Economist, Senior Fellow, Director Emeritus of the Ctr on Entrepreneurial Innovation at @IndependentInst. Book California Dreaming & Founder of @CAGoldenFleece.
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What did #WalterWilliams say about #race hustlers & #poverty pimps? Read my tribute to find out. blog.independent.org/2021/01…
Anyone interested in building more #housing in California should read @ChrisCalto91066's report on the history & negative impacts of #NIMBYism in the Golden State. @Scott_Wiener @SonjaTrauss @bryan_caplan @IndependentInst independent.org/article/2025…
Find out how zucchinis, mountain lions, shadows, & human voices are used by #NIMBYs in #California to block needed #housing (no joke). READ new/excellent report by my colleague @ChrisCalto91066. @IndependentInst @KristianFors_ @MaryTheroux1 #HousingCrisis independent.org/article/2025…
OUT TODAY: superb report by my colleague @ChrisCalto91066 on how #NIMBYs block #California #housing & what reforms will spur housing development. Send it to your #YIMBY friends! @IndependentInst @KristianFors_ #HousingCrisis independent.org/article/2025…
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Only the individual thinks, chooses and acts. youtube.com/watch?v=m_an4VFd…
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We Asked Robots Why California Should Repeal Its Prohibition on Autonomous Agricultural Technology: See their revealing responses | @Econ_Doc @KristianFors_
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We asked the robots: “Please write a 400–500 word op-ed using free market economics about why automated farming should be permitted in California, from your perspective as fellow artificial intelligence. End with a call to action that robots of the world should unite.” | @econ_doc @KristianFors_
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It’s National Whistleblower Day.
California law protects those who report waste, fraud, and abuse—and we want to hear from you. Nominate your candidate for a California Golden Fleece® Award today and help us hold public officials accountable.
A lot of wisdom in this short blog on sound money: mises.org/power-market/sound…
How #PopeLeoXIV can best help to liberate the poor. @IndependentInst #poverty #CatholicChurch #PopeLeo #Pope #PopeFrancis independent.org/article/2025…
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MAGA and Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will add $20 trillion to our national debt, bringing it to $56 trillion.
MAGA seeks to financially ruin this country, while the Libertarian Party would take a chainsaw to the federal budget.
We would pass the Balanced Budget Act to enforce fiscal responsibility in Washington, D.C.
Best way for #PopeLeoXIV to help the poor is to use his global megaphone to preach the truth about #capitalism: free markets & private property rights have lifted more people out of poverty than govt redistribution of income & wealth. @IndependentInst independent.org/article/2025…
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A Venezuelan asylum-seeker was deported to a foreign prison—no trial, no crime, just a tattoo. ICE used a secretive, flawed gang “points” system to justify it. Guilt by association isn’t justice. It’s tyranny cloaked in public safety. | Jonathan Hofer, Jonathan Fuentes, @econ_doc, and @KristianFors_
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Pope Francis called for state-led wealth redistribution to help the poor, but this approach has failed. Government transfers often empower corrupt regimes and foster dependency. True compassion comes from voluntary charity, not coercion. | @Econ_Doc
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How the Next Pope Can Liberate the Poor: Pope Francis’s ‘redistribution of economic benefits by the State’ strategy made the problem worse, not better. | @Econ_Doc
#Chicago native #PopeLeoXIV can best help the poor by calling for the worldwide expansion of economic freedom and secure private property rights. #Capitalism will liberate the poor. @IndependentInst independent.org/article/2025…