The Lighthouse®
“Now hiring” signs are everywhere. Flights, construction projects, and healthcare services are delayed, or unavailable, due to labor shortages. What is going on? Lots—including pandemic subsidies. But also: Americans are having too few children. As a culture, will we just...fade away?
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Randall G. Holcombe
Nobel laureate George Stigler concluded that regulatory agencies are ‘captured’ by the firms they regulate. But, in the end, legislators are the ones that ‘capture’ businesses too reliant on the state—as Disney is finding out at great cost.
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K. Lloyd Billingsley
In the Dobbs case, the U.S. Supreme Court took abortion law out of the federal ambit and sent it back to the states. In West Virginia v. EPA, the high court tackled the federal administrative state. Another key case to watch is Consumer Financial Protection Board v. All America Check Cashing. At stake: whether unelected federal bureaucrats can continue to operate without congressional oversight.
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In the wake of the Dobbs decision, abortion is still contentious—but no longer fruitlessly so. Debate among citizens about abortion now actually matters. And scholars at the Independent Institute just schooled us on how to have a civil disagreement on the subject. Check out the most recent episode of our Independent Outlook!
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Volume 25, Issue 28: July 13, 2022
Victor Davis Hanson (American Greatness)
“Now hiring” signs are everywhere. Flights, construction projects, and healthcare services are delayed, or unavailable, due to labor shortages. What is going on? Lots—including pandemic subsidies. But also: Americans are having too few children. As a culture, will we just...fade away?
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Future
Economic Peril or Prosperity?
Economic Peril or Prosperity?
Edited by Robert M. Whaples, Christopher J. Coyne, Michael C. Munger
Randall G. Holcombe
Nobel laureate George Stigler concluded that regulatory agencies are ‘captured’ by the firms they regulate. But, in the end, legislators are the ones that ‘capture’ businesses too reliant on the state—as Disney is finding out at great cost.
READ MORE »
K. Lloyd Billingsley
In the Dobbs case, the U.S. Supreme Court took abortion law out of the federal ambit and sent it back to the states. In West Virginia v. EPA, the high court tackled the federal administrative state. Another key case to watch is Consumer Financial Protection Board v. All America Check Cashing. At stake: whether unelected federal bureaucrats can continue to operate without congressional oversight.
READ MORE »
Crossroads for Liberty
Recovering the Anti-Federalist Values of America’s First Constitution
Recovering the Anti-Federalist Values of America’s First Constitution
By William J. Watkins, Jr.
In the wake of the Dobbs decision, abortion is still contentious—but no longer fruitlessly so. Debate among citizens about abortion now actually matters. And scholars at the Independent Institute just schooled us on how to have a civil disagreement on the subject. Check out the most recent episode of our Independent Outlook!
READ MORE »
In All Fairness
Equality, Liberty, and the Quest for Human Dignity
Equality, Liberty, and the Quest for Human Dignity
Edited by Robert M. Whaples, Michael C. Munger, Christopher J. Coyne
The Beacon: New Blog Posts
- SCOTUS, Statutory Delegation and the EPA, by William J. Watkins, Jr.
- California Getting First Look at New Law on Police Equipment, by Jonathan Hofer
- Is Classical Liberalism Anti-Democratic?, by Daniel B. Klein
Catalyst: New Articles
- The Soft Tyranny of Occupational Licensing, by Scott Beyer
- School Shootings Make The Case For School Choice, by Kevin Boyd
- Holcombe’s View on the Growth of Government, by The Independent Institute
- Stop Subsidizing Homes in Flood Zones, by Scott Beyer
- SpaceX Starship Stays on Track for Mars, by Paige Lambermont
