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Trump Touts Tariffs. Fast Food Workers Hit. RFK Jr. Chides Big Government.
Trump tried tariffs, he wants to try them some more, in order to help workers; what’s wrong with that? California wants to help workers...
Social Media Free Speech? Biden’s "Shrinkflation" Ploy. IVF Liberties?
When a state, like Texas or Florida, tries to protect people’s free speech rights against biased social media companies, is the state then violating...
The California Golden Fleece Award vs. the Bureaucrats!
Ever wonder why California gas prices are perpetually higher than in other states? Or why residential real estate in California is overwhelmingly more expensive...
The New Antisemitism—from the Left
What’s behind the ugly antisemitism on campuses and elsewhere that surged up after the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023? The viciousness against...
Can Milei Succeed? Argentina at the Start of a New Era
Can Javier Milei overcome resistance to fulfill his free-market reform vision for Argentina? We find out on this episode, by consulting two Independent Institute...
The Untold Story of FDR's War on the Bill of Rights | David Beito and Amity Shlaes
In this episode of Independent Conversations, historians Amity Shlaes and David Beito discuss FDR's policies of Japanese internment, spying on Americans, and violations of...