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Volume 26, Issue 20: May 9, 2023

Steve H. Hanke (National Review)
As inflation surges and the economy slows, the Fed’s blindness to the importance of the money supply has caused unintended consequences, leading to a mini-banking crisis and a push for increased regulations that will paradoxically slow economic growth. There is a better way. READ MORE »




Victor Davis Hanson (American Greatness)
The violent downward spiral of the French Revolution is a cautionary tale for America. What do the Reign of Terror and our peak woke culture have in common? A penchant for escalating dogmatism, and hostility to individual liberty. In the French case, counterrevolution ensued... READ MORE »




Wendy McElroy (mises.org)
The Biden administration adds gender identity to Title IX’s college anti-discrimination regulations. The result? Compromised due process, in the name of protecting the vulnerable. But anyone who needs protection against common decency is pursuing, not justice, but privilege and power. READ MORE »

In All Fairness
Equality, Liberty, and the Quest for Human Dignity
Edited by Robert M. Whaples, Michael C. Munger, Christopher J. Coyne


Scott Beyer (Catalyst)
In Latin America’s burgeoning digital economy, market competition drives delivery prices down, while government protectionism does the opposite for rideshare. READ MORE »





  • Catalyst
  • Beyond Homeless
  • MyGovCost.org
  • FDAReview.org
  • OnPower.org
  • elindependent.org