Sparking Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Solutions for a better world through innovation and private enterprise.

About Our Entrepreneurship & Innovation Priority

Guided by classical liberalism, our research shows how markets and innovation work together to advance freedom and improve lives. Independent’s initiatives aim to remove government-created barriers and empower innovators—ensuring that bold ideas thrive for a brighter future.

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Rethinking the Affordability Crisis

Inflation, quality, and purchasing power matter when judging the affordability of modern life.

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Why California Can't Build Reliable and Affordable Essential Projects

A decade of court cases shows housing...

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Whose Side Is Trump Really on in the Ukraine-Russia War?

Trump has blamed Ukraine for a war that Russia started.

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Republican Candidates Break with Trump on Tariffs

The trade war with Canada is as electorally toxic as it is economically destructive.

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Explore Our Projects

Championing transformative solutions that give hope to the hopeless.

Housing and Human Dignity

Reject tariffs. Restore free trade.

Anti-Tariff Declaration

Market-based ideas grounded in private property rights and voluntary exchange offer durable alternatives to the view that government growth is necessary for prosperity and innovation.

Responsible Economics

Comparing the data behind today’s most influential claims about income and wealth inequality.

Inequality Fact Check

Socialism has been tried, tested, and repeatedly found wanting. Yet it continues to captivate new generations seeking answers to economic uncertainty. Independent’s Exposing Socialism Project brings together original scholarship to examine socialism’s record in theory and practice—and make the positive case for a society rooted in liberty.

Exposing Socialism

Our Centers on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Each center develops innovative solutions to critical social and economic challenges through rigorous research, insightful publications, and strategic dissemination to thought leaders and the public.

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