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April 5, 2025

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** “The Case for Tariffs” Confuses U.S. History ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip W. Magness sets the record straight on the disastrous Smoot-Hawley tariff and urges today’s policymakers not to make the same mistake.
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** No, Immigrants Aren’t Responsible for the Housing Shortage. Here’s the Real Cause. ([link removed])
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Research Fellow Christopher Calton argues that if cities and states deregulated their housing markets so developers could build more freely, housing would quickly become more abundant regardless of how many people crossed the border.
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** Trump Needs Real Budget Slashing, Not DOGE’s Smoke and Mirrors ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Ivan Eland argues that instead of relying on DOGE’s gimmicks, the Trump administration should use budgetary processes to appropriate federal money.
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** HHS Terminates California’s ‘Wasteful’ DEI Grants ([link removed])
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Policy Fellow K. Lloyd Billingsley calls on RFK Jr. and Jay Bhattacharya to investigate why so many federal grants were designed primarily to bolster DEI and transgenderism.


** MORE MEDIA ATTENTION
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** New York Post ([link removed])
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Journalists Ariel Zilber and Taylor Herzlich quote Senior Fellow and David J .Theroux Chair Phillip Magness on Trump’s chaotic approach tariffs. Read more » ([link removed])


** The College Fix ([link removed])
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Maria Davis of Liberty University praises Let Colleges Fail by Senior Fellow Richard Vedder. Read more » ([link removed])


** Canada’s National Post ([link removed])
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Journalist J. D. Tucille quotes Senior Fellow Benjamin Powell on Trump’s ill-conceived protectionist policies. Read more » ([link removed])


** Cato.org ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip Magness explains why Trump’s tariffs aren’t reciprocal and are a massive tax increase on Americans. Read more » ([link removed])


** The Library of Economics and Liberty ([link removed])
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On the subject of tariffs, Research Fellow David Henderson asks: what would true reciprocity mean? Read more » ([link removed])


** Reason ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Stephen Halbrook explains how narrow SCOTUS decisions leave ATF regulation in limbo. Read more » ([link removed])


** PODCAST
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** Cato Daily Podcast ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip Magness joins Caleb O. Brown to discuss how the Right and the Left obscure inconvenient history to protect their narratives. Read more » ([link removed])


** The College Fix ([link removed])
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Pedro Rodriguez-Aparicio of Florida State University quotes Senior Fellow Richard Vedder on the ineffectiveness of the student loan forgiveness program. Read more » ([link removed])


** David Henderson’s Substack ([link removed])
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Research Fellow David Henderson writes about his trade deficit with “those rascals” at Safeway.” Read more » ([link removed])


** FEATURED EVENT
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** Why Are Colleges Failing and What Can Be Done? ([link removed])
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Join us at the Independent Institute Conference Center

on Thursday, April 10, for a reception and discussion of Senior Fellow Richard K. Vedder’s groundbreaking new book, Let Colleges Fail: The Power of Creative Destruction in Higher Education. Seating is limited, so reserve your spot today!
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