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July 23, 2024  •  Weekly Newsletter
Newsom Continues Dreadful COVID-19 Crackdown

K. Lloyd Billingsley (American Spectator)

Gov. Newsom is extending California’s Covid crackdown. Could there be a better example of Robert Higgs’s “Rachet Effect” (government seeking to make permanent temporary ‘emergency’ powers) than Newsom’s Orwellian new “SMARTER Plan”? Its details will shock you. READ MORE »

Crisis and Leviathan

Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government (25th Anniversary Edition)

By Robert Higgs

Baseball’s Designated Hitter Rule Encourages “Beanball”

William F. Shughart II

What can baseball’s 1973 decision to allow designated hitters teach us about the important economic concept of “moral hazard”? Much more than you think…. READ MORE »

Risky Business

Insurance Markets and Regulation

Edited by Lawrence S. Powell

College Kids Without Civics and History

Richard K. Vedder (American Spectator)

Today’s college-aged Americans are the first generation in American history to know less about important consequential things than their parents or grandparents. Who’s at fault? Not the kids. READ MORE »
WATCH: Is Higher Ed Going Off the Rails?

The Imperial Presidency, with the Supreme Court’s Blessing, Has Gone Rogue

Ivan Eland (National Interest)

Contrary to the views of many, the Framers did not create three “co-equal” branches of government. Congress was meant to be the dominant branch. The Supreme Court, with its recent presidential immunity ruling, just took a hammer blow to that constitutional arrangement. READ MORE »

War and the Rogue Presidency

Restoring the Republic after Congressional Failure

By Ivan Eland

The Latest from The Beacon

What Biden’s Decision Shows About Democratic Government

Randall G. Holcombe

The IRS and the Scale of Fraud during the Pandemic

Craig Eyermann

The Latest from Catalyst

Generator Sales Are Rising… And There’s Good Reason

Paige Lambermont

Capital Gains Taxes: A Huge Economic Drag

Scott Beyer

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