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George Ayittey's presentation at Oslo Freedom Forum 2011
Presented in TED Global 2007, Ghanaian economist George Ayittey unleashes a torrent of controlled anger toward corrupt leaders in Africa — and calls on the “Cheetah generation” to take back the continent.
CCTV America’s Mike Walter spoke with Ivan Eland, senior fellow and director of the Center on Peace and Liberty at the Independent Institute, about American and Russian roles in the Syrian Crisis and about what can be done to resolve the situation. Nov. 4, 2015
Research Fellow Sheldon Richman is interviewed on KTRS radio’s Larry Conners USA program, to talk about the 2016 presidential candidates and their stance on freedom and peace. Most seem eager for a war and support restrictions on markets and free trade. The race for president is a race to the bottom, according to Richman. Where are the candidates who promote peace and free enterprise?
Research Fellow Sheldon Richman talks with Larry Conners USA show about gun control and why it doesn’t work. When news of a tragic public shooting occurs, it is often followed with a cry for gun control. Anti-gun measures don’t work, according to Richman. Those that think otherwise are Utopians and are not being realistic.
In this "Special Report with Bret Baier" for Fox News, Independent Institute Senior Fellow John C. Goodman analyzes the Republican candidates' discourse on repealing the Obamacare program and discusses how are they going to do it.
Presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson’s recent remarks asserting that if guns had not been confiscated from Jews then Hitler would have had more trouble orchestrating the Holocaust, have caused a media uproar. Research Fellow Stephen P. Halbrook, author of Gun Control in the Third Reich provides perspective to Carson’s statement, which is being taken out of context by the mainstream media. Halbrook’s research qualifies him as one of the foremost experts on the subject.
Are immigrants taking our jobs and living off the taxes we pay? Are they criminals? Television personality John Stossel (Host of Stossel on Fox Business Network) interviewed Benjamin Powell, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, Director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University, and Editor of the book, The Economics of Immigration.
