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Free the Economy podcast: Free speech and financial regulation with Peggy Little
In this week’s episode we cover reforming the federal government’s stock trading database, banning AI exports, a climate lawsuit from…
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Freedom, Broadcasting, and the Public Interest
Introduction The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is invoking the public interest to justify regulatory moves that would, in theory, force television and radio station…
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Free Speech Week: The speech that ignited a revolution — and still speaks to us today
A Richmond story, a Virginia legacy, and the American ethos Richmond is my home city. My family has lived in Virginia for generations,…
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Perils of Cultural Protectionism
Attention all European firms that export to the U.S.! Thanks to a protectionist political project run by Canada and France, you…
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Protecting our Exports
Auto parts, precious metals, lumber—Canadians have found many ways to export their way to success in the global economy.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns…
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Greenpeace, Earth First!, PETA: Radical Fringe Tactics Move Toward Center Stage
Full article available as a pdf. Greenpeace<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> …
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Epidemiology Beyond Its Limits
In 1995, science writer Gary Taubes warned that the science of epidemiology (tracing the source and causes of disease) was reaching a crisis…
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Taming the NGOs: An Epic Fight
NGOs are strong – so strong that some commentators call them the “second superpower.” Over the last 10 years, the NGO movement has become so…
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NGOs: Dependent ‘Independents’
Curious exhortations last week by crusading Commissioner David Byrne elevated questions over the deceptive role played by the Commission funded, yet purportedly “independent”…