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• Robert Lawson, "Capitalism May Have A Public Relations Problem, But It Doesn’t Have An Inequality Problem" The Orange County Register, February 2024.

• Robert Lawson, "Robert Lawson on Educating for Economic Freedom: James Gwartney's Legacy" Podcast, January 2024.

• Robert Lawson, "Remembering James Gwartney, 1940-2024" American Institute for Economic Research, January 2024.

• Robert Lawson, "James Gwartney Made Economics Accessible" Wall Street Journal, January 2024.

• W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm, "Can Texas Keep Up With Its Rapid Growth?" D CEO Magazine, December 2023.

• Dean Stansel, "Does Economic Freedom Matter In States?" Daily Caller, November 2023.

• Robert Lawson, "How Hong Kong Lost Its Top Economic Freedom Ranking After Over 50 Years" South China Morning Post, October 2023.

• W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm, “Why DFW Is the Nation’s Top Place to Call Home” D CEO Magazine, September 2023.

• Robert Lawson, "Economic Freedom of the World Index and Improvements in Economic Liberty" Podcast, September 2023.

• Robert Lawson, "A Blow To Liberty: Hong Kong Is No Longer No. 1 In Economic Freedom" The Orange County Register, September 2023.

• Robert Lawson and Scott Niederjohn, “Don’t Let the ‘C’ in NASCAR Stand for Cronyism” Chicago Tribune, July 2023.

• W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm. “Why North Texas Housing Is Still a Bargain,” D CEO Magazine, April 2023.

• Dean Stansel and David Mitchell, “Free Nurse Practitioners” Dallas Morning News, April 2023.

• Robert Lawson, "Blame Robots, More Than Trade With China, for US Manufacturing Job Losses" South China Morning Post, November 2022.

• Robert Lawson, "Let People Prosper Show" Podcast, September 2022.

• Robert Lawson, "COVID’s Hidden Victim: Economic Freedom" The Orange County Register, September 2022.

• Robert Lawson, “Initially This Whole Thing Was A Tax Dodge So I Could Go Drink In Cuba” Med Faber, November 2021.

• Robert Lawson, "Poor Will Suffer Most From World Bank Cancelling ‘Doing Business’ Project" Inside Sources, October 2021.

• Dean Stansel, "Inflation Continues To Hit Most Industries As Demand Goes Up Following COVID-19 Pandemic"" Fox 4 News, July 2021.

• Dean Stansel, "States Like Texas That Value Economic Freedom Attract A Stampede of Newcomers" Dallas Morning News, July 2021.

• Ryan Murphy, "This is What Peak Culture Looks Like" Works in Progress, May 2021.

• Robert Lawson, Here’s to Hoping Joe Biden Remembers His ‘You Can’t Eat Equality’ Line" The Orange County Register, January 2021.

• Robert Lawson appearance on Kibbe on Liberty podcast, January 2021.

• Meg Tuszynski "Work-at-Home Crowd Prefers to Relocate to Places With Lower Taxes, Less Regulation", The Orange County Register, October 2020.

• Dean Stansel (with Meg Tuszynski) “California Migrants Are Not Trying to Un-Texas Texas”, Dallas Morning News, November 2020.

• W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm, "Dance with the One Who Brung Ya", D CEO, August 2020.

• Dean Stansel (with David Mitchell, Arkansas Center for Research in Economics), “Where States’ Rainy Day Funds Stand as We Debate Bailouts", Real Clear Policy, March 2020.

• W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm, "The Energy Industry’s Next Disruption", D CEO, April 2020.

• Michael Davis, "Without the Gamble of Futures Markets, the Oil Industry Might be Ready to Fold" Dallas Business Journal, April 2020.

• Michael Davis, "How We Will Be Different Post-Coronavirus Pandemic" International Business Times, April 2020.

• Michael Davis, "Opinion: Forget the Defense Production Act" The Detroit News, April 2020.

• Michael Davis, "How to Craft a Better Coronavirus Bailout"  The Hill, April 2020.

• Michael Davis, "The Shock and Impact of Instant 11 Percent Unemployment is Just the Beginning" The Orange County Register, April 2020.

• Michael Davis, "Why $80 Hand Sanitizer is a Good Thing for the Markets" The Hill, March 2020.

• W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm, "The Year of Living Dangerously", D CEO, December 2019.

• Dean Stansel, "Mexico’s Tax Crackdown Could Harm Texans" Dallas Morning News, October 2019.

• Robert Lawson appearance on Kibbe on Liberty podcast, August 2019.

• Robert Lawson appearance on Glenn Beck Show, Blaze TV, August 2019.

• Robert Lawson appearance on Life, Liberty and Levin, Fox News TV, August 2019.

• Robert Lawson appearance on Interview on CSPAN2, July 2019.

• Robert Lawson appearance on Interview on Varney & Co., Fox Business, July 2019.

• Dean Stansel, “Flush the Regulation, Texas” Dallas Morning News, July 2019.

• Michael Davis, "What Texans Can Teach the British About Unions" U.S. News & World Report, July 2019.

• Robert Lawson, "Socialism makes for bad beer" The Orange County Register, July 2019.

• Robert Lawson, "Drinking Your Way Through the Socialist World" podcast on Free the People, June 2019.

• Michael Davis, "Commentary: What Venezuela Can Teach Us About Currency Devaluations" U.S. News & World Report, July 2019.

