Independent Institute Media Alerts

Date	Title
4/20/2020	“Some Musicians to Get Relief from California ‘Gig Economy’ Bill” Independent Institute’s Open Letter to CA. Gov. Gavin Newsom cited in EastCountyToday.net
4/20/2020	“Calif. economists urge Newsom to suspend law restricting gig workers amid coronavirus crisis” Independent Institute’s Open Letter to CA. Gov. Gavin Newsom cited in The College Fix
4/20/2020	“Is Big-Time College Football Dying?” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America Op-Ed in Forbes
4/20/2020	“How Much Will Government Expand in Response to COVID-19?” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan cited in Insurance News Net
4/20/2020	“Gov.’s Task Force: Opening Business & Jobs or Changing the Business World?” by Joel Fox cites the Independent Institute’s Open Letter to Suspend California AB-5 (Fox and Hounds Daily)
4/20/2020	“How much will government expand in response to COVID-19?” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan cited on American Enterprise Institute
4/19/2020	WATCH: Executive Director Graham Walker Interviews Senior Fellow Williamson Evers and President David J. Theroux on the Open Letter to Suspend AB-5
4/17/2020	“Over 150 Ph.D. Economists and Political Scientists Call for Governor to Suspend AB 5” Independent Institute’s Open Letter to CA. Gov. Gavin Newsom cited in the East County Today
4/17/2020	“Beware Those Who Insist Everything Must Change Following a Crisis” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan cited in Hot Air
4/17/2020	“150 Economists, Political Scientists Call for AB 5 Suspension” Independent Institute’s Open Letter to CA. Gov. Gavin Newsom cited in StaffingIndustry.com
4/17/2020	“Open Letter to Gov. Newsom Reignites Debate Over Controversial AB5 Law” discusses Open Letter to Suspend California AB-5 (Focus News EU)
4/17/2020	“Suspend CA AB5” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on the Andy Caldwell radio show
4/17/2020	“Governments Can’t Plan Economy’s Reopening” Sr. Fellow Benjamin Powell Op-Ed in The Orange County Register and syndicated Southern California News Group newspapers
4/17/2020	“Open Letter to Gov. Newsom Reignites Debate over Controversial AB5 Law” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers quoted in The Epoch Times
4/17/2020	“California’s Anti-gig Law, AB5, Inhibits Independent Contractors” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on the John Batchelor Radio Show
4/17/2020	“The Coronavirus Will Be Leviathan’s Enabler” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan cited in National Review
4/16/2020	“Open Letter to CA Gov. Newsom—Suspend California AB5” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on the Lars Larson radio show
4/16/2020	“Confronting the Leviathan of the COVID-19 Crisis” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan cited in Foundation for Economic Education (FEE.org)
4/16/2020	“November 2020: The Reichstag Fire Election” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan cited on The Stream
4/16/2020	“More Than 150 Ph.D. Economists and Political Scientists Call for Gov. Newsom to Suspend AB 5 and Re-Open the Economy” Independent Institute’s Open Letter to CA. Gov. Gavin Newsom cited in the California Globe
4/15/2020	“Open Letter from 151 Scholars to CA Governor: Suspend AB-5 to Hire Gig Workers During Pandemic” Independent Institute Sr. Fellow Bill Evers and President David Theroux speak with Executive Director Graham Walker on Independent’s YouTube channel
4/15/2020	“Trump Is Right to Push Hydroxychloroquine” Policy Fellow Ronald Trowbridge Op-Ed in The Hill
4/15/2020	“An Accidental New New Deal?” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan cited on TheDispatch.com
4/13/2020	“How COVID-19 Is Changing the Debate over Health Reform” Sr. Fellow John Goodman, author of Priceless Op-Ed in Forbes
4/13/2020	“Tenure Is Dying” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America Op-Ed in Forbes
4/13/2020	“How one pandemic leads to another” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan cited in the Pan Am Post
4/12/2020	“Did America’s ‘Epidemic Intelligence Service’ Fail to Block the Arrival of Coronavirus in America?” Policy Fellow Lloyd Billingsley Op-Ed in The Daily Caller
4/10/2020	“Disasters and Innovative Solutions: The ICI Fund” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan cited in The Times of Israel
4/10/2020	“The Surveillance State Thrives During the Pandemic” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan cited in Reason Magazine
4/10/2020	“Call It a Ponzi Scheme: Even during the Covid-19 crisis, colleges abuse their economic and reputational privileges.” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America cited in City Journal
4/9/2020	“Coronavirus must not rob us of our liberties forever” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan cited in The Spectator
4/9/2020	“Why Central Planning by Medical Experts Will Lead to Disaster” Research Fellow Gary Galles Op-Ed on Mises.org