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September 6, 2025

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** We Celebrate Labor Day. Why Not ‘Capital Day’? ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow William Shughart II exposes the Marxist roots of Labor Day.
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** Are tariffs permanent or not? ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip W. Magness exposes the Trump administration’s doublespeak in a Letter to the Editor.
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** The Rise and Fall of ‘Housing First’ in Utah ([link removed])
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Research Fellow Christopher Calton explains why Utah’s homelessness policy reversal is an admission of this failure—and why the rest of the country should take note.
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** Trump’s America Is Starting to Look Like a Banana Republic ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Alvaro Vargas Llosa deplores President Trump's efforts to set the clock back on America's (semi) free-market economy.


** MORE MEDIA ATTENTION
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** The American Spectator ([link removed])
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Policy Fellow K. Lloyd Billingsley mocks California Governor Newsom’s anti-crime crusade

as California’s crime-friendly policies remain unreformed.[link removed] more » ([link removed])


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** The Scott Jennings Radio Show ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow John Goodman explains why Medicaid expansion has not improved U.S. healthcare.[link removed] now » ([link removed])


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** The Mean Age Daydream Podcast ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip W. Magness details the falsehoods, errors, and childishness of the 1619 Project.[link removed] now » ([link removed])


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** Iconoclasts with Moeed Pirzada ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Steve Hanke joins Moeed Pirzada to discuss the complicated relationship between India and Pakistan.[link removed] now » ([link removed])


** The Center Square ([link removed])
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Journalist Brett Rowland quotes Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip W. Magness on Trump’s tariff missteps.[link removed] more » ([link removed])


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** The Bob Murphy Show ([link removed])
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Research Fellow Raymond March explains why RFK’s use of AI in health reform is so disappointing.[link removed] now » ([link removed])


** Reason ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Stephen Halbrook explains why the existence of preschools does not justify a gun ban.[link removed] more » ([link removed])


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** Vinson Centre Podcast ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip W. Magness discusses anti-capitalism, anti-liberalism, and AI.[link removed] now » ([link removed])


** FEATURED BOOK
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** A Balance of Titans ([link removed])
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** Peace and Liberty in the New Multipolar World ([link removed])
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** By Ivan Eland
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“Ivan Eland proposes a bold new foreign policy for the United States, one that would encourage other nations to share the burdens of policing the world, saving the United States billions in defense spending and making peace more likely and sustainable.”
—Harvey Sapolsky, professor emeritus of public policy and organization, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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