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Political Philosophy: Studies

“Asia’s Story of Growing Economic Freedom,”

By Razeen Sally. Policy Analysis No. 725. June 5, 2013.

“The Misuse of Top 1 Percent Income Shares as a Measure of Inequality,”

By Alan Reynolds. Working Paper No. 9. October 4, 2012.

“Libertarian Roots of the Tea Party,”

By David Kirby and Emily McClintock Ekins. Policy Analysis No. 705. August 6, 2012.

“The Negative Effects of Minimum Wage Laws,”

By Mark Wilson. Policy Analysis No. 701. June 21, 2012.

“The Independent Payment Advisory Board: PPACA’s Anti-Constitutional and Authoritarian Super-Legislature,”

By Diane Cohen and Michael F. Cannon. Policy Analysis No. 700. June 14, 2012.

“Could Mandatory Caps on Medical Malpractice Damages Harm Consumers?,”

By Shirley Svorny. Policy Analysis No. 685. October 20, 2011.

“Herbert Hoover: Father of the New Deal,”

By Steven Horwitz. Briefing Paper No. 122. September 29, 2011.

“Publication Practices for Transparent Government,”

By Jim Harper. Briefing Paper No. 121. September 23, 2011.

“Can We Determine the Optimal Size of Government?,”

By James A. Kahn. Development Briefing Paper No. 7. September 14, 2011.

“The Case for Gridlock,”

By Marcus E. Ethridge. Policy Analysis No. 672. January 27, 2011.

“Marriage against the State: Toward a New View of Civil Marriage,”

By Jason Kuznicki. Policy Analysis No. 671. January 12, 2011.

“Reforming Indigent Defense: How Free Market Principles Can Help to Fix a Broken System,”

By Stephen J. Schulhofer and David Friedman. Policy Analysis No. 666. September 1, 2010.

“The Libertarian Vote in the Age of Obama,”

By David Kirby and David Boaz. Policy Analysis No. 658. January 21, 2010.

“Attack of the Utility Monsters: The New Threats to Free Speech,”

By Jason Kuznicki. Policy Analysis No. 652. November 16, 2009.

“Reflections on Communism Twenty Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall,”

By Paul Hollander. Development Policy Analysis No. 11. November 2, 2009.

“Thinking Clearly about Economic Inequality,”

By Will Wilkinson. Policy Analysis No. 640. July 14, 2009.

“Financial Crisis and Public Policy,”

By Jagadeesh Gokhale. Policy Analysis No. 634. March 23, 2009.

“Paul Krugman’s Nostalgianomics: Economic Policies, Social Norms, and Income Inequality,”

By Brink Lindsey. White Paper . February 9, 2009.

“A Better Way to Generate and Use Comparative-Effectiveness Research,”

By Michael F. Cannon. Policy Analysis No. 632. February 6, 2009.

“Greenspan’s Monetary Policy in Retrospect,”

By David R. Henderson and Jeffrey Rogers Hummel. Briefing Paper No. 109. November 3, 2008.

“Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors: 2008,”

By Chris Edwards. Policy Analysis No. 624. October 20, 2008.

“Executive Pay: Regulation vs. Market Competition,”

By Ira T. Kay and Steven Van Putten. Policy Analysis No. 619. September 10, 2008.

“Fifteen Years of Transformation in the Post-Communist World,”

By Oleh Havrylyshyn. Development Policy Analysis No. 4. November 7, 2007.

“In Pursuit of Happiness Research: Is It Reliable? What Does It Imply for Policy?,”

By Will Wilkinson. Policy Analysis No. 590. April 11, 2007.

“The Libertarian Vote,”

By David Boaz and David Kirby. Policy Analysis No. 580. October 18, 2006.

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