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Imagine how happy I am to have discovered that Gerd Gigerenzer emerged as an outspoken critic of “behavioral economics."

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The Fallacies of Behavioral Economics

September 22, 2023

With the help of dedicated board members and Heartland’s senior staff, we found the ideal candidate to take my place and successfully wooed him. Tim Huelskamp started full-time in July.

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Leadership for a New Era of Freedom

August 1, 2017

School choice has finally arrived. New programs are starting and existing programs are being expanded in unprecedented numbers.

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Finally, School Choice Arrives

March 1, 2017

Climate realism is part of a bigger pro-energy, pro-environment, and pro-jobs agenda.

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Winning the Global Warming War

February 1, 2017

Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 2016 national election will be the subject of countless books for many years. Why did he win?

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A Second Chance for Freedom

January 1, 2017

Freedom is rising at the state and local levels in much of the country. It is being lost – “floating away” – at the national level.

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Freedom Rising … or Floating Away?

August 1, 2016

Why build a library devoted to liberty? Because freedom is first and foremost an idea, not a social or political movement. That idea is contained in literature.

Building a Library for Liberty

May 1, 2016

Perhaps the most consequential event of 2015 was the beginning of the end of the global warming movement.

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Victory in the Global Warming Debate

February 1, 2016

The Ruling Class is powerful. They have the status and resources to impose their vision on the rest of us. But we can fight back and win.

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Five Ways to Beat the Ruling Class

November 15, 2015

We have turned the tide on statism. We’ve come to freedom’s defense and have fought a good fight indeed. Let’s finish what we’ve begun.

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Turning the Tide

September 1, 2015