Publications
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Teaching the Truth About Socialism in America’s Public Schools
Publication -Policy Briefs -In the United States, nearly 50 million students, about 90 percent of total K-12 student enrollment, annually attend public schools. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, commonly called the Nation’s Report Card, reported that, “In 2022, the average civics score at eighth grade decreased by 2 points compared to 2018.” This was a significant development […] -
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Longing for the Days of Indemnity-Style Health Insurance – Commentary
Publication -Obamacare plans have reached the edge of a cliff. The U.S. government has shut down because Democrats and Republicans disagree on how much taxpayers should subsidize premiums. Health care is a service, not an entitlement, so why should taxpayers have to support any of it, except for the neediest? Does the government help Americans pay […] -
The EU AI Act: What Americans Need to Know
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) is the world’s first comprehensive law governing artificial intelligence. While framed as a consumer-safety measure, the Act’s broad reach and extraterritorial design give European regulators authority over how AI is built and used worldwide, including by American companies. -
The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act: An Extraterritorial Incursion on Americans’ Inalienable Rights
Publication -Policy Studies -The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act establishes a centralized, extraterritorial, global regulatory model for AI. It applies whenever outputs are “used in the Union,” allowing the EU to impose its standards globally through turnover-based penalties and value chain obligations. -
Revising UCC Article 8 to Put Investors First—Not Wall Street
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Amendments to Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) quietly stripped away Americans’ longstanding ownership rights and replaced them with fragile contractual claims, leaving their securities vulnerable to seizure in a financial crisis or when intermediaries misuse customer assets. -
A Blueprint for State-Level Resistance to Industrial Solar
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Industrial solar imposes steep economic, environmental, and social costs that are often hidden or externalized, which far outweigh its supposed benefits. This Tip Sheet provides the solutions to those problems. -
How States Can Push Back Against the Destructive Expansion of Industrial Solar Power
Publication -Policy Studies -As more states consider expanding their solar footprint, it is vital for policymakers to examine the full consequences of this energy source. -
Tax Cuts & Jobs Act: An Updated Study on the Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on U.S. Personal Income Taxes
Publication -Policy Briefs -The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) reduced the average amount of personal income taxes paid by filers in every income bracket, with the largest benefits going to lower- and middle-income households. -
Defending American Sovereignty: Opposing the EU’s Overreach Through the CSDDD
Publication -American policymakers must take decisive action to protect U.S. businesses from the destructive influence of foreign ESG mandates that serve political interests rather than economic well-being. -
CSDDD: The European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive Is a Direct Threat to U.S. Sovereignty, Free Markets, and Individual Liberty
Publication -Policy Studies -It is difficult to overstate the wide-ranging negative impacts the CSDDD will have on the sovereignty and democratic institutions of the United States. -
Carbon Capture and Storage Projects: The Threat To Property Rights
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is one of the latest methods climate activists are using to combat greenhouse gases and achieve “net-zero” carbon dioxide emissions. Government-funded CCS companies manage projects that capture CO2 emissions at their source and condense carbon dioxide into a liquid-like “supercritical” state. The liquified CO2 is then transported through pipelines or […] -
Carbon Capture & Property Rights: There Is No Justification for Using Carbon Capture and Storage Projects to Abrogate Property Rights
Publication -Policy Studies -Carbon capture and storage projects pose an immense threat to private property rights, among other significant problems. CCS can and should be opposed at both the state and federal levels of government. -
Socialist Watch 2024: An Analysis of Socialist Candidates in the 2024 General Election
Publication -Policy Briefs -This Policy Brief contains a list of candidates who ran for a variety of political offices in the 2024 election while championing far-left, progressive ideology and socialist policies. This paper analyzes the outcomes of those races, compares the results to previous analyses conducted by The Heartland Institute, and provides a brief glimpse into what the […] -
Why Voters and Policymakers Must Oppose Ranked Choice Voting
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Ranked choice voting does not solve any problems; it exacerbates existing problems while also creating entirely new ones. Ultimately, ranked choice voting poses an immense threat to free, fair, and secure elections—and therefore to the entire republic. -
Ranked Choice Voting: A Major Threat to Free, Fair, and Secure Elections
Publication -Policy Briefs -Ultimately, RCV undermines our electoral system and should concern all those who value election integrity and fairness in the democratic process. -
New European Union ESG Law Will Eliminate Economic Freedom, Individual Liberty, and U.S. Sovereignty
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -If the CSDDD goes unanswered, America will effectively become a vassal state of the European Union and be fundamentally transformed through corporate coercion. -
The Uniform Law Commission’s Public-Health Emergency Authority Act: A Severe Threat to Democratic Institutions and Individual Liberty
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -The Uniform Law Commission (ULC) has drafted a model bill—the Public-Health Emergency Authority Act (PHEAA)—that would both formally institutionalize the executive emergency powers wielded by state governors during the COVID-19 pandemic while also significantly strengthening them. -
The 2022 Amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code Abrogate Property Rights to Tangible Assets
Publication -Policy Briefs -States’ widespread adoption of the 2022 UCC amendments would pave the road to a completely digitized economy in which all tokenized real-world assets would be legally controlled by financial behemoths. -
The 2024 American Health Care Plan: State Solutions
Publication -Policy Studies -In this paper, The Heartland Institute outlines reforms from which all states could benefit, several of which some states have already begun to implement. -
Expanding School Choice Benefits All Students
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Over the past decade and particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic, an increasing number of American families have become dissatisfied with government-run public schools and desire robust school choice options. During the pandemic, most public schools, at the behest of teacher unions, decided to close their doors for in-person learning. Meanwhile, private and parochial schools generally […] -
Election-Related Deepfakes: Understanding the Threat and Exploring Potential Solutions
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Election-related deepfakes involving audio, photo, and video manipulations have become a significant concern in the digital age. Deepfakes use artificial intelligence (AI) to create convincing but false representations of individuals, making them appear to say or do things they never said or did. These manipulations pose significant threats to the integrity of public debate and […] -
Why Lawmakers Shouldn’t Trust the Uniform Law Commission or American Law Institute—Two of America’s Biggest Threats to Freedom
Publication -Policy Briefs -Introduction Among other activities, the American Law Institute and Uniform Law Commission impact society and public policy by drafting and proposing uniform legislation for adoption in all 50 states. Every state has numerous laws that were first developed by the ALI and ULC, the most notable of which is the Uniform Commercial Code, a far-reaching […] -
Ensuring Students Learn the Truth About Communism
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -For decades, the public education system in the United States has failed to accurately teach generations of American students about communism. Even worse, a new movement is afoot in middle schools and high schools in which vulnerable children are being indoctrinated with pro-socialist propaganda and neo-Marxist rhetoric. The infiltration of academia by socialist sympathizers goes […] -
Research & Commentary: Anti-ESG Bill in Georgia Will Ensure Peach State Pension Funds Invested Appropriately
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation in the Georgia House of Representatives would combat environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring systems and ensure state pension funds are invested solely to achieve the maximum return on investment for pensioners, rather than advancing social or political causes that may likely lead to lower returns and financial underperformance. ESG scores are essentially a risk assessment mechanism increasingly […]
