Judy Shelton, senior fellow at the Independent Institute, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the Federal Reserve’s decision to begin tapering its bond buying program later this month.

In this twenty-sixth episode of Independent Outlook, David Theroux, Williamson Evers, and Graham Walker examine California's vaccine mandates for children; the weaponizing of the DOJ by the teachers unions to silence the parents of children in public schools as "domestic terrorists" by criminalizing peaceful protests of Critical Race Theory at school board meetings; the mega-spending, mega-debt and massive regulatory measures being pushed—and argued about—among President Biden and Congressional leadership in Washington, D.C.; and much more.

In this far-reaching and compelling Independent Conversation, bestselling author, economist and futurist George F. Gilder is interviewed by Dr. Graham H. Walker (Executive Director, Independent Institute) to discuss Mr. Gilder's new book, "Gaming AI: Why AI Can't Think but Can Transform Jobs."

This video features the compelling keynote presentation by Dr. Judy L. Shelton, Senior Fellow at the @Independent Institute, at a special event, "The Gold Standard: A Private Symposium," hosted by the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Her presentation was featured alongside AIER's book release of "The Gold Standard: Prospect and Retrospect," edited by Peter C. Earle and William J. Luther.

Sr. Fellow Robert Whaples talks with host Al Kresta about cryptocurrency and how is it used. Bitcoin is the most popular cryptocurrency, but others are gaining popularity. Dr. Whaples describes who is using it and whether it will have a more widespread function in the future.

As a beleaguered President Biden addressed the U.N. General Assembly, America is buffeted by multiple crises including the dramatically festering border crisis, the threat of an unprecedented $3.5 trillion in federal “Build Back Better" "infrastructure” spending, and ongoing foreign policy debacles from Afghanistan to Australia to France. This video discusses these challenges and more.

Sr. Fellow Judy Shelton discusses the Federal Reserve, which will likely begin reducing its monthly bond purchases as soon as November. She discusses the Federal Reserve's job and what it should support now in order to get to fiscal responsibility.

In this twenty-fourth episode of Independent Outlook, David Theroux, Williamson Evers, and Graham Walker examine President Biden's disastrous exit from Afghanistan, the folly of global interventionism and coercive "nation building," the Biden Administration's pivot to distract people from his plummeting approval ratings to a national mandate for COVID vaccines and masking, the impending recall election of California Governor Gavin Newsom, media bias and Larry Elder, teachers-union corruption and school choice—and much more.