• Michael Davis, "Beto O’Rourke and Climate Change" Scientific American, June 2019.

• Michael Davis, "Five Questions for 3,508 Economists" Regulation, Summer 2019.

• Ryan Murphy, "Boomer Socialism Versus Millennial Neoliberalism" The Orange County Register, May 2019.

• Ryan Murphy, "Putting a Price On the Large Personal Cost of Failing to Vaccinate" The Times of Northwest Indiana, May 2019.

• Robert Lawson, "Save the dune buggies!" TribTalk, a publication of The Texas Tribune, March 2019.

• Dean Stansel, "Southern California’s Lack of Economic Freedom" Orange County Register, February 2019.

• Dean Stansel, "Florida Rules When it Comes to Economic Freedom" Florida Daily, February 2019.

• Dean Stansel, "Why Do Some Local Economies Thrive While Others Struggle? Liberals Won't Like The Answer" Investor's Business Daily, February 2019.

• Dean Stansel, "When You Think of Economic Freedom, You Should Think of Buc-ee's" Dallas Morning News, December 2018.

• Dean Stansel, "Texas’ Economic Freedom Ranking Remains High But Drops to 3rd Nationwide" The Hill, November 2018.

• Dean Stansel, "Voters, take note: Economic Freedom Means Economic Growth" The Hill, November 2018.

• Dean Stansel, "Florida Ranks First, New York Last on Economic Freedom" Florida Daily, November 2018.

• Dean Stansel, "Economic Development Incentives Do Nothing for the Economy or Development" Dallas Morning News, August 2018.

• Dean Stansel, "What Is Universal Basic Income?" Florida Daily, August 2018.

• Dean Stansel, "Tax Cut 2.0: Will It Be a Boon for Retirees?" Florida Daily, July 2018.

• Ryan Murphy, "Like Free Trade? Good. Time to Drop “Buy Local” Arc Digital, June 2018.

• W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm, "Dallas' Place in the 'Texas Triangle'," D CEO, June 2018.

• Ryan Murphy, "Sorry, Europe, America is Already Great," Arc Digital, May 29, 2018.

• W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm, "Foreign-Born Workers Important to Building Texas," D CEO, March 2018.

• Dean Stansel and Meg Tuszynski, "Americans are on the Move to Freer Pastures," Washington Examiner, January 31, 2018.

• Dean Stansel, "The Incredible Shrinking of Illinois: High Taxes and Low Economic Freedom Have Led to a State Crisis," (with Orphe Divounguy) The Daily Caller, January 24, 2018.

• Dean Stansel, "Texas Ranks Near the Top (Again) for Economic Freedom," (with Vance Ginn, Texas Public Policy Foundation) Dallas Morning News, January 5, 2018.

• Dean Stansel, "New York, California Are Rock Bottom On Economic Freedom — Again," Investor's Business Daily, December 15, 2017.

• W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm, “Dallas and the Innovation Economy: North Texas Isn’t a Rival yet for Silicon Valley, but it Has a Whole Lot Going for It” D CEO December 2017.

• Robert Lawson, “Libertad Económica,” Interview on La Entrevista Con Sarmiento, November 4, 2017.

• Ryan H. Murphy, “New Changes for the Economic Freedom of the World,” Mustang Business Journal, November 1, 2017.

• W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm. “Taking a Closer Look at Dallas’ Housing Prices: What ZIP Codes Have Seen the Biggest Increases in Home Values since 2000?” D CEO October 2017.

• Robert Lawson, “Index shows economic freedom in the U.S. is waning,” (with Rosemarie Fike) Dallas Morning News, September 28, 2017. 

• Dean Stansel, "Six Missed Opportunities in Special Session That Could Have Aided Economic Prosperity," (with Vance Ginn, Texas Public Policy Foundation) Fort Worth Star-Telegram, September 6, 2017.

• Michael Davis, "Cash is king when it comes to helping victims of natural disasters," The Dallas Morning News, September 6, 2017.

• Dean Stansel, "It's Time To Reduce Spending — Unfortunately, GOP Budgets Don't Actually Do So," Investor's Business Daily, August 2, 2017.

• W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm. “Lagging Behind: North Texas’ Family Income Vary Widely—with Dallas Number Ranking Near the Bottom” D CEO July/August 2017.

• Ryan H. Murphy, “Did the Federal Reserve Cause Trump?” Institute for Economic Affairs Blog, April 7, 2017.

• W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm. “The Geography of Job Growth: Why Hasn’t Dallas Gotten its Share of DFW Employment Boom” D CEO  April 2017.

• Dean Stansel, "Economic freedom in Texas: High — but room for improvement," (with Vance Ginn, Texas Public Policy Foundation) Texas Tribune, February 24, 2017.

• Robert Lawson, “Why do we spend trillions on the war on terror when a far greater risk to Americans is auto accidents?” (with Greg DeAngelo) Dallas Morning News, February 14, 2017. 

• Dean Stansel, "California Can Improve Its Path to Economic Prosperity," Orange County Register, January 27, 2017.

• Dwight Lee, “Martin Luther King’s Free-Market Legacy” (with William Boyes) RealClearMarkets, January 16, 2017.

• Dean Stansel, "Here Are Reasons New York's Population Is Declining," Buffalo News, January 13, 2017.

• Ryan H. Murphy, “Do-It-Yourself and Distrusting Markets,” Regulation, Winter 2016-2017.