Independent Institute Media Alerts

Date	Title
2/10/2025	“Trump’s Tariff Schemes Hurt Even More When He Flip-Flops” Senior Fellow Robert Higgs, author of The Independent Review article “Regime Uncertainty” quoted in Counter Punch
2/9/2025	“5th Circuit Nixes Ban on Gun Sales to 18 to 20 Age Group” Senior Fellow Stephen Halbrook, author of The Right to Bear Arms Op-Ed in Reason
2/8/2025	“How to Abolish the US Department of Education” Research Fellow Ronald Kimberling Op-Ed in The American Spectator
2/7/2025	“The Ugly Comeback of Tariffs Demands a Muscular Rebuttal” Senior Fellow Williamson Evers Op-Ed in Real Clear Markets
2/7/2025	“A Tale of Two Universities in Flyover Country and the Potential Downfall of Coastal Elite Schools” Senior Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Let Colleges Fail Op-Ed in The American Spectator
2/7/2025	“Recommended Readings on Free Trade Versus Protectionism” Bibliography on tariffs, by Senior Fellow Williamson Evers, linked on EconLib (The Library of Economics and Liberty)
2/6/2025	“Williamson Evers offers a helpful list of readings on free trade and protectionism.” Senior Fellow Williamson Evers cited on Cafe Hayek
2/6/2025	“The History of Taxes and Tariffs” Senior Fellow Phillip W. Magness interviewed on RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM Radio
2/6/2025	“FDR’s War on Individual Rights” Senior Fellow David Beito, author of The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights interviewed on The Atlas Society Asks
2/5/2025	“The Common Law of Antitrust” Senior Fellow William F. Shughart II Op-Ed in Law & Liberty
2/4/2025	“The Daily Chart: Crisis and Bankruptcy” Senior Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan cited on Power Line blog
2/4/2025	“Biden Forgot to Pardon One of His Picks—Trump Must Prosecute Julie Su” Policy Fellow Lloyd Billingsley Op-Ed in The American Spectator
2/3/2025	“A Specter Is Haunting America’s New Right” Senior Fellow Phillip W. Magness Letter to the Editor in The Wall Street Journal
2/3/2025	“Tariff War Likely to Put Canada Into Recession, Economists Say” Senior Fellow Phillip W. Magness quoted in Bloomberg News (Subscription required)
2/3/2025	“Where DOGE and the Tax Bill Should Intersect” Senior Fellow John C. Goodman, author of Priceless Op-Ed in Forbes
2/2/2025	“Trump’s ‘Tariff Thrashing’ Spurs Crisis Response from Canada” Senior Fellow Phillip W. Magness quoted in Bloomberg News and Yahoo! News
1/31/2025	“When Gavin Met Donnie: Debate Continues over Disastrous California Wildfire” Policy Fellow Lloyd Billingsley Op-Ed in The American Spectator
1/31/2025	“Fellow Economists: Let’s Be Citizens Again” Research Fellow Alexander Salter Op-Ed on Pivot Substack by Young Voices
1/31/2025	“The connection between oil prices and inflation” Senior Fellow Judy Shelton, author of Good as Gold interviewed on Fox Business Network’s The Claman Countdown
1/31/2025	“The Recession That Never Was Could Be Coming This Year” Senior Fellow Steve Hanke quoted in Barron’s
1/30/2025	“The US Economy Forecast” Senior Fellow Judy Shelton, author of Good as Gold is interviewed on BBC radio
1/30/2025	“DOGE hasn’t been the success supporters initially believed” Senior Fellow Steve Hanke quoted in The Spectator World
1/29/2025	“Ending DEI in Higher Education in Ohio” Senior Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Let Colleges Fail testifies at the Ohio Senate Higher Education Committee Hearing (beginning at 20 mins and 40 seconds)
1/28/2025	“Don’t Substitute Tariffs for Income Taxes: You’ll Get Both” Senior Fellow Phillip W. Magness and Research Fellow David R. Henderson Op-Ed in National Review
1/28/2025	“DeepSeek’s sudden rise is straight out of China’s disruption playbook” Senior Fellow Steve Hanke quoted in Business Insider
1/27/2025	“A Buckeye Collegiate Revolution: Higher Education Reform Bill Likely to Pass Senate” Senior Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Let Colleges Fail Op-Ed in Minding the Campus
1/25/2025	“Public Choice Doesn’t Require Us to Assume People Are Evil” Research Fellow Art Carden Op-Ed on The Library of Economics and Liberty (EconLib.org)
1/23/2025	“Princeton Professor Versus Right-Wing Hats” Senior Fellow Phillip W. Magness cited in National Review
1/22/2025	“Dr. Anthony Fauci: What Exactly Did Biden Pardon?” Policy Fellow Lloyd Billingsley Op-Ed in The American Spectator
1/21/2025	“The Policy Inferno Behind the California Wildfires” Senior Fellow Lawrence McQuillan, author of the California Golden Fleece Report “California Wildfires: Key Recommendations to Prevent Future Disasters” interviewed on the Human Action Podcast
1/21/2025	“The Great Game Heats Up in the Arctic” The Beacon author Scott Semet linked on Real Clear Energy
1/21/2025	“Do Ivy League Degrees Matter for Leadership Success?” Senior Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Let Colleges Fail Op-Ed in Minding the Campus