Presidents May Want A Line-Item Veto, But Citizens May Not – OpEd
What if there were some political tool that many US Presidents (going back to Grant, and all of them, including both
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Author: Gary M. Galles
Gary M. Galles is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, Professor of Economics at Pepperdine University, and Adjunct Scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute. His most recent book is Pathways to Policy Failures (2020).
Articles by Gary M. Galles :
Still Failing To Learn The Lessons Of Antipoverty Programs – OpEd
One of the lesser-known realities of the War on Poverty was that while poverty rates were falling substantially before it
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From Bastiat’s Defense Of Exchange To Ideal Government – OpEd
Frédéric Bastiat is justifiably famous among believers in liberty. His many classic contributions include The Law and his essays “Government” and “That
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Time Is On Government’s Side – OpEd
Not long ago, on my commute home, the Rolling Stones’ song, “Time is on my Side,” came over my radio.
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Silent Cal Had A Lot To Say – OpEd
Historians have trivialized Calvin Coolidge as a do-nothing President naive enough to believe that “the business of America is business,”
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Understanding Our Disharmony – OpEd
One of the political trends of the past few years has been an expanding disconnect between political unity rhetoric and
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The More Complex The Society, The Less Government Control We Need – OpEd
Americans live in a complex world. That has made those who argue for ever-growing statism to often claim that “the
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Needed: More People To Keep Asking Why – OpEd
With grandchildren who are now 2, 4 and 6 years old, I have had occasion to weather many a “why”
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Locked Down: What Do We Really Need Collective Action For? – OpEd
A decade ago, in his Second Inaugural Address, Barack Obama made the claim that “preserving our freedoms ultimately requires collective action.”
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What Kind Of Judicial Restraint Are We Talking About? – OpEd
After the most recent Supreme Court session, in which President Biden didn’t like some of its rulings, as with denying
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