Independent Institute Media Alerts

Date	Title
5/4/2020	“Crisis and Leviathan in Light of the COVID-19 Crisis” Sr. Fellow Robert Whaples speaks at Mackinac Center event about Crisis and Leviathan by Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs
5/3/2020	“Adopt the Bill Suspended by AB5” endorses the Independent Institute’s Open Letter to CA Gov. Gavin Newsom to Suspend AB-5 in editorial (Bulletin Mail)
5/3/2020	“In Our Opinion: Pass the Bill Suspending AB5” endorses the Independent Institute’s Open Letter to CA Gov. Gavin Newsom in editorial in the Ukiah Daily Journal
5/2/2020	“California Gov. Newsom Numb to Workers’ Pain” Policy Fellow Lloyd Billingsley Op-Ed in American Thinker
5/1/2020	“Past Crises Have Ratcheted Up Leviathan. The COVID-19 Pandemic Will Too.” retired Senior Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan, and Research Fellow Donald Boudreaux op-ed at Reason.com
4/30/2020	“Senate Bill 990 a sensible bill to halt the damage of AB5” Independent Institute’s Open Letter to CA Gov. Gavin Newsom cited in editorial in the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News and nine other newspapers in the Southern California News Group
4/30/2020	“How Shutdowns Will Keep Killing the Economy, Even When They’re Over” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan cited in Wall Street Window
4/30/2020	“Key to COVID-19 Recovery: Deregulation” Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman, author of Priceless Op-Ed in Forbes
4/30/2020	“Suspend California AB-5” Independent Institute Founder and President David Theroux, Executive Director Graham Walker, and Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers discuss the Independent Institute’s Open Letter to CA. Gov. Gavin Newsom appear on Thinkspot
4/30/2020	“Suspend AB5, Governor Newsom” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on the John Phillips show on KABC radio (Los Angeles)
4/30/2020	“This Crisis Will Not Bring Americans Together and Maybe That Is a Good Thing” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan cited on Mises.org
4/30/2020	“40 Years of the U.S. Department of Education: Examining Its Past, Present, and Future” Research Fellow Vicki Alger, author of Failure: The Federal Misedukation of America’s Children speaks at Cato online event
4/29/2020	“United States Needs Freedom, Not Fascism” Sr. Fellow Benjamin Powell Op-Ed on American Institute for Economic Research
4/29/2020	Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan cited on Cafe Hayek
4/29/2020	“Economists explain why US college students won’t be getting big refunds on spring tuition” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise quoted on Quartz
4/29/2020	“40 Years of the U.S. Department of Education: Examining Its Past, Present, and Future” Research Fellow Ronald Kimberling speaks at Cato online event
4/29/2020	“Repeal AB5 Virtual Town Hall” Independent Institute’s Open Letter to CA Gov. Gavin Newsom cited in Carl DeMaio’s YouTube Channel
4/28/2020	“COVID, Hayek, and the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution” Sr. Fellow Benjamin Powell cited on The Library of Economics and Liberty
4/28/2020	“Thanks to Coronavirus Lockdowns, GDP to Shrink, While Unemployment, Deficits Grow: CBO” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan cited in The New American
4/27/2020	“Listen to the Coronavirus Dissidents” Sr. Fellow Alvaro Vargas Llosa, author of Global Crossings Op-Ed on InsideSources.com
4/27/2020	“Purdue’s Smart Approach to COVID-19: Planning for Fall” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America Op-Ed in Forbes
4/27/2020	“Coronavirus: The Great Deregulator” Research Fellow Adam Summers Op-Ed in The Orange County Register and other Southern California Newsgroup syndicated newspapers
4/24/2020	“Why the Current Unemployment Is Worse Than the Great Depression” Research Fellow Robert P. Murphy, author of Choice Op-Ed on Mises.org
4/24/2020	“Anthony Fauci: A Product of His Training” Policy Fellow Ronald L. Trowbridge Op-Ed in American Thinker
4/24/2020	“Corona Crisis and Leviathan” Sr. Vice President Mary L. G. Theroux and Executive Director Graham H. Walker discuss growth of government on ThinkSpot.com
4/23/2020	“The Long-Term Costs to Save the Economy” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan cited in Austrian Center
4/23/2020	“If Federal Waste Must Increase, Federal Land Holdings Must Decrease” Sr. Fellow William F. Shughart II Op-Ed in Real Clear Markets
4/22/2020	“More than 100 economists statewide call for AB 5 suspension” article in The Coast News 4/22/2020
4/22/2020	“COVID-19 intensifies pressure on AB5... is now the time to hit ‘pause?’” article in TalentWave Blog
4/21/2020	“The Economy Doesn’t Need Government ‘Help’ to Reopen” Sr. Fellow Benjamin Powell cited in Issues & Insights
4/21/2020	“Suspend CA AB5 Now” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on the Phil Cowan Show on KTKZ radio
4/20/2020	“California Law Limiting Independent Contractors is Hindering Coronavirus Response, Experts Say” Open Letter to CA Gov. Newsom and CA Legislature is cited in The Washington Free Beacon