This Week in The Lighthouse: Economic Recovery, Double-Taxing Energy, Afghanistan, Bullfighting

This week’s Lighthouse (available online here) deals with a wide variety of topics, including economic recovery (Robert Higgs), double-taxation of income of gas and oil producers (William F. Shughart II), Afghanistan (Ivan Eland), and bullfighting in Spain (Alvaro Vargas Llosa).

Links to the individual items appear below:

1. How to Revive a Stagnant Economy
2. Double-Taxing the U.S. Energy Sector: Closing a Loophole–or Tightening a Noose?
3. Progress in Afghanistan Requires Realism about Pakistan
4. Bullfighting Ban Sparks Controversy

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Carl Close is Research Fellow and Senior Editor for The Independent Institute and Assistant Editor of The Independent Review and editor of The Lighthouse, The Independent Institute’s weekly e-mail newsletter.
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