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| Welcome to The Lighthouse, the weekly email newsletter of the Independent Institute covering politics, economics, current events, and everything in between. |
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| Dear Readers,
In a sobering dispatch for the Independent Institute, Irakli Iagorashvili details the rapid erosion of liberty in a country once seen as a post-Soviet success story. Alvaro Vargas Llosa also dives into the chaos of Peru’s recent presidential elections. Then, in a pair of articles, Craig Eyermann discusses the state of the country’s fiscal dilemma.
Thanks for reading.
Jonathan Hofer
Managing Editor |
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| The growing influence of collectivist and anti-Western narratives in the country of Georgia has finally come for liberty advocates. |
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| One wonders how much longer the economy can maintain its relatively steady course in such a climate. |
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| Politicans choose to pursue other priorities they believe are more rewarding for themselves. As long as they get what they really want, why should they care if they rack up even more trillions in the national debt? |
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| The U.S. government’s current sorry fiscal state didn’t develop overnight. |
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