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Thoroughly researched, peer-reviewed, and based on scholarship of the highest caliber, The Independent Review is the acclaimed interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of political economy and the critical analysis of government policy. Provocative, lucid, and written in an engaging style, The Independent Review covers economics, political science, law, history, philosophy, and sociology, as it boldly challenges the politicization and bureaucratization of our world with in-depth examinations of policy issues by some of the world’s leading scholars and experts.

Current Issue
Winter 2022/23
The Future of Higher Education
What are the key problems and biggest opportunities higher education faces now and will face in the future? How will higher education change? How should it change? This issue of The Independent Review contains nine thought-provoking responses in this symposium on the future of higher education. Also in this issue: Uncertainty under Socialism; Ukrainian development from the 19th century to modern times; and more!

Past Issues
Fall 2022
Political Affiliations of Federal Reserve Economists
Democrat economists at the Fed outnumber Republicans 10 to 1. What are the implications?
Summer 2022
David J. Theroux (1949–2022)
David Theroux founded the Independent Institute on the idea that mankind is made for self-government.
Spring 2022
Slavery in America: Propaganda and History
The 1619 Project misrepresents history in order to render modern capitalism a direct descendant of slavery.
Winter 2021/22
Rawls on Rawls
Alexander Rawls on his father, the philosopher John Rawls’s “theory of justice” and its shortfalls.
Fall 2021
Twenty Years of the War on Terror
The costs and consequences have been significant in areas such as foreign relations and civil liberties.
Summer 2021
Symopsium on Populism, Self-Government, and Liberty
Is populism a threat to the republican experiment or the animating spark that will keep our system vital?
Spring 2021
Symposium on Public Health and Policy in a Free Society
The ongoing pandemic raises a host of issues for those concerned with the maintenance of a free society.
Winter 2020/21
Symposium on Political Economy in Great Literature
What can great literature can tell us about the political and economic arrangements that make for a flourishing society?
Fall 2020
Police Unions and Officer Privileges
Unionized departments have undermined the ability to hold police officers accountable for misconduct.
Summer 2020
Eugenics in High School History: Failure to Confront the Past
Why high-school history textbooks ignore eugenics and scientific racism.





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