Program areas at The Independent Institute
Sparking entrepreneurship & innovation: Independent reverses government growth by spotlighting wrongdoing and offering practical, tech-forward solutions grounded in natural law. We generate solutions in business, housing, healthcare, entitlements, The environment, and global prosperity. Our California golden fleece awards, award-winning books, studies, spanish website, and multi-media campaigns share our solutions with civic leaders, The media, and The public. Our work has been introduced in national legislation, contributed to The elimination of The individual healthcare mandate, motivated reform in The California department of water resources and department of forestry and fire prevention, and has been signed into law in California.
Educating The next generation: Independent engages and inspires young people and parents with The principles of liberty, and empowers parents to select The best education for their children. Our satirical youtube series, love gov, applies free-market thinking to housing, employment, healthcare, education, and privacy, and has achieved well over 7.4 million views primarily from millennials. This year, we launch love gov season two with a complementary website and social media portfolio. Our internships and youth-focused events offer hands-on learning, and our efforts to build awareness for school choice, affordable private school models, and higher education reforms are expanding educational opportunity for all.
Defending civil liberties: Independent reminds The public, media, and civic leaders about constitutional limits on government and The civil liberties those limits protect. Our principled, peer-reviewed research critically reviews policies and approaches to tort liability, criminal justice, constitutional law, property rights, civil liberties, foreign policy, and human morality to preserve and expand individual liberty. Our research and solutions are disseminated through award-winning books, studies, events, regional and national multi-media campaigns, and have inspired legislative testimony before a u.s. house committee, senate judiciary committee, and have been cited multiple times by The u.s. supreme court.