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Other People’s Children: Part Two

  • by David Applegate
  • April 18, 2013

In the race to the financial bottom the State of Illinois vies nicely with several other states, including (depending on the precise year involved) California, New York, and Ohio, with[...]

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Heartland Book Event: The Tragic Truth About Dodd-Frank

  • by Jim Lakely
  • March 29, 2013

The latest edition of The Heartland Institute’s Author Series featured Hester Peirce of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. One of the most-knowledgeable scholars in America on finance policy, Hester[...]

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You Should Be Checking Out the Heartlander Digital Magazine

  • by Keely Drukala
  • January 18, 2013

If you’re not regularly visiting the Heartlander digital magazine, you’re missing out on some of the best work from The Heartland Institute, one of America’s most influential free-market think tanks. Heartland[...]

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Post-election Stories from the Must-Read Heartlander Digital Magazine

  • by Jim Lakely
  • November 10, 2012

You’re a reader of this blog, so you are a part of the conversation at The Heartland Institute, one of America’s most influential free-market think tanks. The posts here reflect the exchange[...]

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Read the Heartlander, Stay Informed

  • by Jim Lakely
  • October 29, 2012

You’re a reader of this blog, so you are a part of the conversation at The Heartland Institute, one of America’s most influential free-market think tanks. The posts here reflect the[...]

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Heartland’s Podcasts of the Week

  • by Keely Drukala
  • September 9, 2011

We’ve got some good stuff for you this week, as always — in all six of our primary topic areas. Be sure to subscribe on iTunes for the latest in[...]

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Heartland’s Podcasts of the Week

  • by Keely Drukala
  • September 2, 2011

We’ve got some good stuff for you this week, as always — in all six of our primary topic areas. Be sure to subscribe on iTunes for the latest in[...]

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Heartland’s Podcasts of the Week

  • by Keely Drukala
  • August 26, 2011

We’ve got some good stuff for you this week, as always — in all six of our primary topic areas. Be sure to subscribe on iTunes for the latest in[...]

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Craig Pirrong’s New Paper on OTC Derivative Clearing

  • by Jim Johnston
  • May 26, 2011

This is an important paper on the pros and cons of clearing of derivatives traded over the counter from the ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association). Craig Pirrong is a first[...]

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We Mocked Soviet Central Planning; Why Not Mock America’s Central Planning?

  • by Steve Stanek
  • April 29, 2011

Some folks at The Heartland Institute’s home office thought my little email exchange about Keynesian vs. Austrian economics, the Federal Reserve, etc., with Dick Ewing of Winthrop, Wash., worth publishing[...]

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Behind the Crony Capitalism Curtain

  • by Paul Chesser
  • November 19, 2010

American Spectator‘s Shawn Macomber has an interview up today with Fox Business reporter Charlie Gasparino, who has written what looks like a fascinating look inside the back room interaction between[...]

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Good (and Bad) Ideas From the Deficit Panel

  • by Zack Christenson
  • November 16, 2010

Over at Heartland’s FIRE Policy News, Eli Lehrer has gone through some of the recommendations from the deficit panel. If you haven’t been following this piece of the news cycle,[...]

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More ‘Citizens United’ Fallout

  • by Paul Chesser
  • October 19, 2010

The landmark case that overturned key components of McCain-Feingold — namely, bans on campaign contributions by businesses and unions — has been trickling down in challenges to similar state laws[...]

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