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How NIMBYism Worsens California’s Housing Crisis | Christopher Calton
Due to their persistent interference with much-needed housing projects, the Independent Institute is awarding the seventeenth California Golden Fleece® Award to the many NIMBY...
Shutdown Blues; Trumpy Tariffs; "Regime Change" War with Venezuela? | Independent Outlook 73
What makes government shutdowns drag on? On the other hand, how much does it matter? Shutdown or no shutdown, President Trump’s tariffs are about...
Beyond Homeless: What Really Works To End Homelessness?
Entire neighborhoods across the U.S. have become open-air asylums, drug markets, and impoverished wastelands—despite billions poured into homelessness programs. The tragic truth? The prevailing...
Does the L.A. Metro System Have to Be a Waste of Time and Money? | Baruch Feigenbaum
Los Angeles has a metropolitan transit system—the L.A. Metro for short—but few people want to ride it because it’s dirty and unsafe, and doesn’t...
Free Speech vs. Left and Right Cancel Culture | Nadine Strossen
After an assassin killed Charlie Kirk for his ostensibly hateful views, millions grieved. Others mocked Kirk. But now some of the mockers are losing...
Is a Multipolar World Better for the U.S.?
Could the United States be stronger and safer while spending only about half as much on national defense? In this episode of Independent Conversations,...