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August 6, 2024 • Weekly Newsletter
What’s Behind Biden and Harris’s Supreme Court ‘Reform’ Plan? ([link removed])
William F. Shughart II (Washington Examiner)
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Nothing good, that’s for sure. The United States is a constitutional republic that everyone in the three branches of government swears an oath to uphold. And, for better or worse, it’s the Supreme Court’s job to decide what laws are consistent with that Constitution. READ MORE » ([link removed])
Bending before the Storm ([link removed])
The U.S. Supreme Court in Economic Crisis, 1935-1937 ([link removed])
The Independent Review, Summer 2004
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When Socialism Fails, the New York Times Blames “Brutal Capitalism” ([link removed])
Phillip Magness (Catalyst)
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Sensing his time is limited, Venezuela’s President Maduro has turned to a Soviet-style playbook of violent repression as his strategy for remaining in office. In the eyes of the New York Times, though, Venezuela’s problems come, not from this Marxist dictator but the capitalism he never implemented? READ MORE » ([link removed])
Latin American Populism in the Twenty-First Century ([link removed])
The Independent Review, Fall 2019
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Free Kids from Their Cells ([link removed])
Michael C. Munger (AIER)
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Worried about the role cell-phone addiction plays in rewiring the minds and habits of your children and young adults? You should be. But, thankfully, Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation, has answers. READ MORE » ([link removed])
BOOK REVIEW: Hollowed Out ([link removed])
A Warning about America’s Next Generation ([link removed])
The Independent Review, Summer 2022
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Why Economic Sanctions Continue Despite Their Failure ([link removed])
Scott Semet (The Beacon)
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Sanctions have become very fashionable in the United States, which currently imposes them on over 15,000 individuals and entities, three times more than anyone else, in 20 countries with 2.5 billion people—31% of all humans, in other words, on the planet. But sanctions don’t work—ever. So why do we continue imposing them? READ MORE » ([link removed])
Economic and Political Implications of Disrupting Russian Energy Flow ([link removed])
By Scott Semet
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The United States Has Always Been a Melting Pot ([link removed])
Thomas J. Grennes
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How to Fix California’s Teacher Shortage ([link removed])
Kristian Fors
The Latest from Catalyst

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Senator Schmitt Is Right to Oppose Overreach in Broadband Funding ([link removed])
Johnny Kampis
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How Road Design Makes Housing More Expensive ([link removed])
Scott Beyer

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