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Senior Fellow Robert Higgs gives The Wieser Lecture, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic, April 18, 2006.
Kyle Swan analyzes what a crime is and which activities can be considered a crime according to the law and state interest.
Research Fellow Vicki E. Alger presents her Independent Institute book, Failure: The Federal 'Misedukation' of America’s Children, in which she discusses the creation of the U.S. Department of Education and its harmful impact on education in America.
This event was held at the Heritage Foundation and aired on C-SPAN.
To further discuss Turkey's homeland security outlook and the fate of Muslims in Turkey, CCTV America’s Asieh Namdar spoke with Ivan Eland, director of the Center on Peace and Liberty at the Independent Institute.
Conrad Black and Independent Institute Senior Fellow Robert P. Murphy in Franklin D. Roosevelt: Champion or Opponent of Liberty debate at Freedom Fest 2016.
This video was produced by Freedom Fest.
Robert P. Murphy is author of the book
Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action
Conrad Black is a critically acclaimed author and biographer and former head of Argus & Hollinger group of companies. He was the publisher of London's Telegraph newspapers. Black is also the founder of Canada's National Post.
Research Fellow Vicki Alger, author of Failure: The Misedukation of America’s Children, appears on KFMB’s Brett Winterble Radio Show to discuss education in America. The discussion centers around performance of America’s schools and the proper role of the federal government in education. Alger discusses parental choice programs in inner cities and other programs that are working, without the long arm of the federal government. She compares the education systems in other countries that are successful and how the US might learn from their success.
Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman, author of A Better Choice appears on the Mike Slater show on KFMB radio in San Diego, CA. Goodman describes how free markets and competition help lower prices and improve care for certain medical procedures. In one example, prices for knee replacements came down after an insurance carrier told their patients that they could only go to certain hospitals, where the cost was significantly lower. Soon, other hospitals lowered their costs for similar procedures.
American education is broken. How did it get this way? Let’s be honest. The federal government’s involvement in education is a history of failure. Stifling federal bureaucracy has let down parents and students, saddling children with a massive debt.
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