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The Pitfalls of Law Enforcement License Plate Readers in California and Safeguards to Protect the Public
Law enforcement agencies are essentially testing surveillance systems on Californians with their use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs). The costly technology has troubling error rates resulting in frequent baseless vehicle stops.
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Recommended Readings on the History of Russia and Ukraine
The Russia/Ukraine war is between countries that have different histories and political cultures from our own. The conflict brings up just-war theory, the difficult issue of nationalities, contrasting political cultures, and a myriad of other issues. Here is the much-needed guide through all the complexity.
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The Independent Review: Summer 2022 Issue Now Available
David Theroux, founder of the Independent Institute, led a life centered on the idea that mankind is made for self-government. Also in this issue: health care price transparency; fascism in Mussolinis Italy; poverty in America compared to all of human history; and more!
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Critical Math Doesnt Add Up
Politics Plus Mathematics Equals Undermining Foundations of Success
Most people think that mathematics is a non-ideological discipline. They think of it as an objective discipline that is socially and politically neutral and independent of the society in which it is studied. But the promoters of critical math in the United States do not think sothey see math as an ideological battlefield.
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New Policy Report Beyond Homeless: Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes, Transformative Solutions.
The Bay Areas housing and homelessness crises will not be resolved until policymakers and service providers stop relying on conventional approaches which do not work.
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CATALYST: Young Voices for Liberty
Catalyst is our website dedicated to issues that millennials care about the most: jobs, housing costs, education, student debt, healthcare, and more. Learn, engage, and connect.
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Latest Issue: Summer 2022
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Employers Can Revolutionize American Healthcare and Accelerate Economic Growth by Embracing Price Transparency
by Arthur B. Laffer, Larry Van Horn, Cynthia A. Fisher
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Monetary Disorder in Buenos Aires Province, 18221881
by Adrián Osvaldo Ravier, Nicolás Cachanosky
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American Correspondence Schools in Context
by Jane Shaw Stroup
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The Ideological Commissar and the Institutionalization of Indoctrination: Insights from the Communist Experience
by Paul Dragos Aligica
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Fascism: Left, Right, or Neither?
by Allen Gindler
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The Ethics of Doing Business with Illegal Immigrants
by Benjamin Powell, Jason Brennan
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Academic Entrepreneurship in Sometimes Hostile Environments: James Buchanan and the Virginia School of Political Economy
by Peter J. Boettke, J. R. Clark, John Kroencke
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In Memoriam: Richard L. Stroup (19432021)
by Michael C. Munger, Terry L. Anderson
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The Wisdom of David J. Theroux (19492022)
by Robert M. Whaples
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19 Book Reviews
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Where Do the Poorest Americans Stand in the Income Distribution among All People Ever Born?
by Robert M. Whaples
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