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| Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip W. Magness sets the record straight on the disastrous Smoot-Hawley tariff and urges today’s policymakers not to make the same mistake. |
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| Research Fellow Christopher Calton argues that if cities and states deregulated their housing markets so developers could build more freely, housing would quickly become more abundant regardless of how many people crossed the border. |
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| Senior Fellow Ivan Eland argues that instead of relying on DOGE’s gimmicks, the Trump administration should use budgetary processes to appropriate federal money. |
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| Policy Fellow K. Lloyd Billingsley calls on RFK Jr. and Jay Bhattacharya to investigate why so many federal grants were designed primarily to bolster DEI and transgenderism. |
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Journalists Ariel Zilber and Taylor Herzlich quote Senior Fellow and David J .Theroux Chair Phillip Magness on Trump’s chaotic approach tariffs. Read more » |
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Maria Davis of Liberty University praises Let Colleges Fail by Senior Fellow Richard Vedder. Read more » |
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Journalist J. D. Tucille quotes Senior Fellow Benjamin Powell on Trump’s ill-conceived protectionist policies. Read more » |
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Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip Magness explains why Trump’s tariffs aren’t reciprocal and are a massive tax increase on Americans. Read more » |
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On the subject of tariffs, Research Fellow David Henderson asks: what would true reciprocity mean? Read more » |
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Senior Fellow Stephen Halbrook explains how narrow SCOTUS decisions leave ATF regulation in limbo. Read more » |
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Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip Magness joins Caleb O. Brown to discuss how the Right and the Left obscure inconvenient history to protect their narratives. Read more » |
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Pedro Rodriguez-Aparicio of Florida State University quotes Senior Fellow Richard Vedder on the ineffectiveness of the student loan forgiveness program. Read more » |
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Research Fellow David Henderson writes about his trade deficit with “those rascals” at Safeway.” Read more » |
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| Join us at the Independent Institute Conference Center
on Thursday, April 10, for a reception and discussion of Senior Fellow Richard K. Vedder’s groundbreaking new book, Let Colleges Fail: The Power of Creative Destruction in Higher Education. Seating is limited, so reserve your spot today! |
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