Smart skepticism: the Fed, education, war, and more

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September 7, 2024
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** The Fed Has Given Everyone Good Reason to be Skeptical ([link removed])
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Independent Institute Senior Fellow and Good as Gold ([link removed]) author Judy Shelton reacts to the recent lowered revision of jobs created on Fox Business. Is this the tip of the iceberg? More revisions could be coming. How can the Fed make decisions without confidence in the Fed’s models?
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** California’s Experience With ‘Liberated’ Ethnic Studies ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Williamson Evers warns that mandated ethnic studies curricula in California public schools are hopelessly full of indoctrination.
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** A Satirical How-To Guide for Imperialists ([link removed])
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Reason magazine reviews Senior Fellows Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall’s new book, How to Run Wars: A Confidential Playbook for the National Security Elite. Freedom "requires you to curtail freedom of speech and freedom of the press," the book satirically declares. Coyne and Hall use real examples across U.S. history to teach today's imperialists how to manipulate the media, suppress dissent, commandeer the economy, and rationalize every crime along the way.
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** How Venezuela Opposition Leaders Exposed Maduro’s Election Steal ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Vargas Llosa reveals how Venezuelan heroes exposed the Maduro regime’s fraud in July’s presidential election.
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** Why Health Policy Problems Are Rarely Solved, Part II ([link removed])
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In his second of a two-part series, Senior Fellow John Goodman reveals the problems employers face when forced to bear the cost of providing a healthcare plan.


** MORE MEDIA ATTENTION ([link removed])
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** The New York Times ([link removed])
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Journalist Caity Weaver cites the work of Senior Fellow Robert M. Whaples as she calls for America to “end the tyranny of the penny.” ([link removed])


** The American Spectator ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow K. Lloyd Billingsley notes Gavin Newsom suddenly wants to curtail crime. Why now? Anything to do with November’s elections? ([link removed])


** Law & Liberty ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow William F. Shughart II argues that rigorous marketplace competition serves consumers better than antitrust intervention ever has. ([link removed])


** Inside Sources ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Ivan Eland calls the recent immunity ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court the “worst ruling in history.” ([link removed])


** The American Spectator ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Richard K. Vedder declares that the biggest problem facing America's colleges and universities is the decline in honesty and integrity. ([link removed])


** The American Conservative ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Ivan Eland warns of the dangers of the recent incursion by Ukraine’s army into the Kursk region of Russia. ([link removed])


** The National Interest ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Ivan Eland begs the media to “end the Afghanistan blame game.” ([link removed])


** Minding the Campus ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Richard K. Vedder praises politicians giving sanctuary to conservative scholars. ([link removed])


** Reason.com ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Stephen P. Halbrook outlines the legal fight to use arm braces for pistols, which are used by at least seven million people in the U.S. ([link removed])


** FEATURED BOOK
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** Priceless (Updated Edition) ([link removed])
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** Curing the Healthcare Crisis ([link removed])
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** John C. Goodman
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In this long-awaited updated edition of his original groundbreaking work, renowned healthcare economist John C. Goodman analyzes America’s ongoing healthcare fiasco—including the failed promises of Obamacare 10 years in.
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