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Israel’s War in Gaza May Backfire, Eland Argues
History Refutes the Case for a Military Economic-Stimulus Package
Is Regulation the Best Safeguard Against Investment Fraud?
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George Selgin writes on Argentina's coin shortage in Wall Street Journal |
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Robert Higgs critiques Paul Krugman |
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Jonathan Bean: affirmative action does not work |
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Israeli defense policy counterproductive, says Ivan Eland |
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David Theroux on the "bailout wisdom" of Calvin and Hobbes |
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New pledges to Second Amendment Book Bomb every day |
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Assessing the Bush Presidency and the Obama Promises
Wednesday, Jan. 7; Washington, D.C.
Senior Fellow Ivan Eland, Congressman Ron Paul, and historian Richard Shenkman examine Bush’s presidency and those of his predecessors to determine if their policies promoted peace, prosperity, and liberty while upholding the Constitution they swore to protect.
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Anatomy of a Train Wreck:
Causes of the Mortgage Meltdown
by Stan J. Liebowitz
We are experiencing one of the worst financial panics of the post WWII era and the increase in mortgage defaults has been the primary driver for these financial difficulties. But why did the mortgage market melt down so badly? Why were there so many defaults when the economy was not particularly weak? And why weren’t the securities based upon these mortgages considered anywhere as risky as they actually turned out to be?
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Housing America
Edited by
Randall G. Holcombe, Benjamin Powell
The authoritative book on housing costs and availability and the real causes of the mortgage crisis. |
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Recarving Rushmore
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Ivan Eland
Profiles each U.S. president on the merits of his policies and whether those strategies contributed to peace, prosperity, and liberty. |
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Vietnam Rising
William Ratliff
As the result of major market-based reforms, Vietnam is experiencing one of the fastest growing economies in all of Southeast Asia, second only to China. |
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Good Money
George Selgin
This groundbreaking volume about private coinage during Great Britain’s Industrial Revolution refutes the need for government-currency monopolies. |
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The Founders’ Second Amendment
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Stephen P. Halbrook
The authoritative book on the Founders’ intent on the right to own and bear arms. |
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Lessons from the Poor
Edited by
Alvaro Vargas Llosa
Success stories from Peru to Nigeria of entrepreneurs battling poverty. |
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The Empire Has No Clothes (Updated Edition)
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Ivan Eland
Empire building is contrary to the principles of both liberals and conservatives. |
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The Independent Review
Winter 2009
Fraud and Hedge Funds
• Private Community Associations
• Health Insurance before the Welfare State
• Kantian Individualism and Political Libertarianism
• Texas Treasury Notes after the Compromise of 1850
• Gerrit Smith: A Radical 19th-Century Libertarian
• Fascism: Italian, German, and American
• Pufendorf, Grotius, and Locke
• Who Was Edward M. House?
• The Wealth of Networks
• Negative Liberty
• The Myth of the Rational Voter • Religious Liberty in America
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Terrible Credit Crunch of 2008—The Greatest Hoax of All Time? (1/6/2009)
Robert Higgs
Is Israeli Policy Crazy? (1/2/2009)
Ivan Eland
Military Keynesianism to the Rescue? (1/2/2009)
Robert Higgs
Lame Duck Bush Administration Continues to Inflame Islamist Terrorism for Its Successor (12/29/2008)
Ivan Eland
Mugabe’s Cholera (12/24/2008)
Alvaro Vargas Llosa
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"The New Deal Worked": Why Do So Many People Accept that as Fact? (1/5/2009)
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Robert Higgs
Credentialism and Civil Rights in Higher Education (1/5/2009)
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Our Own Strength Against Us: The War on Terror as a Self-Inflicted Disaster
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