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April 19, 2025

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** 150 Economists Sign Letter Opposing Trump's Protectionist Agenda ([link removed])
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Journalist Jack Nicastro praises the work of Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip Magness and other distinguished economists for authoring the "Trade and Tariffs Declaration: A Statement on the Principles of American Prosperity."
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** Creative Destruction Comes to Universities ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Richard K. Vedder argues “adults need to take charge” of higher education—but does that mean the federal executive branch needs to get involved?
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** Should Trump fire Fed Chair Powell? ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Judy Shelton joins Kudlow panelists and argues the Fed has become too prominent, too powerful, and way too political.
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** Why Can’t Every School Be a Magnet School? ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow John Goodman explains why the school system is dysfunctional and unfair, and recommends adopting the “magnet school” model to allow for more specialization and choice.
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** Trump administration exaggerates its powers in foreign policy ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Ivan Eland warns that when people can be abducted off the streets with no due process, the wolf of tyranny is now at the door.


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** Reason ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip Magness describes how a historian tries to tie two classical liberal economists to the racialist right … and scrambles their words in the process. Read more » ([link removed])


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** Yahoo! Finance ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Judy Shelton joins Executive Editor Brian Sozzi to critique the increased financialization of the economy. Watch now » ([link removed])


** The Hill ([link removed])
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Research Fellow Alexander Salter argues the U.S. will be poorer as a result of Trump’s tariffs and will likely experience stagnation—but not a depression. Read more » ([link removed])


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** KFSO Radio ([link removed])
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The hosts of KFSO Radio’s Armstrong & Getty program share Chief Executive Officer Mary L. G. Theroux’s praise of Senior Fellow Richard Vedder’s new book, Let Colleges Fail. Listen now » ([link removed])


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Writer and retired college economics instructor Jane L. Johnson praises the Spring 2025 issue of The Independent Review. Read more » ([link removed])


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** The Rational Egoist ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip Magness unpacks how protectionist trade policies impact economic growth, individual liberty, and global markets. Watch now » ([link removed])


** The Daily Economy ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow John Goodman explains the difference between ideology and sociology, and why today’s liberals are having an identity crisis. Read more » ([link removed])


** The American Spectator ([link removed])
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Policy Fellow K. Lloyd Billingsley explains why Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s mission to investigate the weaponization and politicization of the intelligence community is a daunting one. Read more » ([link removed])


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** Let Colleges Fail ([link removed])
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** The Power of Creative Destruction in Higher Education ([link removed])
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** by Richard K. Vedder
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Everyone knows American universities are more expensive and less impressive than ever. But no one has come up with a plan to fix them … until now. Let Colleges Fail: The Power of Creative Destruction in Higher Education is the hard-hitting instruction manual America needs in order to save its institutions of higher learning.
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