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May 31, 2025

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Senior Fellow Judy Shelton joins Natalie Brunell, host of the Coin Stories podcast, to provide a powerful look at fixing (or replacing?) today’s broken monetary system.

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** How to Fix California’s Broken Home Insurance Market ([link removed])
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Research Fellow Kristian Fors’ argues the unreformable Proposition 103 must be repealed.
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** Let the Colleges Fail ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Richard Vedder explains how a free market incentive system can save higher education.
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** Gavin Newsom Cannot Escape His Embarrassing Legacy on Homelessness ([link removed])
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Research Fellow Christopher J. Calton predicts California Governor Gavin Newsom will continue blaming California’s homeless crisis on anybody except himself, but his attempts to spin and scapegoat will only make him look like a bratty child.
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** Trump’s Tariffs Are About Rent Extraction, Not Rent-Seeking ([link removed])
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Research Associate Caleb Petitt explains how rent extraction puts the bargaining initiative in a politician’s hands.
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** SignalGate 2.0 and the Casual Indifference to War ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Abigail R. Hall urges journalists not to ask about the leaks from national security leaders, but about the normalization of perpetual war.


** MORE MEDIA ATTENTION
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** PODCAST
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** The Remnant Podcast ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip Magness is interviewed by Jonah Goldberg. They discuss Magness' new book, The 1619 Project Myth ([link removed]) , and other subjects in economic history. Listen now » ([link removed])


** Time ([link removed])
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Journalists Chad de Guzman and Miranda Jeyaretnam cite Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phil Magness's blog post, Happy Liberation from Tariffs Day ([link removed]) , in an article about the USCIT’s tariff ruling. Read more » ([link removed])


** North State Journal ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow William J. Watkins, Jr., explains why judges are not (and shouldn’t be) special guardians of the Constitution. Read more » ([link removed])


** The American Spectator ([link removed])
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Policy Fellow K. Lloyd Billingsley celebrates that Fauci’s allies have been sent packing

as strategic reformers move in. Read more » ([link removed])


** Forbes ([link removed])
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In the first essay ([link removed]) of a three-part series, Senior Fellow John Goodman asks: What is the right price to pay for drugs? In the second essay, ([link removed]) he explains how people would make decisions about whether to purchase drugs (and which drugs to purchase) in a free market. In the third and final essay ([link removed]) , he explains how American healthcare can move in the direction of free market reforms.


** The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Richard K. Vedder warns America is approaching academic Armageddon. Read more » ([link removed])


** VIDEO
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** Reagan Caucus Action ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip Magness discusses the Trump administration's trade policy. Watch now » ([link removed])


** Asia Times ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Benjamin Powell argues Trump’s tariffs will hurt the world’s poor the most. Read more » ([link removed])


** The American Spectator ([link removed])
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C. Ronald Kimberling cites Senior Fellow Richard K. Vedder in an op-ed advocating for the elimination of DEI-inspired general education requirements. Read more » ([link removed])


** Reason ([link removed])
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Journalist J.D. Tuccille cites Research Fellow Kristian Fors’ Golden Fleece report in an article explaining how to fix California's homeowners’ insurance crisis. Read more » ([link removed])


** Global Finance Magazine ([link removed])
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Journalist Anthony Noto quotes Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip Magness on the US Court of Appeals’ temporary lift on the US Court of International Trade's order that froze Trump’s ability to move forward with most of his tariffs. Read more » ([link removed])


** The Times of San Diego ([link removed])
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Journalist Drew Sitton interviews Senior Fellow Williamson Evers on his Comparative Cultures Ethnic Studies Curriculum. Read more » ([link removed])


** The American Spectator ([link removed])
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Policy Fellow K. Lloyd Billingsley critiques California Governor Gavin Newsom’s response to soaring gas and energy costs. Read more » ([link removed])


** Reason ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Stephen Halbrook praises the Supreme Court's 2022 decision (Bruen), which confirmed a citizen's right to bear arms. Read more » ([link removed])


** The Australian ([link removed])
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Journalist Adam Creighton quotes Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip Magness in a piece detailing how Donald Trump’s humiliation in court over tariffs. Read more » ([link removed])


** Minding the Campus ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Richard K. Vedder offers faint hope of reform for financial assistance for college students. Read more » ([link removed])


** The American Conservative ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Ivan Eland explains how Trump is balancing US policy toward Israel—and why that’s good. Read more » ([link removed])


** FEATURED BOOK (Now in Paperback)
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** The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights ([link removed])
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** The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance ([link removed])
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** by David T. Beito
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“This book is not mere history; it is an exposé. You won’t know which is more shocking: the lengths to which FDR and New Dealers like Senators (and future Supreme Court justices) Hugo Black and Sherman Minton went to suppress freedom of speech, privacy, and civil rights; or the degree to which these efforts have been concealed by pro-FDR and New Deal propagandists.”

—Randy E. Barnett, Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law, Georgetown University Law Center
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