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The National Debt Is Becoming a Public Health Threat

Craig Eyermann (The Beacon)

The very rapid growth of how much the U.S. government pays to borrow money to support its spending imposes more than a fiscal burden on Americans. It threatens their health. Just how much will shock you. READ MORE »

Is the Welfare State Crowding Out Government’s Basic Functions?

An Update

The Independent Review, Summer 2020

Anthony Fauci Tells Columbia Medical Students to Lie Just Like Him

K. Lloyd Billingsley (American Spectator)

What happens when an Ivy League medical doctor opts for a career as a government bureaucrat and remains in power for decades with no accountability? You get—Dr. Anthony Fauci; and a shocking proclivity for mendacity. READ MORE »

Virus and Leviathan

Symposium on Public Health
and Policy in a Free Society

The Independent Review, Spring 2021

‘Underpolicing’ And The Social Contract

Scott Beyer (Catalyst)

As the country experiences spikes in murders, other violent crime, and shoplifting, Americans are successfully responding with private security and other non-police measures—which actually calls into question whether the government was ever worth relying on in the first place. Libertarianism, anybody? READ MORE »

To Serve and Protect

Privatization and Community in Criminal Justice

By Bruce L. Benson

What the Presidential Campaign Should Really Be About

Alvaro Vargas Llosa (Washington Times)

What should it be about? How about the fact that the federal debt amounts to $34 trillion, approximately 120% of GDP, and that, if we count Social Security and Medicare commitments, total government liabilities top $200 trillion, about twice the size of the global economy? Cut spending! READ MORE »

Liquidating Federal Assets

A Promising Tool for Ending the U.S. Debt Crisis

By William F. Shughart II, Carl P. Close

The Latest from The Beacon

California’s Video Game Data Collection Law: A Step Too Far?

Jonathan Hofer

Wind Subsidies Are Rising…

Paige Lambermont

Tough Times for the Voices of Freedom in Georgia

Randall G. Holcombe

The Latest from Catalyst

The Story of the Ritz Cracker Is the Story of Capitalism

Jake Klein

Why True Free-Market Advocates Oppose Antitrust Laws

Ninos P. Malek

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