Independent Institute Media Alerts

Date	Title
3/10/2021	“The Re-Opening in Texas Follows the Science: Economic Science” Sr. Fellow Benjamin Powell Op-Ed in Real Clear Markets
3/9/2021	“The Three Worst Arguments for the Minimum Wage” Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman, author of New Way to Care Op-Ed in Forbes
3/8/2021	“Wind Power Is a Disaster in Texas, No Matter What Paul Krugman Says” Research Fellow Robert P. Murphy, author of Choice Op-Ed in Mises Wire
3/8/2021	“Why Gun Sales Doubled with Biden’s Election” Sr. Fellow Stephen P. Halbrook, author of Gun Control in the Third Reich cited on The Center Square
3/8/2021	“How Much Should the Feds Bail Out the Colleges?” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America Op-Ed in Forbes
3/6/2021	“How Did the Life Insurance Industry Survive the Pandemic?” Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman cited in American Institute for Economic Research (AIER)
3/5/2021	“The Edifice Complex Is a Threat to University Budgets” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America Op-Ed in The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal
3/4/2021	“Economics in One Lesson Is Still the Best Layman’s Intro to Economics” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan cited in Mises Wire
3/4/2021	“Time to Pass Constitutional Carry in North Carolina” Sr. Fellow Stephen P. Halbrook, author of The Founders’ Second Amendment cited in the Carolina Journal
3/4/2021	“Three Things that Make This Gun Bill Alarming” Sr. Fellow Stephen P. Halbrook, author of Gun Control in the Third Reich cited in Medium
3/4/2021	“Concerned about Amazon Workers? Here’s How to Really Help Them” Research Fellow Art Carden Op-Ed in Forbes
3/3/2021	“To Critics of The Beautiful Tree, a Pearl of a Reply” Really Good Schools by Sr. Fellow James Tooley is reviewed in Education Next
3/3/2021	“Tenure ensures freedom of ideas in college classrooms” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America cited in The McDonough County Voice
3/3/2021	“Who Is Getting the Vaccine? Who Isn’t? And Why?” Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman, author of New Way to Care Op-Ed in Forbes
3/3/2021	“Orange County Schools to Reopen Kindergarten to 2nd Grade Classrooms, or Risk Losing State Grant Money” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers quoted in the Voice of Orange County
3/2/2021	“There Is No Climate Emergency” Research Fellow Anthony Lupo, co-author of Hot Talk, Cold Science appears on the Alan Nathan Radio Show
3/2/2021	“Support Cuba’s Emerging Market Economy by Ending the Embargo” Sr. Fellow Benjamin Powell Op-Ed in The Hill
3/2/2021	China’s Great Migration by Research Fellow Bradley Gardner is cited in The Hill
3/1/2021	“Why Haven’t More Colleges Closed?” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise cited in The Chronicle of Higher Education
3/1/2021	“Forgiving Student Loans: Not the Great Idea You Think It Is” Research Fellow Art Carden Op-Ed in Forbes and American Institute for Economic Research (AIER)
3/1/2021	“Three Covid-19 Collegiate Predictions Gone Wrong” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America Op-Ed in Forbes
3/1/2021	“Let’s Not Forgive Any Student Debt” Research Fellow Art Carden cited in National Review
3/1/2021	“There Are Libertarians in a Pandemic, and for Good Reason” Research Fellow Art Carden Op-Ed in Forbes and American Institute for Economic Research (AIER)
3/1/2021	“Will Cuba’s Vaccine Rollout Live Up to the Ad Copy?” Policy Fellow Lloyd Billingsley Op-Ed in Eurasia Review
3/1/2021	“Beating Incorporation” Research Fellow William J. Watkins Jr., contributor to In All Fairness mentioned on The Brion McClanahan Show podcast
2/28/2021	“That the Profit of One Man Is the Gain of Another” Research Fellow Art Carden Op-Ed in Forbes
2/28/2021	“There Is No ‘Correct Climate’ and Humans Cannot Control It” Research Fellow Anthony Lupo, co-author of Hot Talk, Cold Science appears on KVOR radio
2/27/2021	“The big-spending state may be here to stay—even after the pandemic ends” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs, author or Crisis and Leviathan cited in Quartz
2/25/2021	“Dear Students: Here Are Ten Ways to Get Your Financial House in Order” Research Fellow Art Carden Op-Ed in Forbes
2/25/2021	“When Is Short Selling Fraudulent?” Research Fellow Robert P. Murphy, author of Choice Op-Ed on Mises Wire
2/24/2021	“Looking for Common Sense in a Senseless World? The New Thomas Sowell Documentary Delivers” Research Fellow Art Carden Op-Ed in Forbes
2/23/2021	“The New Push to Expand Government’s Role in Health Care Won’t Work. Here’s How We Can Help Americans Instead.” Independent Institute’s David Theroux, Graham Walker, William Shughart II, and John C. Goodman sign open letter urging healthcare policies which empowers and protects individuals and families—rather than insurance companies and big government. From The Daily Signal