Senior Fellow Judy Shelton, author of Good as Gold: How to Unleash the Power of Sound Money, discusses her economic outlook for Donald Trump’s second term. She says his main concern is to re-energize the private sector and boost economic liberty with lower taxes and less regulation. She adds a pro-growth agenda would be more powerful than any tariffs Trump might impose.

Research fellow Benjamin Ginsberg, author of The New American Anti-Semitism interviewed on KMOX radio in St. Louis. Ginsberg discusses the current anti-semitism on college campuses. He says students are motivated by their feelings instead of facts. The educational system is largely to blame, Ginsberg says. The protests are revealing sad facts about education. High school graduates know little, he says, about American history.

“Sunset on the Humanities?” captures a live discussion at The ‪Rosenbach Museum‬, moderated by ‪The Civi Discourse‬ Host Paula Marantz Cohen (Distinguished Professor of English and former Dean of Pennoni Honors College at ‪Drexel University‬) and featuring a panel of four experts in a range of humanities-driven fields: Andrew Delbanco; Phillip Magness (author, economic historian, and The Independent Institute chair); Dana A. Williams (‪Howard University‬ professor of African American literature, Dean of the Graduate School, and President of ‪Modern Language Association‬); and Laurie Zierer (Executive Director of ‪Pennsylvania Humanities Council‬).

This conversation examines the importance of the humanities and the role of academic and cultural institutions in the future of a knowledgeable, informed, and well-rounded society.

Phil is an economic historian whose work focuses on the United States and the broader Atlantic world. His research explores the intersection of history and political economy, including the 19th century as well as longer term trends in the macroeconomy such as taxation, trade, and economic inequality. He also works on the political economy and business ethics of higher education.

Dr. Atlas interviews Aaron Sibarium, one of the star journalists representing a new group of young reporters committed to restoring the critical role of true investigative reporting. At the Washington Free Beacon, he's broken several critical stories, including exposing academic fraud and malfeasance at our elite universities. He graduated from Yale University where he was the opinion editor of the Yale Daily News. They discuss the state of America's journalism today, and Aaron’s journey and motivation in reporting truth.

Why are all the campus protests so ideologically one-sided? Was Claudine Gay the tip of the iceberg on plagiarism? Is scientific objectivity passé among the faculty? And will all this educational malpractice lead to financial problems that will put colleges out of business?

Campuses are overtaken by protest encampments, Jewish students are targeted, and higher ed leaders can’t manage to condemn antisemitism while protecting free speech. But the problems go deeper—like the plagiarism that university faculty would never tolerate in their students. On other fronts, what’s up with all these bans on lab-grown meat? And does the Biden administration understand how money works? Graham Walker, Phillip Magness, and Williamson Evers discuss all this and more on this episode of Independent Outlook.

Research Fellow Benjamin Ginsberg, author of The New American Anti-Semitism interviewed on The Drive with Trey Radel on WFSX radio (FL). College campuses are a toxic mix of no conservative or moderate faculty, naive and gullible students who can be convinced of just about anything, and the rise of administrators who are foolish and timid. Administrators are afraid to confront the left, Ginsberg says. This was made evident when the heads of Penn, Harvard and MIT testified in front of congress in December of 2023.