 15, 2019, 1:08pm PT

Winner of the California Golden Fleece Awards, Fall 2018:
Lawmakers and Government Employees Who Harass

For using taxpayer money to settle sexual misconduct claims and shielding the abuse from the public using special laws, offending lawmakers and government employees have been named recipients of the sixth California Golden Fleece® Award. Read more here.

The California Golden Fleece Awards expose waste, fraud, and abuse in California government. To receive this ignoble designation, a spending program, tax, or regulation must violate common-sense principles of responsible government, be considered wasteful by people of varying political philosophies, and must be well documented.

Posted: Wed. January 9, 2019, 11:00am PT

William Donovan and Ze’ev Wurman discuss a new report they co-authored for Pioneer Institute highlighting two successful after-school math programs, Kumon and the Russian School of Mathematics, that offer a viable option for quickly increasing the number of mathematically competent students.

Axioms of Excellence: Kumon and the Russian School of Mathematics

Posted: Wed. January 2, 2019, 1:41am PT

Independent Institute Senior Fellow Robert Whaples and Samuel Gregg, Director of Research at Acton Institute on Is Capitalism a Caring Society? Economists Engage the Thought of Pope Francis.

Posted: Wed. December 26, 2018, 3:28pm PT

Senior Fellow Robert Whaples and co-editor of the book Future: Economic Peril or Prosperity? explains to Carolina Journal Radio Program why economists generally hold a positive outlook about the United States' long-term economic outlook.

Posted: Wed. December 26, 2018, 3:10pm PT

Robert Whaples joined Libertarianism.org for a conversation on the Pope’s earnest call for a dialogue on building a truly compassionate society. Pope Francis’s fervent support for uplifting the poor and protecting the environment has inspired far-reaching discussions worldwide. But what is the most effective way to fight poverty? And what value does a religious perspective offer in addressing moral, political, and economic problems?

Posted: Wed. December 26, 2018, 1:24pm PT

Robert Whaples, research fellow at the Independent Institute and editor of Pope Francis and the Caring Society on theDove TV & Radio, examines the Pope’s views on poverty, charity and the environment and whether they line up with traditional Christian teaching.