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June 5, 2016	More Free Speech ShenanigansAs citizens, we must necessarily make judgments about research in which we aren’t experts.
May 29, 2016	unKoch My Campus Is Soros-Funded HypocrisyThe contracts and grants we receive fund research on nonpartisan issues.
February 1, 2015	Sunday Sales Proposal Needs a Closer LookThe Sunday sales of retail alcoholic beverages may be the most visible relic of prohibition, but it is hardly the only one.
July 9, 2012	Smart Cuts in GovernmentIt is often argued that government workers are overpaid and over-benefitted, but I think that the composition of the government workforce is a more pressing matter.
February 3, 2006	Let the Private Sector Operate the Toll Road" It’s not about ideology, it’s about performance."
May 27, 2005	Solutions to Problems Create Problems "We have come to expect our governments to take some of the hard edges off of market capitalism."
May 6, 2005	Private Sector Management Meets Public Sector Challenges "If we do a poor job in providing public services, we risk driving talented people and new investment away, and shrinking the pie for everyone."
May 16, 2003	In Defense of Predators, Gougers, and Greed "For all of our post-Cold War bluster about the triumph of capitalism, the simple truth is that we don't really allow markets to freely function in the West."

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