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Adam N. Michel and David J. Bier The next reconciliation package should finish what the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) started. It should...
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Despite the claims of the chartalists and modern monetary theory advocates, early American monetary history tells a much different story. In fact, much of...
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A tribute to the late Roger W. Garrison (1944–2026) was delivered at the opening reception of the Austrian Economics Research Conference (AERC) in Auburn,...
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Mike Fox The departure of US Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2, 2026, marked the inevitable conclusion of a turbulent 14-month effort to...
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Adam Omary and Jeffrey A. Singer How Overdiagnosis, Perverse Incentives, and Absent Oversight Created Medicaid’s Fastest-Growing Spending Crisis Key Findings The rise in autism...
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Jeffrey A. Singer In a recent online seminar hosted by the Institute for Liberal Studies in Ottawa, Canada, I explained why both countries operate government-run health...
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Kevin T. Frazier If you exclusively read panic-driven headlines about artificial intelligence (AI), then you may assume that AI will inevitably trigger an era...
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Clark Packard A year ago today, President Trump walked into the White House Rose Garden, held up a poster board with nonsensical tariff rates...
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The process of naturalization is a government-created “right” with no basis in property rights. In other words, there is no libertarian case for birthright...
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The existence of the arsenal makes the State of Israel ineligible for US aid under US law. This is a problem for the US...
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Adam N. Michel Millions of Americans will lose money this month. Some will drop $20 in the office March Madness pool. Others will wager on...
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By opposing justice and throwing aside the facts of hard science, the Duke faculty and administration damaged all of higher education during the infamous...
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It’s unknown what Trump thinks is the real reason for the current war with Iran, but stealing the oil is perhaps on the list,...
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Marcos Falcone This week, The Independent Review published my latest peer-reviewed research article, titled “Peronism: The Rise and Persistence of Fascism in Argentina.” The...
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The original western values such as juridical equality, political freedom, natural rights, and religious tolerance are being co-opted into a system of “positive” rights...
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Scott Lincicome, Alfredo Carrillo Obregon, and Chad Smitson One year ago today, President Trump celebrated “Liberation Day,” unveiling his global “reciprocal” tariffs, heralding the...