Independent Institute Media Alerts

Date	Title
5/9/2023	“America is Drunk on Credit—and Polarized Politics Complicate the Fed’s Unenviable Challenge of Ending Easy Money” Sr. Fellow Álvaro Vargas Llosa, author of Global Crossings Op-Ed in Fortune
5/9/2023	“Highlighting Solutions to Homelessness” Chairman and CEO Mary L. G. Theroux interviewed on Live in the Bay on KRON-TV
5/5/2023	“Washington DC’s 500 Most Influential People of 2023” Sr Fellow Steve Hanke named to list of “Most Influential People of 2023” in Washingtonian Magazine
5/4/2023	New Independent Institute book Is Social Justice Just? is reviewed on Mises.org
5/4/2023	“Memo to the Fed: Money Matters” Sr. Fellow Steve Hanke Op-Ed in National Review
5/4/2023	“China Holds All the Cards in the Great Green Energy Game” Sr. Fellow Steve Hanke and Adrien Yataco-Chatain Op-Ed in The Daily Caller
5/2/2023	“Now Progressives are Sneering at Economics” Research Fellow Burton Abrams, author of The Terrible 10, cited on AmericanThinker.com
5/2/2023	“Solutions to Homelessness from California to Kansas” Chairman and CEO Mary L. G. Theroux, narrator of “Beyond Homeless: Finding Hope” interviewed on KPTS-TV, PBS Wichita, KS
5/1/2023	“It’s Delusional to Think the Death of the US Dollar is Imminent” Sr. Fellow Steve Hanke interviewed on The Jay Martin Show
5/1/2023	“Tucker Carlson, American Hero” November, 2018 Independent Institute event with Tucker Carlson cited on Spectator Australia
5/1/2023	“Illinois Gun Ban Enjoined” Sr. Fellow Stephen Halbrook, author of The Right to Bear Arms Op-Ed in Reason Magazine’s Volokh Conspiracy
4/30/2023	“You’ll Never Woke Alone” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America Op-Ed in The American Spectator
4/29/2023	“Progressives Are Declaring War on Basic Economics” Research Fellow Burton Abrams, author of The Terrible 10: A Century of Economic Folly Op-Ed in The American Spectator
4/29/2023	“Who is the North American economist who, in the face of devaluation and inflation in Argentina, insists on dollarization?” Sr. Fellow Steve Hanke interviewed by Infobae (Spanish)
4/28/2023	“State Judge Blows a Hole in Leftist Case for Neglecting Homeless Camps, Open-Air Drug Markets” Independent Institute Chairman and CEO Mary L. G. Theroux quoted in National Review
4/28/2023	“The Surprising Thing the Champions of San Francisco’s Drug Centers Forget” Independent Institute Chairman and CEO Mary L. G. Theroux Op-Ed on FoxNews.com
4/27/2023	“A Judge Who Understands Firearms” Sr. Fellow Stephen Halbrook, author of Right to Bear Arms Op-Ed in Reason Magazine’s The Volokh Conspiracy
4/26/2023	“Homelessness in California: Causes and Policy Considerations” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan and the California Golden Fleece® Awards cited in Stanford University’s Institute for Economic Policy Research
4/20/2023	“Is There Actually a Homeless Crisis?” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan interviewed on Real America’s Voice
4/20/2023	“We Need a Better China Policy. Banning TikTok Isn’t It.” Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of War and the Rogue Presidency Op-Ed in Responsible Statecraft
4/20/2023	“Small Change: Let’s Put Pennies and Nickels to Rest” Research Fellow Art Carden Op-Ed in American Institute for Economic Research
4/19/2023	“Israel’s Turmoil Over Its Judiciary Should Be a Warning to the U.S” Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of War and the Rogue Presidency Op-Ed in Inside Sources
4/19/2023	“Why Police License Plate Readers Might be Illegal” Policy Research Associate Jonathan Hofer and Leslie Corbly Op-Ed in The Libertas Institute
4/18/2023	“‘Make America California’ Is a Bad Idea” Policy Fellow Lloyd Billingsley Op-Ed in The American Spectator
4/18/2023	“Why Are There Drug Shortages?” Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman, author of New Way to Care Op-Ed in Forbes
4/18/2023	“Gun violence emergencies prompt concerns of government overreach” Sr. Fellow Stephen Halbrook quoted in The Center Square and the Washington Examiner
4/17/2023	“Economists Slam Biden Budget Plan” Sr. Fellow William F. Shughart II mentioned in American Liberty News
4/15/2023	“Is Anti-Sweatshop Activism Making Bangladeshis Poorer?” Sr. Fellow Benjamin Powell Op-Ed in The Hill
4/15/2023	“Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny Have a Lot to Learn from the Tooth Fairy” Research Fellow Art Carden and Will Hodges Op-Ed in The Library of Economics and Liberty (EconLib)
4/14/2023	“Economists Have a Message About Biden’s Economic Policies” Member of the Independent Institute Board of Advisors Vernon Smith, Senior Fellow Judy Shelton, Senior Fellow William F. Shughart II, Senior Fellow Richard Vedder, Research Fellow Burton Abrams, sign Open Letter to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
4/14/2023	“Fed Should Let the Economy Equilibrate” Sr. Fellow Judy Shelton interviewed on CNBC’s Squawk Box
4/14/2023	“Is It an Economic Crime to Import a Soccer Jersey?” Research Fellow Art Carden Op-Ed in American Institute for Economic Research