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Does Academic Research Advance Human Welfare? Not Always.
Comparing economic data from the early 20th century to that of the early 21st century, there is a lot of academic research that has been shown to have caused more harm than good.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  December 13, 2024
A Great Trump Appointment: Jay Bhattacharya (Part 2)
Richard K. Vedder  ·  December 11, 2024
Firepower and the Fourth Circuit
The en banc court makes bizarre claims about the 5.56 mm cartridge.
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  December 11, 2024
A Great Trump Appointment: Jay Bhattacharya (Part 1)
Richard K. Vedder  ·  December 10, 2024
The Golden State Unleashes the Anonymous Snoop Dogs
All part of protecting “California values” from Donald Trump.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  December 9, 2024
Trump Should Embrace the National Space Council (Again)
Some of President Trump’s greatest successes came from effectively wielding bureaucracy, not dismantling it.
Alexander William Salter  ·  December 5, 2024
LA County’s Homelessness Spending Policies Expect Success While Subsidizing Failure
Christopher J. Calton  ·  December 3, 2024
The Bell Tolls for Higher Ed
The incoming Trump administration should make serious postsecondary reform a priority.
Richard K. Vedder  ·  December 2, 2024
University of California at Planned Parenthood
UC San Diego teams with Planned Parenthood to collect “tissues” from pre-born infants aged 4 to 23 weeks.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  December 2, 2024
Trump Should Challenge the Fed’s Policies
An independent agency of government shouldn’t have such enormous power to skew financial outcomes.
Judy L. Shelton  ·  November 29, 2024
Mass Deportations—Unfeasible, Expensive and Would Undermine Other Goals
Benjamin Powell  ·  November 27, 2024
Trump Needs to Make Up His Policy Mind
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  November 27, 2024
The Second Amendment Dialogue at Federalist Society’s National Convention
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  November 27, 2024
Blaming Bill Buckley for Racism, January 6, and More
Historian David Austin Walsh tries and fails to rebut Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism thesis.
Phillip W. Magness  ·  November 26, 2024
What the FDA Gets Wrong About Drug Ads
John C. Goodman  ·  November 25, 2024
Oh Say Can UC?
How the University of California built a $500 million budget deficit.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  November 25, 2024
On the Bangladeshi Bank Heist
By granting Bangladesh a loan last year, the IMF only prolonged the misrule of Sheikh Hasina’s administration.
Caleb Hofmann, Steve H. Hanke  ·  November 22, 2024
A Federal Shield Law Is Needed to Protect the Press
Ivan Eland  ·  November 22, 2024
In the Seventh Circuit, Procedural Red Herrings Threaten the Second Amendment
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  November 21, 2024
Who Should Pay for Really Expensive Drugs?
John C. Goodman  ·  November 20, 2024
Colleges and the Dumbing Down of America
Richard K. Vedder  ·  November 20, 2024
Did Modern Monetary Theory Elect Donald Trump?
Alexander William Salter, Phillip W. Magness  ·  November 20, 2024
How Medicare Is Causing Patients to Overpay for Prescription Drugs
Lawrence J. Wedekind, John C. Goodman  ·  November 19, 2024
Dinner at Noon, A Sunrise at 8 p.m. This Is Why It’s Time to Abolish Time Zones
Steve H. Hanke, Caleb Hofmann  ·  November 18, 2024
Election Aftermath in California
Episodes the establishment media missed.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  November 18, 2024


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