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Free Market

Utah’s Universal Sandbox Is Open for Business


If regulations are what's holding back your great business or product idea, come play in Utah's universal sandbox.

  • Caden Rosenbaum
  • 4th Feb '22
Policy Analysis

Permit Freedom: Reducing Regulation in Everyday Life


Utahns have the right to reasonable, consistent, and clear rules governing how, when, and to whom permits will be granted.

  • Libertas Institute Staff
  • 14th Jan '21
Policy Analysis

Protecting the Right to Privacy in a Digital Era


The desire to use new technologies in the name of protecting the community cannot come at the expense of an individual’s fundamental rights.

  • Libertas Institute Staff
  • 8th Jan '21
Op-Eds

It’s time to scale back licensing requirements


It's critical that Utah lawmakers remove barriers to entry for workers. Here's why…

  • Connor Boyack
  • 17th Nov '20
Policy Analysis

Government Accountability for Causing Individuals Harm


Utahns should be able to hold their government accountable when its actions cause them harm.

  • Libertas Institute Staff
  • 7th Mar '19
Justice and Due Process

Hate civil asset forfeiture? Here’s a court case in Utah to follow…


The Utah Highway Patrol seized money from a person not suspected of a crime, and then gave it to the federal government—circumventing state law that prohibited them from doing so.

  • Connor Boyack
  • 10th Oct '17
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Free Market
Free Market

What the Government Really Thinks Is Despicable About the Minions


After multiple films, nearly everybody is familiar with the tic tac-shaped, clumsy, yellow sidekicks of the fictional villain Gru. With their own film drawing record attention, the minions are at the forefront of pop culture. So,...

  • Ben Shelton
  • 23rd Jul '22
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Education Empowerment
Education Empowerment

Utah Should Adopt Arizona’s Education Savings Account


A few weeks ago, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed into law the most expansive education choice legislation in the country. 

  • Jon England
  • 22nd Jul '22
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Justice and Due Process
Justice and Due Process

The Potential Perils and Promise of Predictive Policing


A new algorithm claims to reliably predict patterns in violent crime and property crime as well as police responses a week or more in advance.

  • Amy Pomeroy
  • 21st Jul '22
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Justice and Due Process
Justice and Due Process

Second Chance Hiring


When it comes to the justice system, one area that is frequently overlooked by the media is ex-offenders' lives after incarceration. After having served time—whether truly guilty or wrongfully convicted—those who have been...

  • David Iglesias
  • 20th Jul '22
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Free Market
Free Market

How Occupational Licensing Reform Can Help Refugees Acclimate


As a global leader, the United States has championed helping those fleeing war, violence, persecution, extreme poverty, and political upheaval.

  • Ben Shelton
  • 19th Jul '22
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Personal Freedom
Personal Freedom

A Review of How to Change Your Mind


Accessible and compelling, How to Change Your Mind is an informative introduction to the world of psychotherapeutics.

  • Amy Pomeroy
  • 18th Jul '22
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Personal Freedom
Personal Freedom

Ring Reveals Our Current Privacy Problem


Recent revelations that have landed Ring—a residential, visual doorbell service—in hot water reveal the need for legislative and cultural change to protect individual privacy rights.

  • Leslie Corbly
  • 15th Jul '22
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Education Empowerment
Education Empowerment

The Danger of Normalizing Big Brother


What would you do if you found out that the school you trusted with your child’s personal information had shared it with over one thousand companies on the internet?

  • Jon England
  • 14th Jul '22
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Free Market
Free Market

How Side Hustles Are Hampered by Occupational Licensing


At a time when many Americans are struggling with rising inflation, opportunities to earn extra income in the gig economy are more important than ever. But occupational licensing poses a problem. 

  • Caden Rosenbaum
  • 13th Jul '22
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Free Market
Free Market

How Occupational Licensing Is Hurting Ex-Offenders


Most of us are familiar with the traditional punishments we levy upon criminals: imprisonment, fines, or even community service. However, what often goes unnoticed are the less apparent punishments that follow. Ex-offenders...

  • Ben Shelton
  • 12th Jul '22
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