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Love Gov²: A Crisis Not to Waste—Watch it Now!

Catalyst: New Website by Independent Offers Ideas and Hope to Young Careerists

New Book—Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied France: Tyranny and Resistance

New California Golden Fleece^® Award Goes to...

America’s Increasingly Fragile Electric Grid

Free Up Markets to Reduce Wildfire Damage and Lower Energy Bills

‘Democratic Socialists’ Really Need to Learn More about Socialism

Independent Institute Puts the FDA on Trial—Launches FDAReview.org

Independent Institute Earns Platinum Rating from Guidestar

Independent Institute Earns 4-Star Honor from Charity Navigator

In the News

The Beacon

Governors Get Graded on Fiscal Policy

Craig Eyermann • Jan 5
The Beacon

Honoring the Emancipation Proclamation with Educational Freedom

Vicki Alger • Jan 4
The Beacon

The Historian and His Times

Robert Higgs • Jan 4
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Final Acts Reveal the True Jerry Brown

K. Lloyd Billingsley • Jan 3
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A Very Bad Start in 2019

Craig Eyermann • Jan 3
The Beacon

Deregulation Is the Only Cure for High Drug Prices

Raymond March • Jan 3
The Beacon

The Fed and the U.S. National Debt

Craig Eyermann • Dec 31
The Beacon

Is California’s Travel Ban a Bust?

K. Lloyd Billingsley • Dec 29
The Beacon

Red Flag Laws and Predictive Policing

Randall Holcombe • Dec 28

Announcements

2018 Independent Institute Annual Report

Independent is advancing peace, prosperity and liberty with our principled, solutions-oriented, work—which we have shared via hundreds of groundbreaking books, scholarly articles, social media campaigns, and much more.
California Golden Fleece^® Awards

California lawmakers and government employees have used taxpayer money to secretly settle sexual misconduct claims, earning this corrupt and abusive system the latest California Golden Fleece^® Award.
NEW WEBSITE: Catalyst

Catalyst is our new website devoted to issues that Millennials care about the most: jobs, housing costs, education, student debt, healthcare, and personal freedoms. Learn, engage, and connect.
NEW BOOK: Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied France: Tyranny and Resistance

By Stephen P. Halbrook

In the 1930s, French Prime Minister Pierre Laval imposed gun registration, making it easier for the Nazis to confiscate weapons when they invaded in 1940.
NEW BOOK: T.R.M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer

By David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito

Born into poverty in 1908, T.R.M. Howard became a surgeon, started numerous organizations and businesses, crusaded for black empowerment, and continues to inspire lessons for today.

Recent Videos

An Evening with Tucker Carlson

At this sold-out Independent Institute event, Tucker Carlson discusses America's elites, a group whose power and wealth from government privilege have grown beyond imagination even as the rest of the country has floundered.

Love Gov 2 Episode 1: A Room Without a View

Bound by a restraining order, Scott “Gov” Govinski has an epiphany: Why focus on just one person if you can “help” far more?

Love Gov 2: A Crisis Not to Waste | Trailer (Official)

Gov is back! Shunned by a failed relationship of his own doing, Gov embarks on a new, more ambitious mission to “help” an entire group of early careerists seeking to establish themselves.

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