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** Housing First is an evidence-based failure ([link removed])
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Research Fellow Christopher Calton calls on experts to admit that the so-called “evidence-based solution” of Housing First policy has been an unambiguous disaster.
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** AUDIO
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** Homelessness Is Fixable ([link removed])
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mary L. G. Theroux discusses the many causes of homelessness in America—including failed policies that have exacerbated the problem—and offers solutions.
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** Everyone Is Talking About Venezuela; No One Listens to Venezuelans ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Abigail Hall points out how Venezuelans’ fears, hopes, and suffering are pushed aside in policy conversations that treat their country as a piece on a chessboard.
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** Fed officials like the mystique of being seen as financial technocrats, but it’s time to demystify the central bank ([link removed])
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Research Fellow Alexander William Salter argues the Fed simply bumbles along, groping its way through the thick darkness of financial market turmoil—just like the rest of us.


** MORE MEDIA ATTENTION
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** Over the Counter Podcast ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow John Goodman explains how TrumpRx is bringing unprecedented change to the drug supply chain. Listen now » ([link removed])


** The American Spectator ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Richard K. Vedder lists the 12 biggest changes and challenges of his 60 years in academia. Read more » ([link removed])


** Newsbreak ([link removed])
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Journalist Max Darrow interviews Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mary L. G. Theroux on Texas-inspired solutions to homelessness. Read more » ([link removed])


** Reason ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Stephen Halbrook clarifies which firearms and accessories may be taxed under the National Firearms Act. Read more » ([link removed])


** The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Richard K. Vedder breaks down the pernicious effects of grade inflation. Read more » ([link removed])


** Florida Politics ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Abigail Hall and co-author Patrik Ward argue Florida’s license plate law is a Trojan horse of state overreach. Read more » ([link removed])


** The American Spectator ([link removed])
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Policy Fellow K. Lloyd Billingsley reflects on lessons learned (and not learned) 10 years after the San Bernardino terrorist attack. Read more » ([link removed])


** FEATURED BOOK
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** Beyond Homeless ([link removed])
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** Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes, Transformative Solutions ([link removed])
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** Edited by Mary L. G. Theroux, Lawrence J. McQuillan, and Adam B. Summers
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“With an impressive array of scholars and data, Beyond Homeless should be essential reading for those curious about how to change course on homelessness.”

—Judge Glock, Director of Research and Senior Fellow at the

Manhattan Institute; contributing editor of City Journal
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