Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom

Media

For media inquiries please contact Anna Martinez at 214-768-4474 or annam@mail.cox.smu.edu.

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, "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.