Xavier Becerra, California’s governor-elect, is on record that he would finish the state’s high-speed rail project “on budget ...

In 1989 The Economist described a Soviet bus factory whose workers took sledgehammers to newly manufactured trucks. The bus ...

This book review is a web exclusive for the Spring 2026 issue of The Independent Review. Women can carry, deliver, and feed children, using only their own bodies. Men cannot. That marvelous, ...

This book review appeared in the Fall 2025 issue of The Independent Review. Is free trade a left-wing or a right-wing issue? Until recently, free trade has been associated with free-market advocates ...

This essay brings together the political, economic, and cultural aspects of fascism to explain Argentina’s economic decline. The explanation is not just corporatism, the welfare state, an unbalanced ...

This book review is a web exclusive for the Spring 2026 issue of The Independent Review. The idea of a “golden age” is very old. The origin of the phrase likely dates to Hesiod, in his eighth century ...

This book review appeared in the Fall 2025 issue of The Independent Review. Bashing “neoliberalism” is the height of fashion today. Among the sins of neoliberalism is privatization, the (misguided) ...

Florida Southern College’s Politics, Law, and Economics Lecture Series features insightful talks from leading entrepreneurs, economists, and advocates for economic freedom. Marking 250 years of ...

Last week, the FDA announced a recall of more than 4.3 million tubes of toothpaste. The recall covers 17 varieties, including ...

The Safe Harbor Legacy Society honors friends who choose to include Independent Institute in their legacy plans—helping ensure that the principles you value continue to shape a freer, more flourishing ...

In July, it was reported that rents in Los Angeles County had fallen to a four-year low. While rents remained high compared ...