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August 28, 2024  •  Weekly Newsletter
Ending the Leftist Think Monopoly on Campus

Richard K. Vedder (Minding the Campus)

Sanctuary centers are being established across academia for scholars who have been persecuted and dismissed by the academic left for their political views. And leading the way is—Ohio? READ MORE »

Restoring the Promise

Higher Education in America

By Richard K. Vedder

Are Greedy Corporations Really to Blame for Higher Prices?

Scott Semet (The Beacon)

Are Americans paying more for what they buy because greedy corporations are hiking prices to fatten profits at their expense? Fat chance. The culprit is—? (Hint: you can find it in Washington, DC). READ MORE »

Making the Case against
“Price Gouging” Laws

A Challenge and an Opportunity

The Independent Review, Spring 2015

California Makes Theft a Crime Again

K. Lloyd Billingsley (American Spectator)

In 2014, California Proposition 47 relabeled property crime “social justice.” Ten years later, the citizens have had enough. READ MORE »

Is Social Justice Just?

Edited by Robert M. Whaples et al.

How to Fix, Not Cut, the Social Security Benefits Tax

John C. Goodman, Stephen J. Moore (The Hill)

High marginal tax rates on Social Security payments (in some case 85% higher than what other workers pay on their incomes) are crushing seniors, particularly middle-income seniors. But there is a fix. And it’s easy to implement now! READ MORE »

New Way to Care

Social Protections that Put Families First

By John C. Goodman

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Two Polish Heroes Every American Should Know

Lawrence W. Reed

5 Socialist Policies That Destroyed the Bolivian Economy

Fabricio Antezana Duran

The Progressive and New Deal Eras were the “Great Deviation”

Vincent Geloso

Abortions Are On the Rise Post Roe v. Wade

Brady Leonard

Why Are There So Few Big City Walmarts?

Scott Beyer

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