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January 11, 2025
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Independent Outlook is the regular round-table conversation from the Independent Institute that provides timely insights and cutting-edge commentary on the most pressing issues of the day. In this episode, Independent’s Fellows discuss the breaking news stories surrounding California’s wildfires. There’s still a lot of unknowns, but one thing is certain—”climate change” is not the culprit.
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** Reevaluating Jimmy Carter’s Presidency ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Ivan Eland asks: did the thirty-ninth president’s domestic and foreign policy successes outweigh his more well-publicized failures?
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** Can We Have Health Care without Health Insurance Companies? ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow John Goodman insists we cannot have a health care system that works without companies that perform the functions health insurers are performing today.
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** Jimmy Carter: A Decent Man, a Damaging Education Policy ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Richard Vedder writes that Carter was not a liar, a womanizer, nor a thief … but that did not make him a great president of the United States, especially not for higher education.
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** Harmeet Dhillon, Trump’s Choice for DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, Battled Woke Policies in California ([link removed])
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Policy Fellow K. Lloyd Billingsley points out that Harmeet Dhillon, if confirmed, could be the first Justice official to take on government DEI discrimination nationwide.
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** The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ([link removed])
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Research Fellow Alexander Salter explains what today’s economics students aren’t learning about economics. Read more » ([link removed])
** Ron Paul Institute ([link removed])
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Ron Paul references Retired Senior Fellow Robert Higgs’s Crisis and Leviathan as he praises Elon Musk’s work at D.O.G.E. Read more » ([link removed])
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** Little By Little Podcast ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Judy Shelton defends her steadfast advocacy for sound money principles. Watch now » ([link removed])
** The Orange County Register ([link removed])
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Policy Fellow K. Lloyd Billingsley describes the many ways in which President Jimmy Carter lives on. Read more » ([link removed])
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** Never Again Is Now ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Williamson Evers explains what’s really in the so-called “liberated” (read: anti-Semitic) curriculum … and offers a balanced alternative. Listen now » ([link removed])
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** Let People Prosper ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Judy Shelton discusses the state of capitalism, the inefficiences of government bureaucracy, and the moral necessity of a sound dollar with Dr. Vance Ginn. Watch now » ([link removed])
** The American Spectator ([link removed])
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Policy Fellow K. Lloyd Billingsley critiques climate change alarmists for their shameless statism. Read more » ([link removed])
** Delaware Live ([link removed])
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Journalist Bradley Vasoli quotes Senior Fellow Michael Munger on why higher wage floors limit job opportunities for the poor and unskilled. Read more » ([link removed])
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Journalist Brad Dress quotes Senior Fellow Ivan Eland on the major issue with the defense industrial base: there’s hardly any competition. Read more » ([link removed])
** The American Spectator ([link removed])
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Policy Fellow K. Lloyd Billingsley laments that Dr. Fauci shows no sign of slowing down. Read more » ([link removed])
** Reason ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Stephen Halbrook asks SCOTUS: whatever happened to “long guns good, handguns bad”? Read more » ([link removed])
** Australian Financial Review ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Judy Shelton’s Good as Gold is featured on this list of the most-loved books of Australian economists. Read more » ([link removed])
** Abbeville Institute ([link removed])
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Research Fellow William J. Watkins, Jr., argues that a historical constitutional plea to "seize an opportunity to erect new barriers against folly, fraud, and ambition" once again relevant. Read more » ([link removed])
** National Review ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Steve H, Hanke writes with Jeffrey Weng about how rare earth minerals are China's secret weapon against US military and tech. Read more » ([link removed])
** FEATURED BOOK - COMING SOON!
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** Race & Liberty (Updated Edition) ([link removed])
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** The Essential Reader ([link removed])
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** Edited by Jonathan J. Bean
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With new contributions from Thomas Sowell, Coleman Hughes, Thomas Chatteron Williams, Kenny Xu, David Bernstein, and Ilya Somin—as well as a plethora of primary source evidence from recent landmark US Supreme Court decisions—Bean champions the values of colorblindness, freedom, and equal constitutional protection for all individuals—regardless of race. It’s a message that couldn’t be more timely.
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