Economics/Class Relations

Emperor Fed Powell?

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August 2, 2025
Senior Fellow Judy Shelton joins Steve Bannon’s War Room and lambasts Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for acting like an unelected “emperor” who wields unchecked power over U.S. monetary policy.

AUDIO

Economic History and the Facts about The 1619 Project

Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip W. Magness details the history behind his new book, The 1619 Project Myth.

70 years later, an alarm against nuclear proliferation rings louder than ever

Senior Fellows Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail Hall argue that although nuclear weapons may seem beyond our control, the ideals and opinions of citizens may be the most critical factor in limiting them—and limiting war.

End the Gaza War Now

Senior Fellow Ivan Eland explains why US interests are in no way served by the prolonging of Benjamin Netanyahu’s maximalist and self-defeating campaign in Gaza.

The Jones Act Arguably Cuts the U.S. Ship Fleet In Half

Research Associate Caleb Petitt shows how deregulating American shipping would lower shipping costs, increase sealift capacity, and create consistency in America’s regulatory code.

MORE MEDIA ATTENTION

The American Spectator

Policy Fellow K. Lloyd Billingsley praises the Ninth Circuit for shutting down California’s background checks for ammunition purchases. Read more »

Forbes

In the first essay of a two-part series on American history, Senior Fellow John Goodman explains why central planning fails to handle financial crises. In the second essay, he shows how the industrial revolution helped the poor.

PODCAST

The History of the Americans

Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip W. Magness discusses his new book and how to develop a public school curricula that gives a balanced treatment of history. Listen now »

USA Today

Journalist Chris Quintana quotes Senior Fellow Richard K. Vedder in a piece on President Trump’s efforts to reshape the Department of Education. Read more »

Forbes

Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media, Steve Forbes, praises Senior Fellow Judy Shelton and explains how President Trump can fight the Fed. Read more »

The Unseen and The Unsaid Substack

Research Associate Caleb Petitt breaks down the legal case against President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs. Read more »

The Center Square

Journalist Brett Rowland quotes Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip W. Magness in a piece on Trump’s tariff power. Read more »

The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal

Writer George Leef quotes Senior Fellow Richard K. Vedder in a piece arguing the American Bar Association needn’t accredit law schools. Read more »

Reason

Senior Fellow Stephen Halbrook asks why a district court has yet to decide a case heard in October of 2023—a case involving the right to carry arms in so-called “sensitive places.” Read more »

Los Angeles Times

In a Letter to the Editor, Senior Fellow Williamson Evers asks: How can LAUSD’s gains continue if its one-time federal boost is used up? Read more »

Adam Smith Works

Research Associate Caleb Petitt reminds readers that although Adam Smith was a great advocate of free trade, he did not provide unqualified support for it. Read more »

FEATURED BOOK

The 1619 Project Myth

by Phillip W. Magness

“There is no one better to pick apart the disastrous 1619 Project than Phil Magness. If every classroom that incorporated the 1619 Project into its curriculum replaced it with this book, the country would be better off.”

—Coleman Hughes, host of Conversations with Coleman, visiting professor at the University of Austin

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