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Sanders-Ocasio-Cortez Plan to Cap Credit Card Interest Rates Will Backfire on Consumers

By Todd Zywicki. USA Today. June 24, 2019.

Credit card interest rates can creep up on American consumers, but the answer to this problem isn’t politicians promising to lower rates.

‘Erectile Pricing’: Why Viagra’s Cost Defies the Laws of Economics

By Charles Silver and David A. Hyman. Houston Chronicle. June 23, 2019.

Competition works to lower prices in the rest of the economy, so why doesn’t it pressure pharma companies to sell brand-name drugs for less?

Wrong: Trump Is Not an Isolationist

By Ted Galen Carpenter. National Interest (Online). June 23, 2019.

Despite the accusations from Trump’s critics, Washington remains as hawkish and interventionist as ever.

The Supreme Court’s Reasoning in the Bladensburg Cross Case Is a Mess

By Ilya Shapiro. The Federalist. June 21, 2019.

A non-coercive, harmless monument—a cross memorial, or a Star of David, or any other religious symbol—is not an establishment of religion.

Why a U.S.-Iran War Could End up Being a Historic Disaster

By Doug Bandow. National Interest (Online). June 21, 2019.

The Trump administration is essentially a one-trick pony when it comes to foreign policy toward hostile state

Facebook’s Libra Is Part of a Welcome Trend

By Diego Zuluaga. CapX. June 21, 2019.

Warnings that Facebook wishes to supplant central banks make for interesting dystopian fiction.

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June 20, 2019

Mustafa Akyol’s tweet criticizing Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Bin Mohamad is cited on Star TV

June 20, 2019
John A. Allison discusses the FOMC decision on Yahoo! Finance

June 19, 2019
Johan Norberg discusses Oxfam on Free to Choose Media

June 19, 2019
Juan Carlos Hidalgo discusses various topics on NTN24’s Club de Prensa

June 18, 2019

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Testing the Limits of Congressional Delegation in Gundy

Trevor Burrus, Ilya Shapiro, and Caleb O. Brown

June 26, 2019

Growing Abuse of the National Security Rationale for Restricting Trade

Simon Lester and Caleb O. Brown

June 25, 2019
Facebucks? Zuckercoin? Libra.

Diego Zuluaga and Caleb O. Brown

June 24, 2019
Simon Lester discusses US-Mexico relations on Bearing Drift’s The Score with Rick Sincere

June 23, 2019
Double Jeopardy Alive and Well after Gamble

Ilya Shapiro, Clark Neily, and Caleb O. Brown

June 21, 2019

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Sanders-Ocasio-Cortez Plan to Cap Credit Card Interest Rates Will Backfire on Consumers

‘Erectile Pricing’: Why Viagra’s Cost Defies the Laws of Economics

Wrong: Trump Is Not an Isolationist

The Supreme Court’s Reasoning in the Bladensburg Cross Case Is a Mess

Why a U.S.-Iran War Could End up Being a Historic Disaster

Facebook’s Libra Is Part of a Welcome Trend

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Juan Carlos Hidalgo discusses various topics on NTN24’s Club de Prensa

Mustafa Akyol’s tweet criticizing Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Bin Mohamad is cited on Star TV

John A. Allison discusses the FOMC decision on Yahoo! Finance

Johan Norberg discusses Oxfam on Free to Choose Media

Juan Carlos Hidalgo discusses various topics on NTN24’s Club de Prensa

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Testing the Limits of Congressional Delegation in Gundy

Growing Abuse of the National Security Rationale for Restricting Trade

Facebucks? Zuckercoin? Libra.

Simon Lester discusses US-Mexico relations on Bearing Drift’s The Score with Rick Sincere

Double Jeopardy Alive and Well after Gamble

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