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Research Fellow William J. Watkins, Jr., argues the dollar today is backed by little more than the coercive power of the government, and that the drift from the founders’ hard-money design is why the debt keeps compounding.

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** Thomas Jefferson’s Quintessential Aspiration for the Dollar ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Judy Shelton writes of the delicate balance between the Fed and Treasury.
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** Second Amendment Roundup: New Jersey Rifle and Magazine Bans Bite the Dust ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Stephen Halbrook praises the Third Circuit for taking Second Amendment rights seriously.
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** Trump exploring additional tariffs on Canada for wildfire smoke impacts in US, White House official says ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip W. Magness’s National Review piece ([link removed]) on the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act is cited.


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Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip W. Magness is quoted on Trump’s forced-labor tariffs. Read more » ([link removed])


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Senior Fellow Stephen Halbrook is quoted on the many misinterpretations of the 2008 Heller SCOTUS decision. Read more » ([link removed])


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